Revenue from tourism for the period of January – September 2021 jumped by an annual 250% exceeding €1 billion, but still remain below the pre-COVID respective period. According to data release by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat) revenue from tourism for the period of January – September reached €1,045.2 mn compared to €298.9 mn […]
Pope Francis has begun his apostolic journey to the eastern Mediterranean region, flying first to Cyprus in his two-nation visit. Accompanying him on the 3-hour flight from Rome on an A320 plane of Italy’s new state-owned flag carrier ITA Airways, were 77 journalists, 7 of them from Cyprus and Greece. Pope Francis greeted and thanked […]
Pope Francis arrived in Cyprus on Thursday afternoon for a historic visit to the island, the second papal visit in Cyprus following the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.
Relations between Cyprus and Israel are today stronger than ever before, Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, during an event in Nicosia organized by the Embassy of Israel on the occasion of the Hanukkah Jewish celebration, during which Christodoulides and Israeli Ambassador Oren Anolik lit the candles on a menorah, an ancient Hebrew lampstand.
Over 900 people remain missing since Turkey illegally invaded and occupied Cyprus in 1974. The Committee of Missing Persons in Cyprus continues to search for the missing under the auspices of the United Nations. However, without the cooperation of Turkey for the effective investigation of the missing, this issue remains a humanitarian crisis, especially for […]
The forthcoming visit of Pope Francis to Cyprus is an important event of international scope that arouses global interest, Cyprus’ Deputy Government Spokeswoman, Niovi Parisinou, said in a written statement. According to Parisinou, 77 journalists who will accompany the Pope’s mission, have already been accredited for the visit of the Primate of the Roman Catholic […]
Cyprus authorities are on alert for the new COVID-19 Omicron variant and assure the public that situation is being monitored. On Sunday the Health Minister, Michalis Hadjipantelas, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Christina Yiannaki, had a meeting with the management of the State Health Services Organization (SHSO) and the Directors of General Hospitals […]
Cyprus has redefined its tourism offering to satisfy a changing market, deputy tourist minister Savvas Perdios told British tour operators as he struck an upbeat note for 2022. Speaking at a working dinner in central London to a group of some 30 tour operators primarily of specialised forms of tourism, and travel journalists, Perdios said […]
Pope Francis is arranging to transfer a number of migrants to Italy from the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, where he is opening a three-day visit next week, a Cypriot government official said on Thursday.Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos told The Associated Press the Vatican is now making the arrangements with Cypriot authorities. There are […]
Cyprus regained recently 38 of its antiquities. The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, has announced that on the 11th November 2021, 38 antiquities belonging to various prehistoric and historic periods, were handed over to the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Washington, USA, by Katherine Grayson Wilkins, who […]
