The Council of Ministers on Tuesday gave the green light for the purchase of two buses to address the transportation needs of communities in Rizokarpaso, Kormakitis and Karpasia.
Responding to ...
Tom Cleaver recounts a day spent in Kormakitis, the Maronite village in which the “Sanna” language is spoken
In my 24 years, I have been almost everywhere in Cyprus, and seen ...
A documentary on Sanna, a language considered ‘severely endangered’ by Unesco since 2002, will have its first screening on Monday.
The event aims to support the revival of the Cypriot Maronite ...
The youth camp in Lapithos was put to use on Thursday to house people forced to flee their homes during floods and storms on Tuesday night.
The north’s ‘deputy ...
Inclement weather caused chaos in the north on Tuesday night, with heavy rain and storms causing flooding and landslides across the island’s northern third.
Particularly heavy rain fell in ...
A funeral was held on Wednesday for the oldest woman and enclaved individual in Kormakitis Christina Fordraris, who died at the age of 103 on New Year’s Day.
Friends and ...
The government aims to improve the living conditions enclaved Maronites are experiencing in the north, head of the humanitarian affairs commissioner Anna Aristotelous said during a visit to the communities.
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The nursery and primary school in Kormakitis, the Maronite village in the north, will reopen in September for the beginning of the academic year, Education Minister Athina Michaelidou said on ...
The recently reviewed state welfare scheme for people living in certain villages in the north is off to a good start, parliamentary representative for the Maronite community Yiannakis Moussas said ...
Sixteen Greek Cypriots are seeking state assistance in resettling to the villages of Kormakitis and Ayia Triada in the north, according to the humanitarian affairs office.
The state plan for ...
Our country cannot remain divided, Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Sunday visiting the community of Kormakitis in the north.
“Neither our roots nor our children deserve ...
The intransigence and mentality that prevails in some circles in Ankara is dictated through their settlers in occupied Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday, joining the chorus condemning the ...
Financial assistance will be given to farmers affected by the fire in Kormakitis last May, the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday.
According to a deputy government spokesperson Niovi Parisinou, ...
Friday’s fire near Panagra in Kormakitis in the north was the result of damage caused to power lines by a garbage truck according to electricity workers.
“In the on-scene ...
A fire which broke out earlier in the afternoon at Panagra (Geçitköy) is now largely under control, while crews continued to work intensively on extinguishing the blaze, authorities ...
A primary school based in the Maronite village of Kormakitis is set to reopen in 2023, Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou said on Tuesday.
The school has been closed since 1998 and the ...
The funding and subsequent renovation works at the Maronite village of Kormakitis, centred on its primary school, were reviewed by a senior government official on Monday.
Presidential commissioner for humanitarian ...
The island’s Maronite community on Wednesday celebrated a church service to their patron saint, Ayios Georgios tou Sporou, at Kormakitis village in the north in the presence of the ...
The European Commission on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kormakitis Centre for Cooperation, the educational and cultural centre to be constructed at the Maronite village in the north.
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School provided crucial historical, cultural link to village
Mention Kormakitis and the image that springs to mind is of the tightly knit Maronite community which has defied all attempts down ...