Lefkos Demosthenous present Cyprus and Paliometocho Lyceum to teachers come to Cyprus for the second teachers meating for ERASMUS+ project.

1. IT or not ITIT or not IT
Palaiometocho,
Koutsoftas-Panagides
Lyceum. Cyprus
Nicosia, September 2015
Lefkos Demosthenous
…….About Cyprus.About Cyprus

2. Halloumi

3. CyprusCyprus

4. Cyprus
Population: 700,000
Capital: Nicosia
Major Cities: Nicosia, Famagusta, Limassol,
Larnaca, Pafos, Kerynia
Major Religion: Christian Orthodox
Member of EU: Since 2004
Currency: Euro

5. Things to do in Cyprus

6. Visit ancient monuments

7. Go swimming

8. Change color via sunbathing

9. Enjoy water sports

10. Go hiking, mountain biking

11. and make friends!

12. while you are eating!

13. Sοuvla

14. Interesting facts about
Cyprus
1. From Nicosia: 1 hr to the mountains, 40 minutes
to the beach
2. Major income comes from tourism and services
3. Island of Aphrodite, (Venus)
4. Transportation
5. Cats

15. Not a place to…Not a place to…
►go at a U2 concert but…go at a U2 concert but…
A safe place for..A safe place for..
►our familyour family

16. Historical facts
Unfortunately, nice location
Many conquerors
We manage to keep our language, religion, culture

17. History of Cyprus
(8200 - 3900 B.C.)Neolithic Period
…
1200 B.C. Hellenisation of the island from Greeks
…
330 Byzantine Period
1192 Frankish (Lusignan) Period
1489Venetian Period (- 1571)
1571Ottoman Occupation
1878 British colony
1955 Military campaign against the British rule

18. 1955-59 EOKA struggle
 Liberation of Cyprus
 Union of Cyprus with Greece
 EOKA fighters
Michael Koutosftas and Andreas Panagides
 Sentenced to death
 Executed on September 21st
1956
 Buried at the imprisoned graves
 1960 Independence of the Republic of Cyprus

19. Paliometoho
Michael Koutosftas and
Andreas Panagides
Lyceum

20. Republic of
Cyprus
Greek andTurkish Cypriots lived together, no problem
Complicated constitution

21. “Divide and
conquer”
Disproportional privileges toTurkish Cypriots 18 %
1963-64 Many problems among the 2 communities
Turkish army bombarded the island 1964
Turkish Cypriot withdrew from the government

22. Turkish invasion 1974

24. 40% of the island occupied the
Turkish Army

25. 200,000 refugees in our own
country

26. 1983 Self declared the occupied part as a separate
country
Not recognized by UN
Still, it is only recognized byTurkey

28. Famagusta: The ghost city

29. Famagusta: The ghost city

30. Famagusta: The ghost city

32. The biggest problem is the settlers
from Turkey

33. Negotiations to find a solution

34. Our School
493 students
80 teachers
10 assistant headmasters
1 Headmaster

35. Location

36. Public Educational System in
Cyprus
6 years elementary school
3 years lower high school
3 years upper high school (15-18years old)

37. The majority of our graduates
goes for further studies in:
Greece
Cyprus
England

38. 1st
class 36(45 min) periods per week 4 periods of
elective classes
2nd
class 20 periods of elective classes
3rd
class 22 periods of elective classes
Lyceum

39. Φραπέ
Frappe… A way of living…

40. Sugar…milk
Γλυκύς (glikis) =Sweet
Μέτριος (metrios) = Semi sweet
Σκέτος (sketos) = No sugar
With or without milk

42. Thank
You,
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