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Interative kiosks installed at Paphos and Larnaca International Airports News Interative kiosks installed at Paphos and Larnaca International Airports Seventy-four interactive kiosks have been installed at Cyprus’ two international airports to facilitate passport control.Hermes Airports, the Cyprus Police and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, a...
Geroskipou beach front upgrade is underway News Geroskipou beach front upgrade is underway The three new beach bars situated along Geroskipou municipality beach will be completed in the second week of July, according to the local Mayor. Mr Michalis Pavlides said that the individual kiosks, which will serv...
President Anastasiades visiting Paphos News President Anastasiades visiting Paphos President Nicos Anastasiades, ministers and other government officials are paying an all-day visit to Paphos tomorrow, Tuesday to review the progress of infrastructure projects in the district.The agenda includes the com...
Paphos airport awarded for services for people with disabilities News Paphos airport awarded for services for people with disabilities The 14th ACI Europe (Airports International Council) Annual Awards ceremony held in Brussels has named Paphos Airport "Europe's Most Accessible Airport" for people with disabilities and reduced mobility.   The annu...
Fig Tree Bay Beach ranked world's 20th most popular beach News Fig Tree Bay Beach ranked world's 20th most popular beach The Daily Mail have published a list of the most popular beaches according to how many times it has been snapped on Instragram.  Fig Tree Bay in Protaras is 20th on the list. The full list: 1. Whitehaven beach in A...
Tourist arrivals rise 7.9% in May, Cystat says News Tourist arrivals rise 7.9% in May, Cystat says The statistical service Cystat said that tourist arrivals in May rose by 7.6 per cent to 450,955 compared to May 2017. The number of tourists from the UK rose an annual 3.8 per cent to 160,948 whilst that of tourists fr...
App explores the beauty of Cyprus beaches News App explores the beauty of Cyprus beaches If you are a tourist, you probably have little notion of just which beach suits your needs. And that is where the new app, Cyprus Beaches, comes in extremely handy.  The app developed by Andreas Papadopoulos in coop...
Cyprus International Food Festival News Cyprus International Food Festival On June 15th at Paphos Castle, CIFF2018Pafos in collaboration with the Municipality of Paphos will host vendors with street food from around the world. Food and wine from Cyprus can be tasted together with a huge variet...
Cyprus Rally News Cyprus Rally The Cyprus Rally, organised by Larnaca Municipality and the Cyprus Automobile Association will take place between June 15th and 17th.   For the first time, the Rally will be based in Larnaca instead of Nicosia...
Dancers for charity fail to break world record News Dancers for charity fail to break world record The attempt to break the world record for the Hasapiko Dance unfortunately failed.  It was hoped that 1,200 people would take part and at least 1,000 people were needed to dance simultaneously for at least 5 minutes...
16 beaches in Paphos to be given the Blue Flag News 16 beaches in Paphos to be given the Blue Flag According to the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and Cymepa the water quality at Paphos beaches is excellent. The area is set to receive 16 Blue Flags this week. The beaches to be awarded the flag include Bania in the centr...
Guinness World Record challenge for the Hasapiko Dance News Guinness World Record challenge for the Hasapiko Dance On the 3rd June 2018 there will be a Guinness World Record challenge for the Hasapiko Dance at the Castle Square on Paphos Harbour. For the record to be achieved at least 1200 dancers are needed to dance simultaneously f...
Cypriot Sailor wins European Championship News Cypriot Sailor wins European Championship Cypriot sailor and Olympic winner, Pavlos Kontides, 28 was crowned European Champion on Saturday 5th May at the Laser European Championships in La Rochelle, France.  Kontides was the only Europen to win on Saturday....
Paphos to be promoted as tourist destination in the Baltics News Paphos to be promoted as tourist destination in the Baltics Delegates from Paphos are heading to the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia later this month to participate in a series of presentations and workshops aimed at promoting the town as a tourism destination afte...
Cyprus take second place in Eurovision News Cyprus take second place in Eurovision Cyprus came second in the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. The contest held in Lisbon, Portugal saw an energetic performance given by Eleni Foureira but failed to clinch first place, coming in second to Israel. President N...
Eurovision: Cyprus has emerged as new favourite to win contest! News Eurovision: Cyprus has emerged as new favourite to win contest! Cyprus will be represented by singer Eleni Foureira at the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. Eleni Foureira, 31 years old will be performing the song Fuego.  Greek-Albanian Foureira born in 1987 began her career in a g...
DP World Limassol Celebrates Official Opening of New Limassol Cruise Terminal News DP World Limassol Celebrates Official Opening of New Limassol Cruise Terminal The President, Mr Nicos Anastasiades and his Excellency Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem are set to officially open the new passenger terminal at DP World Limassol tomorrow, 3rd May.  The ceremony is being held at 19:00 hou...
The Cyprus University of Technology second in Times HE rankings News The Cyprus University of Technology second in Times HE rankings The Times Higher Education has ranked the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) the second best young University of Europe and the University of Cyprus third on the influential list. The education list includes 50 uni...
Pafos Tourism Board upgrading its promotional material News Pafos Tourism Board upgrading its promotional material Pafos Tourism Board has revealed that they are upgrading, with the support of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, their print and digital promotional material. The upgrade is designed to further enhance and promote the reg...
Happy 30th birthday to The International School of Paphos News Happy 30th birthday to The International School of Paphos 30 years ago the International School of Paphos (Isop) first operated on the grounds of the Laisideio school in Paphos with 80 pupils, now it has around 750 students and more than 80 teachers. The International School o...
Cyprus’ newest shopping destination, Nicosia Mall, opens in November News Cyprus’ newest shopping destination, Nicosia Mall, opens in November Cyprus' newest shopping destination, Nicosia Mall, opens in November. The mall is in Lakatamia, a southwestern suburb of Nicosia and easy access is expected as it is located on the outskirts of the capital. The shopping...
Indian Tycoon has given up his Indian citizenship to become a citizen of Cyprus News Indian Tycoon has given up his Indian citizenship to become a citizen of Cyprus Surendra Hiranandani, co-founder of the Hiranandani Group has become a citizen of Cyprus giving up his Indian citizenship. The real estate tycoon has said that the primary reason for doing this is the difficulty in getti...
Latchi's fifth annual fish festival News Latchi's fifth annual fish festival The fifth annual fish festival takes place at Latchi harbour on Saturday.   This year the local mayor has said that he is expecting the number of visitors to exceed last year's total.  Last year around 2,000 v...
Cyprus registers record number of tourists in March News Cyprus registers record number of tourists in March Official data showed that a surge in British, German, Russian and Israeli tourists helped Cyprus register its best ever arrival figures for March. The official data revealed tourist arrivals reached 192,090 in March comp...
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