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The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) (Greek: Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου or "ΤΕ.ΠΑ.Κ.") is a university established in 2004. Its first intake of students took place in the academic year 2007–08. [1] The establishment of CUT is an attempt to fill in gaps that still exist within Cyprus' higher ...
The municipal president is elected for a three-year term. The town council has four councilpersons, who serve as Secretary and councilors of ecology, public works, ecology, roads and markets, and cemeteries.
Trepak (Russian: Трепак; Ukrainian: Трoпак or Трiпак), [1] also referred to as the Russian dance, is one of the character dances from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's famous 1892 ballet The Nutcracker. It is based on the traditional Russian [2] and Ukrainian folk dance also called the trepak. The piece is part of the Divertissement ...
Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, [1] also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball, is a team sport. It is played with a ball made of rattan or synthetic plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court. [2][3] It is similar to volleyball and footvolley in its use of a rattan ball and players ...
A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Malay Wikipedia article at [ [:ms:Tepak sirih]]; see its history for attribution. A Tepak Sireh ( Jawi: تيڤق سيريه ) is a traditional Malay metal container for storing betel leaves used for chewing.
Betel nut chewing, also called betel quid chewing or areca nut chewing, is a practice in which areca nuts (also called "betel nuts") are chewed together with slaked lime and betel leaves for their stimulant and narcotic effects, the primary psychoactive compound being arecoline. The practice is widespread in Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Island ...
The International Sepaktakraw Federation, commonly known as ISTAF, is the international governing body for the sport of Sepak takraw, which was formed in 1988 with five founding member countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Myanmar, officially based in Thailand and with its secretariat in Singapore. [1][2] The current ...
Tassos Papadopoulos died on 12 December 2008 at 13:05 pm of small cell lung carcinoma. He was a heavy smoker. Papadopoulos had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital on 22 November for the disease. The funeral took place on 15 December 2008 in Agia Sophia Church in Nicosia.