Theme Week Cyprus

24 August 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  6 minutes

Nissi Beach © Romeparis/cc-by-sa-3.0

Nissi Beach © Romeparis/cc-by-sa-3.0

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union . A separate Turkish Cypriot state in the north was established in 1983. These events and the resulting political situation are matters of a continuing dispute.   read more…

Nicosia, capital of Cyprus

18 September 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Cypriot Archeological Museum © ChristosV

Cypriot Archeological Museum © ChristosV

Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia, is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Nicosia remained the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line. It is located near the center of the island, on the banks of the Pedieos River. Nicosia is the capital and seat of government of the Republic of Cyprus. The northern part of the city functions as the capital of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a disputed breakaway region whose independence is recognized only by Turkey, and which the rest of the international community considers as occupied territory of the Republic of Cyprus since the Turkish invasion in 1974.   read more…

The Republic of Cyprus

26 September 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  10 minutes

Kykkos Monastery © www.moi.gov.cy

Kykkos Monastery © www.moi.gov.cy

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is a Eurasian island country in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of its most popular tourist destinations. An advanced, high-income economy with a very high Human Development Index, the Republic of Cyprus was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement until it joined the European Union on 1 May 2004.   read more…

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