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The Mitsero murders were a series of killings committed by Nikos Metaxas, a military officer in the Cypriot National Guard, between September 2016 and August 2018. Five of his seven victims were female foreigners he had met on the online dating site Badoo. [1] The remaining two victims were young children and were the daughters of two of his ...
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (/ ˌækroʊˈtɪəri ənd diˈkeɪliə /), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia[2] (SBA), [a] is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The areas, which include British military bases and installations that were formerly part of the Crown colony of Cyprus, were retained by the ...
Killing. On the night of 16 September 1994, Jensen and her Cypriot boyfriend, Michalis Vassiliades, were riding a motorbike when they were hit by a vehicle driven by the drunk soldiers Ford, Fowler, and Pernell. Having beaten Jensen's boyfriend to the ground, Pernell forced Jensen into the vehicle, and the soldiers abducted her.
Cyprus. Cyprus[f] (/ ˈsaɪprəs / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, [g] is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is geographically a part of West Asia, but its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. [9][10] It ...
1 April. A series of bomb attacks marked the start of a violent campaign for Enosis by the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA) under George Grivas, a Cypriot ex-colonel in the Greek army. Grivas took the name Dighenis and conducted guerrilla warfare from a secret hideout in the Troodos Mountains. 1956.
Jack of the Cyprus Navy. A square flag with a white cross on a blue field, with a crossed anchor, trident and cross in gold superimposed. 1964–present. Flag of The Cypriot National Guard. a 5 horizontal striped flag. one blue, 2 white, one red and one light blue, with the emblem in the center.
Pottery of ancient Cyprus. The pottery of ancient Cyprus starts during the Neolithic period. Throughout the ages, Cypriot ceramics demonstrate many connections with cultures from around the Mediterranean. During the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, it is especially imaginative in shape and decoration. There are also many early terracotta figurines ...
Cyprus's geographic position has caused the island to be influenced by differing Eastern Mediterranean civilisations over the millennia. Periods of Cyprus's history from 1050 BC have been named according to styles of pottery found, as follows: [1] Cypro-Geometric I: 1050–950 BC. Cypro-Geometric II: 950–900 BC. Cypro-Geometric III: 900–750 BC.