Aphrodite is also known as Cytherea ( Lady of Cythera ) and Cypris ( Lady of Cyprus ) after the two cult-sites, Cythera and Cyprus, which claimed her birth.

Aphrodite is usually said to have been born near Paphos, on the island of Cyprus, for which reason she is called " Cyprian ", especially in the poetic works of Sappho.

Cyprus Sign Language is reported to be a blend of ASL and Greek Sign Language, which may itself have developed from a combination of ASL and FSL.

* 1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.

Whether he also did in the case of the Mediterranean with the kingdom of Kaptara ( possibly Cyprus ), as claimed in later documents, is more questionable.

A map of Cyprus in the later Bronze Age ( such as is given by J. L. Myres and M. O. Richter in Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum ) shows more than 25 settlements in and about the Mesaorea district alone, of which one, that at Enkomi, near the site of Salamis, has yielded the richest Aegean treasure in precious metal found outside Mycenae.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is represented in Cyprus through its embassy in Tel Aviv ( Israel ).

Cyprus is represented in Bosnia and Herzegovina through its embassy in Budapest ( Hungary ).

In Australia and New Zealand the largest barter exchange is Bartercard, founded in 1991, with offices in the UK, Thailand and Cyprus.

Anthemios presented the Gospel to Emperor Zeno at Constantinople and received from him the privileges of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus, that is, the purple cloak which the Greek Archbishop of Cyprus wears at festivals of the church, the imperial sceptre and the red ink with which he affixes his signature.

St. Barnabas is venerated as the Patron Saint of Cyprus.

Not older than the 3rd century is the tradition of the later activity and martyrdom of Barnabas in Cyprus, where his remains are said to have been discovered under the Emperor Zeno.

The British Army is currently deployed in Kosovo, Cyprus, Germany, Afghanistan and many other places.

: Northern Cyprus, which the U. S. considers part of the Republic of Cyprus, is not given a separate entry because " territorial occupations / annexations not recognized by the United States Government are not shown on U. S. Government maps.

Particularly common law is in England where it originated in the Middle Ages, and in countries that trace their legal heritage to England as former colonies of the British Empire, including India, the United States, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Canada, Malaysia, Ghana, Australia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, New Zealand, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Cyprus, Barbados,

Cyprus is third largest island in the Mediterranean ( after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia ) and the world's 81st largest.

It is located south of Asia Minor, the Anatolian peninsula of the Asian ( or Eurasian ) mainland ( now part of modern-day Turkey ), so it may be included in Western Asia or the Middle East: At a confluence of Western Asia, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa, Cyprus has had lengthy periods of mainly Greek and intermittent Anatolian, Levantine, Byzantine, and Western European influences.

The Demographics of Cyprus is about the demographic features of the population of Cyprus, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

Politics of the Republic of Cyprus takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Cyprus is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

EU accession negotiations started on 31 March 1998, and concluded when Cyprus joined the organization as a full member in 2004.

Cyprus has concluded treaties on double taxation with more than 40 countries, and, as a member of the Eurozone, has no exchange restrictions.

The ECJ decided that only goods bearing certificates of origin from the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus could be imported by EU member states.

For example, Cyprus is approximate to Anatolia ( or Asia Minor ), but is usually considered part of Europe and currently is a member state of the EU.

Liberals are also in government in eight other EU member states: Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

** The second was based in Cyprus and led by Homayoun Jarir, a member of the Islamic Party of his father-in-law, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

After the southern, Greek speaking part of Cyprus became a member of the European Union in 2004, it adopted the Euro as its currency on January 1, 2008, replacing the previously used Cypriot Pound ; whilst the northern area continued to use the Turkish Lira and on January 1, 2008 the New Turkish Lira.

The Nicosia Turkish Municipality is a member the Union of Cyprus Turkish Municipalities.

THOC ( Theatrical Organization of Cyprus ) was founded in 1971 and is a member of the European Theatre Convention.

* Neoklis Kyriazis, historian and member of the National Council of Cyprus.

Traditionally, copyright laws vary considerably between member states, particularly between common law jurisdictions ( Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom ) and civil law countries.

The Cyprus Wheatear or Cyprus Pied Wheatear ( Oenanthe cypriaca ) is a small, 14 – 15 cm long passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.

Since its establishment, more member states have joined through a series of accession treaties, from the UK, Ireland, Denmark and Norway in 1972 ( though Norway did not end up joining ), Greece in 1979, Spain and Portugal 1985, Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1994 ( though again Norway failed to join, because of lack of support in the referendum ), the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia in 2004, and Romania and Bulgaria in 2007.

( In response to a letter telling him that he was now a member, Rodger wrote back from Cyprus to say that Magnum seemed a good idea but that " It all sounded too halcyon to be true " when Capa had told him of it and that " I rather dismissed the whole thing from my mind ".

In March 1961, Cyprus was admitted as member of the Commonwealth of Nations and Makarios represented the island at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers ' Conference.

Northern Cyprus is not recognized as an independent political entity by any member of the Bologna Process except Turkey.

CHP urged the Socialist International to accept Republican Turkish Party of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as an observer member.

A member of the Hethumid dynasty, he was the son of Thoros III of Armenia and Margaret of Lusignan, who was the daughter of King Hugh III of Cyprus.

He was a member of the EOKA organization that sought the liberation of Cyprus from British Rule and participated in the struggle under the pseudonym " Ypereides.

Cyprus became independent in 1960, and Clerides gained political power as a member of the United Democratic Party.

In February 1975, he attended the Security Council meeting in New York as member of the Cyprus delegation.

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The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953.