Diaspora

A new football showcase aimed at identifying British-Cypriot and Cyprus-eligible players in the UK will take place in London from October 27 to 30, with organisers seeking to create a route into ...

More than 350 Cypriot professionals living and working in the UK attended Minds in Cyprus events held in Birmingham and London this week, aimed at connecting expatriates with employment opportunities and ...

The contribution of the Cypriot diaspora in the United Kingdom and its role in strengthening ties with Cyprus were highlighted at an event held at the UK Parliament on Wednesday, ...

According to the latest data submitted by the foreign office to parliament, the Cypriot diaspora numbers between 650,000 and 760,000, potentially surpassing the 719,252 Cypriots residing on the island. The largest diaspora communities ...

Cyprus’ long-running division dominated discussions in Nicosia this week at the World Annual Conference of Diaspora Cypriots, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Saturday. Calls for renewed peace talks came ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening hosted a reception at the presidential palace for delegates of the World Conference of Cypriot Diaspora, where he praised the diaspora as “tireless ambassadors ...

The demographic issue is ‘killing’ both Greece and Cyprus and this problem is the largest they face, Greek deputy foreign minister Ioannis Loverdos said on Wednesday. “We need to change ...

Washington continues to advocate for a peaceful reunification of Cyprus and hopes that the UN “Secretary-General’s meeting in July will contribute to a clear path toward a peaceful and ...

A trilateral meeting between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt on Diaspora issues took place on Monday in Athens. The Republic of Cyprus was represented by the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Theodora ...

Australian Cypriot footballer Aziz Behich captained his team Melbourne City to a league title in Australia’s premier football competition, the A League this weekend. Melbourne City beat fierce city ...

The generous tax breaks dangled to repatriate ‘talent’ from the Cypriot diaspora concern not only Cypriots but also citizens of other EU countries as well as of non-EU countries, MPs ...

Cyprus has launched its much-heralded new campaign to lure back skilled professionals from the diaspora, with generous tax breaks, digital tools, a growing number of tech jobs and a real ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night announced his plan to lure Cypriots living abroad to return to the country. Addressing the Guildhall in the City of London to 750 interested participants, ...

In just a few hours, hundreds of Cypriots in London and many more online will hear details of the government’s incentives to bring them back to Cyprus. The cabinet ...

As Cyprus’ technology sector continues to grow, the country is shifting its focus from attracting foreign professionals to convincing Cypriots abroad to come home. That was the message from a ...

Cyprus is preparing to roll out a global campaign aimed at bringing back talented Cypriots from abroad, President Nikos Christodoulides announced during the IN Business Awards 2025. The initiative, titled “Minds ...

In May 2017, thousands of people, many of them children, gathered at Manchester Arena to see American pop star Ariana Grande perform. As the concert ended and families made their way ...

By Christiana Gregoriou The second world war veteran community is far more ethnically diverse than many people realise, with over 3 million foreign servicemen serving with the British armed forces during ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday outlined the incentives he plans to introduce with the aim of convincing Cypriots living abroad to return to the island. Speaking ahead of the day’...

110 years since the Armenian genocide, which resulted in the deaths of over 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915, was marked by the Armenian community of Cyprus, in addition to ...

It is the Church that links the diaspora community in the USA with the island, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday evening. Speaking during his tour in the US, Christodoulides ...

While most people his age have been retired for the best part of three decades, 91-year-old British Cypriot John Panayis is the United Kingdom’s oldest chip shop owner and ...

The Greek Cypriot Brotherhood in the UK welcomed in the New Year on Sunday with the annual cutting of the vasilopita. The cutting was blessed by Archbishop Nikitas while 140 members ...

While Jimmy Carter’s election as president of the United States in 1976 may have been a close-run contest, it was greeted with almost unanimous elation in Cyprus. Church bells rang ...