Cyprus

In 1974 the northern part of the island was illegally invaded by Turkey and colonised by people from the Turkish mainland; it subsequently declared itself the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus in 1983, which is not recognised by the international community due to its illegality.

Therefore Cyprus as recognised by all foreign governments, aside from Turkey, Cyprus is run by a Greek Cypriot government and is therefore Greek.

Greek Cypriots eat a variety of vegetables, fruit, meat (mainly pork, chicken and lamb) but also a variety of other animals! There are so many colourful and delicious foods that they eat it would be hard to name it all. They enjoy barbeques, they eat (very healthy) kebabs, made with the barbequed chicken or pork in a pitta with fresh salad, mmm yummy.

Yes the waters surrounding crete are home to sharks, including the Great White Shark. This is not to say the waters are dangerous, remember soda vending machines have killed more people than sharks. SHARKS ARE HARDLY DANGEROUS.

Yes. It was invaded in 1974 by Turkey and has been illegally occupied ever since. Turkey is the only country in the entire world that recognises it as legal state. The international community does not recognise it as legal. Cyprus is Greek with about 20% illegally occupied to the north by the Turks.

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There is no way to determine one currency's exchange rate.

To find out what is the value of one currncy it has to be compare to another currency.

For example, you can check what is the exchange rate of the Cyprus currency (EUR) in comparison the US Dollar (USD). Currently the EUR/USD is worth 1.266

Cyprus has been a divided nation since 1974, when the Turkish Army invaded during July and August. This happened due to a coup by extreme right-wing military officers, who overthrew the democratically-elected Government of President Makarios and imposed a military dictatorship, whose aim was to expel or exterminate the island's ethnic Turk population. Turkey then stepped in to protect the Turkish people.

It was a strategically important naval, (and later also air) base.

Rumors say about an IKEA store opening to Limassol's Orphanides Hypermaket area. The one with the McDonalds restaraunt in it. Lets wait and see...

All of the named islands are in the Mediterranean Sea.

Yes, quite a bit. Ireland is 32,595.1 square miles or 84,421 square kilometers and Cyprus is only 3,571 square miles or 9,248 square kilometers.

Cyprus is 2 hours in front of UK Greenwich Mean Time.

yamang mineral kasi ang bansang cyprus ay maraming mga yamang mineral na nakadeposito dito

Euros but previously Cypriot Pounds.

They turned to Euro, 1st January 2008. Things have gotten a little more expensive since then. With the weak pound (at present), it's more expensive for the British holidaymaker.

Crete is 486 miles from Cyprus, which would be approximately a 1 hour 30 minute flight, according to Google Maps.

The price for KWh for domestic consumers is 30 eurocent plus or minus one or two cent depending on consumption. The price includes VAT and other taxes and charges. (JULY 2012)

Northern Cyprus is 3335 square kilometres.

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Cypriot. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus

The Republic of Cyprus is a Presidential Republic and has no Prime Minister. Currently, the President of Cyprus is Nicos Anastasiades.

However, the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, the regime that controls the northern third of the island does have a Prime Minister and that man is currently Özkan Yorgancıoğlu (pronounced uz-kon yor-gan-je-ow-loo).

The Euro is not the currency of Europe. There are about 50 countries in Europe, of which 28 are members of an organisation known as the European Union. As of the 1st of January 2014, 18 of those 28 countries use the Euro. So most European countries use their own currencies, not the Euro. The first 12 countries to use the Euro started to do so on the 1st of January 2002. The other 6 have joined since then and others will start to use it in the coming years.

Cypriot notes can be exchanged for their Euro equivalent at any branch of a Cypriot bank.

You could also ask your own bank about exchanging for local currency.

After WWII, Cyprus was gaining independence from Britain and was filled with Greek nationalism, which alienated the large Turkish population. The desire of the Greek population for union with Greece was matched by Turkish intervention, leading to a coup by pro-Greek forces which spawned an invasion by Turkey into the north end of the island. This led to a division of the island into a Greek and Turkish part with population transfers and Turkish immigration creating a ethnically homogeneous population in each half. Efforts to end this division or create an independent Turkish Cypriot state have dominated the island's foreign affairs since then.

The distance beetwen the two capitals Athens and Nicosia is 915 Km

Once your passport is valid and it will not expire during the whole duration of your stay, then there is no problem.