Linked by history - united by choice : Cyprus and its European Union partners

FOREWORD BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS . . 15
FOREWORD BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS . . 17
INTRODUCTION . . 20

CYPRUS
THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK . . 25

AUSTRIA
THE LONG-STANDING RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND AUSTRIA . . 47
THE AUSTRIAN CONTINGENT: TRIBUTE TO PEACE . . 70
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND BILATERAL VISITS . . 74
VIENNA . . 85

BELGIUM
BELGIUM-CYPRUS: DEEP-ROOTED RELATIONS OF COOPERATION . . 89

BULGARIA
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND BULGARIA THROUGH THE CENTURIES . . 105
LITERARY TRAILS: BULGARIA IN CYPRUS AND CYPRUS IN BULGARIA . . 126
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 134
BULGARIA . . 146

CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: A FRIENDSHIP THROUGHT DIFFICULT TIMES . . 151
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - CYPRUS OFFICIAL VISITS . . 163
THE PRAGUE SPRING IN CYPRIOT POETRY . . 168
CZECH REPUBLIC: CZECH TRAVELLERS IN RENAISSANCE CYPRUS . . 171
CYPRUS-CZECH REPUBLIC: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 174
PRAGUE. JULY 2 1968 . . 181

DENMARK
DENMARK-CYPRUS: WHEN THE VIKINGS MET APHRODITE . . 185

ESTONIA
CYPRUS - ESTONIA: ANCIENT, SMALL NATIONS IN A PARALLEL TRAJECTORY . . 207

FINLAND
CYPRUS - FINLAND: THE PEOPLE AT THE EDGE OF EASTERN EUROPE . . 225
SAKARI TUOMIOJA. SUOMALAINEN SOVITTELIJA . . 244
FINLAND 1962 249

FRANCE
FRANCE AND CYPRUS: FROM GREEK AND PHOENICIAN SETTLERS IN FRANCE, TO FRENCH TRAVELLERS IN CYPRUS . . 253
MEDIEVAL CYPRUS AND EUROPE, ELEVENTH-SIXTEENTH CENTURIES . . 261
CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF CYPRUS - FRANCE . . 279
ROGER MILLIEX AND CYPRUS . . 295
THE "PLEIADE" IN CYPRUS: FRENCH AUTHORS AND THE ISLAND OF APHRODITE . . 297
THE FOUNDING OF CYPROLOGICAL STUDIES BY FRENCH SCHOLARS DURING THE 19TH CENTURY . . 308
PARIS MUSEE DU LOUVRE . . 312
LA VILLE LUMIERE . . 315

GERMANY
GERMANY - CYPRUS: TWO COUNTRIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DIVISION . . 319
CYPRUS, GERMANY AND ARCHAEOLOGY . . 347
MEMORY OF THE HALLOWED MARTYRED POETS FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE AND HOELDERLIN . . 357

GREECE
DISTINGUISHED CYPRIOTS IN GREECE . . 361
DETAILS ON CYPRUS . . 381

HUNGARY
HUNGARY - CYPRUS: FROM THE CRUSSADES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION . . 385
AUTUMN IN BUDAPEST . . 399

IRELAND
CYPRUS - IRELAND: SISTER ISLANDS, REVOLUTIONARY ISLANDS . . 403

ITALY
ITALY - CYPRUS . . 441
CYPRUS AND ITALY: THE MIDDLE AGES . . 475
ROME . . 489

LATVIA
LATVIA - CYPRUS: A NEWBORN FRIENDSHIP . . 493

LITHUANIA
LITHUANIA - CYPRUS: TWO SMALL STATES IN A GREAT EUROPEAN FAMILY . . 503

LUXEMBOURG
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG AND CYPRUS . . 519

MALTA
MALTA - CYPRUS, THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY: FROM THE SWINGING
  SWORD OF THE KNIGHTS TO THE ROCKY SHORES OF APHRODITE . . 531
MALTA . . 549

NETHERLANDS
NETHERLANDS - CYPRUS: FROM THE TRAVELLERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION . . 553
DEN HAAG, JULY 7 . . 567

POLAND
POLAND - CYPRUS: FROM THE LAND OF CHOPIN TO THE ISLAND OF APHRODITE . . 571
THE GOLDEN AUTUMN OF WARSAW . . 587

PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL - CYPRUS: AT THE GATEWAYS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA . . 591
WHEN THE "LUSIADS" MET CYPRUS . . 599
THE SEAGULLS OF OPORTO . . 603

ROMANIA
FROM BUCHAREST TO THE MEDITERRANEAN: TWO-WAY ROUTES OVERTIME . . 607
THE CYPRIOT PRESENCE IN THE ROMANIAN AREA . . 625
ROMANIA . . 631

SLOVAKIA
SLOVAK CONTINGENT: AN 11-YEAR PRESENCE IN CYPRUS, IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE . . 635
CYPRUS - SLOVAK REPUBLIC: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 640

SLOVENIA
CYPRUS - SLOVENIA RELATIONS - A NEW STATE AND A NEW BLOSSOMING FRIENDSHIP . . 653

SPAIN
RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND SPAIN . . 669
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES-FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: TWO SPANISH HIDALGOS IN CYPRUS . . 696
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 703
PARENTHESIS IN TOLEDO . . 715

SWEDEN
CYPRUS - SWEDEN . . 719
THE SWEDISH CONTINGENT IN UNFICYP: 29 YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE . . 754
STOCKHOLM APRIL 1998 . . 760

UNITED KINGDOM
BRITAIN AND CYPRUS: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW . . 765
BRITISH TRAVELLERS AND ARTISTS IN CYPRUS . . 790
HIGH COMMISSIONERS AND GOVERNORS OF CYPRUS (1878-1960) . . 797
BRITISH POLITICIANS ON CYPRUS . . 808
BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF CYPRUS HISTORY . . 820
THE PRESENCE OF CYPRUS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE: FROM SHAKESPEARE TO DURRELL AND DU MAURIER . . 830
UNITED KINGDOM'S CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE IN CYPRUS . . 840
POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM 1960-2012 . . 844

THE AUTHORS . . 857