The Australian affiliate community Apostolos Andreas Cyprus Orthodox Community West Sunshine recently hosted their popular Apostolos Andreas two-day paniyiri. The festival was a huge success with traditional food such as loukmathes, sheftalies and souvlaki as well as amazing entertainment, including traditional dance performances from Greek dancing groups, and Cypriot comedy sketches by the folk group […]
The Greek Cypriot Brotherhood year is delighted to start the year with its annual Vasilopitta cutting, officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and attended by Parliamentarians and Local Councillors. Over the course of the year, the Brotherhood has continued to host events for the whole community including: • High profile speaker events and book launches, […]
To the members of the Greek Orthodox Church, Christmas comes in second after Easter. However, this is not to say that Christmas isn’t widely celebrated with unique traditions. It’s difficult to differentiate the traditions between Greece and Cyprus because they are merely the same. On Christmas Eve, everyone goes to church; children around the villages […]
Explore your roots and heritage, experience Cyprus like never before! Applications for the 2024 editions of the NEPOMAK Discover Cyprus Programme (NDCP) and the NEPOMAK Cyprus Culture Tour (NCCT) are now open.
The European Commission announced that it has received Cyprus’s second payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The second payment is worth 152 million euro in grants (net of pre-financing) and would cover reforms and investments in multiple sectors, focusing especially on the green and digital transitions.
The 5th Bicommunal Photography Competition Exhibition on the theme “Faces of Cyprus”, organised by AKEL and the Left Group in the European Parliament, took place on Friday evening at Chateau Status in the Chateau Status hall in UN-administered buffer zone. The Exhibition is yet another initiative AKEL and the mass organisations of the Left have […]
AK 14 December 2023, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia On 30 November, AKEL, in a letter from the party’s General Secretary, Stefanos Stefanou, to the President of the Republic, called for the convening of the National Council. It reiterated its request in a statement dated 7 December. The convening of the National Council is imperative […]
Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party 2023 IMG_9212 Attendees danced to live music by Pelagos Entertainment at the Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Cyprus Young Professionals Annual Christmas Party on December 14 at Anemos Restaurant in Astoria. Photo by Eleni Sakellis. ASTORIA – In a festive atmosphere, the Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the […]
As record numbers of Syrian refugees reach the shores of Cyprus, the Nicosia government wants the European Union to consider declaring parts of their war-torn homeland safe to repatriate them to, the Cypriot interior minister said.
The inauguration of the “Resistance and Democracy” Park took place on Saturday 9 December. The ceremony took place following a proposal submitted by AKEL to the Municipality of the city of Larnaka. AKEL Larnaka held a tree planting initiative in this particular park in July 2020. The Mayor of Larnaka Andreas Vyra and the Vice-president […]
