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Since 1993, the European Commission, EU member states and the Republic of Cyprus have raised the expectation that the prospect of Cyprus' EU membership would act as a catalyst for a settlement of the island's conflict. Yet the divisions between the positions of the principal parties widened and the 1990s witnessed an escalation of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. Thereafter, despite the re-launch of the peace process in 2002-2004, the divided island joined the EU on 1 May 2004. This study analyzes the case of Cyprus and the EU. It explores the interrelationship between the evolution of the conflict and the development of EU-Cyprus relations within the accession process; it explains the factors driving the conduct of EU policies towards the conflict; and it demonstrates that the EU framework could have added important incentives for a resolution of the conflict by providing an alternative context within which to address the basic needs of the principal parties. ... Read more

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The island of Cyprus, long troubled by inter-communal strife, exploded onto the world stage with the Athens-inspired coup against President Makarios and Turkey's invasion that followed. This resulted in the partition of the Island, which was policed by UNFICYP under the most testing conditions. These dramatic events are described here for the first time in this book which examines the political and military background, the Greek and Turkish forces and the make-up and operations of the multi-national UN Force. The difficult situation was further complicated by the Yom Kippur War and the rapid despatch of a significant part of UNFICYP to Egypt ... Read more

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Chapters: Andreas Demetriou, Polycarpos Georgadjis, List of Ministers of Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus, List of Ministers of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, List of Ministers of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus, List of Ministers of Labour and Social Insurance of the Republic of Cyprus, List of Ministers of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: History of psychologyBranches of psychology Andreas Demetriou (born Andreas Panteli Demetriou on August 15, 1950) (Greek: ) is a well known Greek Cypriot developmental psychologist and currently the Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus. He was born in Strongylo, Famagusta, Cyprus, on 15 August 1950. He is married to Julia Tsakalea and he has two sons, Pantelis and Demetris. After graduating from Pancyprium Gymnasium, the oldest secondary school in Cyprus, he went to Thessaloniki, Greece, where he studied psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received a PhD in psychology in 1983. He was a professor of Developmental Psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki until 1996. He then moved to the University of Cyprus, where he was a professor of psychology until he became the Minister of Education and Culture. His research focuses on cognitive development. From the very beginning he attempted to develop a comprehensive theory of cognitive development aiming to integrate the empirically valid aspects of Piaget´s theory with psychometric and cognitive theory. That is, the theory aimed to describe and explain intellectual development through the life span, individual differences in the rate and directions of intellectual development, and the cognitive mechanisms underlying development and individual differe...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25089912 ... Read more

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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand""- Cyprus Parliament Guide ... Read more

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One of a three-part series of Lawrence Durrell's writings. In this volume he explores the island of Cyprus, evoking the sun-drenched landscapes, dazzling light and vivid blue skies of the Aegean. ... Read more

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Very well written, touching and moving, much like most of Hemingway's books
In the very first sentence of his book in the preface, Durrell starts out writing "This is not a political book, but simply a somewhat impressionistic study of the moods and atmospheres of Cyprus during the troubled years 1953-1956". In short, this is not a book one would want to read to obtain an idea of the geopolitical dimensions or counter-insurgency or even the domestic politics of Cyprus during this time.The strength of the book is the author's writing style and the "impressionistic" emotions surrounding his fictional trip to Cyprus. Most of the emotions stem not from major geopolitical events but in day to day encounters he has with the population and his various interactions with them. Nearly all of this are very basic but convey, like Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea, the "feel" and emotions surrounding these interactions and the author's observations. They are as quite moving and touching. The book definitely deserves its reputation.

A PORTRAIT OF OLD CYPRUS
Lawrence (Larry) Durrell was Public Relations Officer for the British Government on the island colony of Cyprus. As a reporter I knew him well. In Bitter Lemons Larry narrates his personal observations of a way of life rapidly disappearing, the Colonial Empire. Colorful cottages, crusader castles, Byzantine abbeys, picnics with ouzo and commanderia under the olive trees, and the characters -- British, Greek and Turkish Cypriots with their sometimes lovable, sometimes negative peculiarities, but very human idiosyncracies. Larry records a wonderful tapestry of human life in a colony that died in August 1960. Bitter Lemons: A work of literary art by a craftsman in love with Aphrodite's isle.

utter loveliness.
I wouldn't want to spoil the thing by saying too much, but it was a very interesting read, aside from being intensely pleasant.There's a certain delicacy, about death, and strife, and the drinking of wine.Durrell is well spoken and well informed: you might think, like I did, that the story of Cyprus isn't politically relevant.But I only thought that because I'm an ignorant American, and because I had yet to read this lovely book.

Memories of times lost
An evocative memoir of the author's stay [1953-6] in what's now Northern Cyprus.Much of the landscape was still as he described it when we visited Belle Pais, Famagusta, Kyrenia, and Nicosia, the Tree of Idleness and other sites on our hiking trip to Cyprus in 2001.His adventures in buying and maintaining a house rival those of Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence"written many years later.The peaceful interludesin the hills are marred by foreshadowing of the political turmoil and tragedies that would engulf Cyprus in the following decades, leading to the departure of Durrell and other foreign nationals.Some of those towns and even cities remain ghost towns to this day.Once hard to find, this book has now been deservedly reissued. ... Read more

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Title: Disturbances in Cyprus in October, 1931.
Author: Ronald Storrs
Publication: Journal of Cyprus Studies (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 30Page: 5(49)

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This digital document is an article from Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs, published by Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs on April 1, 2010. The length of the article is 7379 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cyprus: reunification proving elusive.(Congressional Research Service)(Report)
Author: Vincent Morelli
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: April 1, 2010
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
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