#carnival

Limassol’s municipal council on Monday rejected a €43,000 security fee requested by the police for this year’s carnival parade, igniting a larger conversation about how policing for public events ...

The king and queen of Brazil’s renowned Rio de Janeiro carnival visited Cyprus’ carnival capital Limassol on Friday night. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the pair “danced to ...

More than 3,000 costumed revelers took part, and around 25,000 spectators lined the streets of Paralimni on Sunday for the grand carnival parade, marking the peak of this year’s Famagusta carnival. ...

The streets of Limassol filled with colour on Sunday afternoon as the final carnival parade passed through town. Over 100 organised groups were taking part with a similar number of floats. ...

Union of municipalities has urged chief of police Themistos Arnaoutis to immediately withdraw the decision to charge Limassol municipality €43,000 for policing this year’s carnival parade on Sunday. The move ...

For the first time, Cyprus police have issued an invoice on Wednesday for the cost of policing the Limassol carnival parade, a move that has raised concerns among local authorities. ...

Lanes will be closed on the motorway linking Limassol and Nicosia on carnival weekend, with the police saying the lane closures have been planned to “deal with the expected increased ...

Hundreds of people gathered for the Aglandjia Carnival Parade on Sunday.  Events began at 11.30am on Kyrenia Avenue, in Aglandjia, where the parade kicked-off finishing at Archaion Solon Street.  The ...

The rhythms of the carnival have started in Limassol, where the new King of the Carnival will be crowned on Thursday. In a surprise announcement, Rio Carnival’s King and ...

The Limassol Carnival museum which was set to launch in 2021 will finally open its doors “in one and half months”, Limassol mayor Nikos Nicolaidis announced on Thursday. The museum is ...

Thousands of people young and old, paraded in the first round of carnival celebrations on Sunday across the country. Carnival celebrations span two weeks, with the first Sunday being the ...

Approximately seven thousand people, along with over 50 floats, are set to participate in this year’s carnival parade in Paphos, according to the events’ coordinator, George Kounnas. Speaking to the ...

Limassol municipality said on Saturday it will take part in the city’s big carnival parade with three floats satirising the recent election battle, the glacial progress of the country’...

Carnival celebrations began around the island on Thursday as municipalities kicked off the festivities with Tsiknopempti events. After two years without its famous carnival parade, its biggest annual event, Limassol ...

The new king and queen of this year’s Famagusta carnival were presented on Wednesday at a press conference held at the Frenaros Community Council. This year’s queen is ...

This year’s Limassol carnival king is the youngest in the modern history of the institution, the municipality announced on Friday. TV and theatre producer Dimitris Giannakou has been attending ...

As additional relaxations of the coronavirus measures came into force, locals across the island were barbecuing to celebrate Stinky Thursday, which marks the first day of carnival celebrations. Demand for ...

The health ministry on Wednesday announced the “protocols on dancing” which set the specifications for nightclubs, entertainment centres and other related venues. In effect from 10am on Thursday, the start ...

Cyprus needs the Limassol carnival this year “perhaps more than ever before”, mayor Nicos Nicolaides said on Tuesday as he presented the upcoming carnival events, albeit somewhat cut back. The ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday a recent rise in Covid-related hospital admissions was mainly due to the three-day carnival celebrations that took place in Limassol almost two weeks ...

Cyprus was left stunned on Sunday night after a video went viral showing hundreds of people partying in Limassol with zero distancing and many not wearing a mask as they ...

In order to spread some festive cheer around town, Limassol’s Carnival King toured the city on ‘stinky Thursday’, a tradition observed each year to mark the beginning of the ...

Over 60 police officers and 30 patrol cars will be deployed in Limassol during Smokey or Stinky Thursday to make sure all the measures in place against the spread of Covid-19 are ...

Limassol’s Carnival King will be touring the streets of Limassol later this week on his chariot, starting from stinky Thursday in a bid to spread some festive cheer around ...