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

Obrazy
Autor
ed. Giorgos Georgis, Giorgos Kazamias
Place of publication
Nicosia
Publication date
2012
Table of Contents

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