The Great Game In 1878 Benjamin Disraeli returned from the Congress of Berlin with what was thought to be ‘Peace in the Balkans’ and an extra piece to add to the British Empire’s Eastern Mediterranean jigsaw: Cyprus. The Island was ceded to Britain by the Ottomans following no less than Read more…
Message from the Queen On Saturday the 12th of June 1999, in a shoe factory on the outskirts of Skopje, General Sir Mike Jackson received a telegram from the Queen; it read: “I have nothing but admiration for the way in which you have carried out your duties over recent Read more…
“There was dancing, and singing, and smoking, can you imagine!” says the bespectacled Father Linos, referring to the tourist activities that once took place within the grounds of the now immaculately manicured Machairas Monastery. He glances towards the Bishop responsible for arresting this decay and revitalising the surroundings and several Read more…