Course Details

1. Understand the history of the European Union (creation, changes, and important developmental stages), the function of the EU (institutions), the relations between Cyprus and the EU (before and after the accession), and the possibility of solving the Cyprus problem through the accession, the changes in the Cypriot society.
2. Understand the historical background of the European integration, the important historical events, the common market and policies, the economic and numismatic unification, foreign policy and defense, the expansion of the EU.
3. Analyse the political and social development of the Cypriot society and the ways of dealing with it at school.
4. Analyse the structure of the function of the EU and they should point out the changes from the accession to the Cypriot society.
5. Analyse and point out the changes (through the accession to the EU) that appear in their everyday life and they should try to explain them
6. Learn to plan lessons with relative themes at school.

Creation of the European Communities. Creation of the European Communities. Important stages of the development of the European Union.

The institutions of the European Union and how they work. Foreign policy and defence. The expansion of the European Union. A brief historical overview. The historical background.

The accession of Cyprus to the European Union. Possibilities of solving the Cyprus problem through accession. The Cypriot presidency of the Council of the European Union.

• Βασιλείου, Γ. (2004): Κύπρος – Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. Από τα πρώτα βήματα μέχρι την ένταξη. (Cyprus – European Union. From the first steps to the accretion.) Αθήνα: Καστανιώτης. (In Greek)
• Κρανιδιώτης, Ν. (2001): Η Κύπρος στην Ευρώπη. (Cyprus in Europe) Αθήνα: Εστία. (In Greek)
• Πιερίδης, Κ. (2001): Η Ευρώπη σε μεταμόρφωση. Κύπρος – Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. (Europe in transition. Cyprus – European Union) Αθήνα: Νέα Σύνορα Λιβάνης. (In Greek)

• Τζερμιάς, Π. (2004): Η Κύπρος από την αρχαιότητα ως την ένταξη στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. (Cyprus from the ancient times to the accretion to the European Union) Τόμος Ι, ΙΙ, ΙΙΙ. Αθήνα: Σιδέρης. (In Greek)