Work completed on several important monuments
The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage announced on Friday the completion of conservation works on important monuments and announced that it plans on working on...
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Coronavirus: Closing churches over Christmas ‘irresponsible’
The government decision to keep churches closed over the Christmas period is “provocative and irresponsible”, according to the president of the University of Nicosia’s theology...
Coronavirus: AG’s office examining five cases of church-ban violations
The attorney-general is examining five case files of churches operating during the coronavirus pandemic in violation of restrictive measures, it emerged on Friday. Police chief...
Coronavirus: Archbishop pledges church opening will abide by rules
Archbishop Chrysostomos assured President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday that churches will follow the strict public health and hygiene guidelines for reopening after the coronavirus lockdown....
Overseas Cypriots discuss ‘Islamisation of north’
The ‘Islamisation’ of the north of the island was the topic of a round-table discussion at the 20th World Conference of Overseas Cypriots in Nicosia...
Cyprus Institute digitally documents churches in north
The Cyprus Institute (CI), in collaboration with the Byzantine Museum of Nicosia, has been tasked by the department of antiquities to digitally document the churches...
Call for more support for bicommunal committee on cultural heritage
Parts of Kyrenia castle are in need of restoration while many other monuments are crumbling, MPs said on Tuesday while calling for more financial support...
Cyprus religious leaders promote ecumenical language courses
Cyprus’ religious leaders have launched a new joint project aiming to provide an opportunity for clerics and laypersons to meet and learn Greek and Turkish...
Cyprus condemns attacks against Coptic churches in Egypt
The foreign ministry has condemned “in the strongest possible terms”, the terrorist attacks against the Coptic churches of St George and of St Mark, in...
Cultural rights in Cyprus not a bargaining chip, UN expert says
The current political situation in Cyprus creates many obstacles to the exercise of cultural rights, the United Nations human rights expert Karima Bennoune said on...
Galanos says Turkish side trying to create a religious problem in Cyprus with new restrictions on Orthodoxy
The Turkish Cypriot ‘government’ is trying to create a religious problem in Cyprus that never previously existed, chairman of the municipalities union and Famagusta Mayor...
Work on smaller heritage sites to be sped up
SMALL-SCALE heritage sites protection is about to be accelerated islandwide, the bi-communal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage announced on Thursday. “The Small Project Activities (SPA)...
Reception to welcome back stolen artefacts
A reception to officially receive the return of stolen artefacts was held on Tuesday at the Byzantine museum of the Archbishop Makarios III foundation in...
‘Abandoning the climate of conflict’
By Emilia Christofi The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, set up in 2008, is one of the most successful examples of how Greek Cypriots and...
Looted artefacts returned
Four frescoes removed from churches in the Turkish occupied north of the island have been returned to the NGO Walk of Truth by a Canadian...
Cyprus–Switzerland agreement on repatriation of antiquities enters into force
An agreement signed between Cyprus and Switzerland on the import and repatriation of cultural property between the two countries enters into force and covers Cypriot...
Paphos churches burgled
Two churches were burgled in the communities of Houlou and Lemona in the Paphos district on Monday with around €3,755 worth of religious artefacts and...