#Christmas

Before moving to Cyprus, I lived in Vienna for many years, and nothing highlights the difference between the two more than Christmas: festive markets popping up everywhere, temperatures dropping below ...

As a veteran of many Christmas jobs in my youth I’m a bit spoilt for choice as to what to write. There was the memorable time I slaved behind ...

Upon the third hour of my standing in the main foyer attempting to radiate purpose, I began to suspect my employers at the Royal Opera House were experimenting with some ...

Working over the holidays usually leaves a sour taste. Is it the jealousy of knowing others are with their loved ones while you serve coffee? Or the awkwardness of asking ...

The municipality of Paphos on Saturday announced a series of Christmas events across the city’s neighbourhoods, including a special “Love Bus” offering free rides to residents. In the days ...

Around 350 Christmas “love parcels” are being distributed on Thursday by Limassol municipality’s Social Grocery Stores to people facing financial hardship, with supplies specially boosted for the festive season. The ...

The finance ministry has urged consumers to make full use of the e-kalathi price comparison platform when buying food for the Christmas festive season. In a statement, the consumer protection ...

With the AI-craze apparently all-consuming, toy companies have been quick to ride the wave and appeal to young consumers. And with the holiday season just around the corner, a surge ...

Festive melodies filled the parliament courtyard as children from Larnaca’s Ayios Spyridonas special school performed a selection of Christmas songs for MPs and staff. House Speaker Annita Demetriou and ...

Officials presented Nicosia’s events programme for the holiday season in Eleftheria Square this Friday. Mayor Charalambos Prountzos, alongside the president of the cultural committee, Leoni Orphanidou and cultural officer, ...

Eight villages in all provinces of the island will transform into Christmas villages for the upcoming winter season, from November 22 to January 6, 2026, the deputy ministry of tourism announced on Tuesday. “...

Paphos on Saturday night hosted a Christmas classic car parade, with cars making their way from the town hall square around the local streets. The municipality said the parade “filled ...

As we all snuggle into our Christmas comfort to watch yet another remake of The Christmas Carol – the ghosts once again going through all the moves to tell us that ...

Christmas lunch is high on the list of shoppers this week, with more people spending on Christmas Eve, having done their own market research and grabbing special offers, shopkeepers association ...

Students from a selection of primary and secondary schools sang Christmas carols to President Nikos Christodoulides and First Lady Filippa Karsera on Wednesday. In turn, Christodoulides and Karsera invited the ...

Inmates in Nicosia central prisons will have an additional visit for the holidays from their close relatives, it was announced on Tuesday. For the upcoming holidays prisoners can be visited ...

Picture the perfect Christmas Eve: snowflakes falling, laughter and carols filling the festive streets, mulled wine warming your innards, fragrant mince pies baking in the oven and giggling children watching ...

The government decided on Wednesday to include more people in its Christmas gift eligibility list and approved further financial assistance to residents of mountainous areas. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

A total of 745 students in need received ‘love packages’ on Monday, containing festive entertainment and Christmas treats. The packages were handed over to the school headmasters by Nicosia mayor Charalambos ...

Thousands of people flocked the old city centre of Nicosia on Sunday evening to enjoy a concert by Greek pop singer Anastasia and watch as the Christmas tree was lit ...

Christmas lunch for elderly residents of local care homes was prepared by hospitality students at the Tepak campus in Paphos. They were hosted in the school’s training restaurant at ...

Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier, the unofficial starting point for the festive season – December 1, at least according to Advent calendars – getting progressively pushed back. Supermarkets have been playing ...

The Christmas village at Laiki Yitonia in Nicosia’s old city is reopening this year after a successful run last year. The Christmas village at Laiki Yitonia is open from ...

The annual Christmas ‘Paramythoupoli’ winter wonderland will return to the car park below Nicosia’s walled city’s D’Avila bastion this year, the Nicosia municipality announced on Friday. As ...