A mecca for climbers, hikers, geologists and nature lovers today, the Troodos mountain range is the backbone of Cyprus ever since it was formed 92 million years ago as a fragment of an ancient oceanic ...

The article by Francis X. Rocca, “Cyprus Seeks to Escape a Bitter Past” (June 6), appears balanced on the surface. However, being balanced does not mean being accurate or objective. ... The origins of ...

Cyprus is the only European country that does not have a national natural history museum, needed to protect and study the island’s natural heritage, experts said on Monday. In a joint statement, ...

The UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus was first established 1964 to prevent communal violence between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. Ten years later, in 1974, the mission expanded ...