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ON THIS DAY: Charlotte Brontë is born (1816) and Mark Twain dies (1910)

The birth of Charlotte Brontë (1816) and the death of Mark Twain (1910) On 21 April, in literary history, the world witnessed both the arrival...

Veroniki Hadjifani Lorenzetti works at the House of Cyprus

A series of watercolours by artist Veroniki Hadjifani Lorenzetti, created at a 1:1 scale from live fruit specimens and offering a faithful and striking...

Beloved Cypriot actor Spyros Stavrinides dies at 79

Theatre and arts communities across Cyprus are mourning the loss of one of their most cherished figures. Spyros Stavrinides, the iconic Cypriot actor, passed...

ON THIS DAY: The discovery of the Venus de Milo

On the 8th of April, 1820, a young Greek farmer made an astonishing discovery. The farmer, named Yiorgos Kentrotas, was clearing stones on his...

Top Gun and Batman actor Val Kilmer dies aged 65

Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, known for his roles in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman...

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ON THIS DAY: The U.S. space shuttle program ended (2011)

Atlantis returned to Earth for the final time On this...

Cyprus records EU’s second-largest annual public debt drop

Cyprus' gross government debt fell to 54.6% of GDP...

Holguin in Ankara ahead of Guterres’ visit to Cyprus

Maria Angela Holguin, the personal envoy of the UN...

New York Times front page one day after Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus

On 21 July 1974, one day after the start...
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