Paphos to host new museum honouring legendary marathon runner
The creation of a new museum to honour legendary Cypriot marathon runner, Stelios Kyriakides, will get underway in Paphos. The decision to create the ‘Stelios...
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Ayia Napa to get €55m revamp
Revamping works valued at over €55m are set to transform Ayia Napa into a first-rate tourist resort by 2030, mayor Yiannis Karousos said on Thursday....
New museum is a story of togetherness
It’s one of the most recognised landmarks in Cyprus, a destination for bird watchers and an area of protected natural beauty. But we often forget...
British exhibition goes back 11,000 years to highlight LGBT history
With a bust of Roman Emperor Hadrian’s lover to a silver cup depicting men having sex, a new exhibition of artworks dating back 11,000 years...
Military museum to open in Nicosia
The defence ministry is to set up a military museum in Nicosia with a decision already taken by the cabinet, it said. The museum will...
Full steam ahead for Cyprus Railway Museum
More than 100 years after the first locomotive brought rail travel to Cyprus, a new museum is recreating a slice of forgotten history The shrilling...
Competition announced for design of new Cyprus Museum
An international architectural competition for a new Cyprus €75 million museum has been announced with a first prize of €100,000. The new Cyprus Museum, slated...
Major changes afoot for Akamas and Troodos
TWO plans which will fundamentally change the future of two of Cyprus’ most beautiful areas – the Akamas and Troodos – are important priorities for...
Ministry to ask police to investigate allegations of missing antiquities made by Paphos mayor
The transport ministry on Monday said it was preparing a letter asking the police chief to investigate the allegations of Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos...
Ancient artefact repatriated from the UK
The department of antiquities said on Friday that an ancient clay figurine was repatriated to Cyprus from the United Kingdom. The clay figurine depicts a...
Three expressions of interest to commercialise old Larnaca airport, minister says
Three international entities have expressed interest in setting up shops, a small hotel and an exhibition space at the old Larnaca airport terminal building, Transport...
Apps designed to enhance visitors’ experiences in Limassol
Four students from the Technological University (TEPAK) have designed digital apps to enhance the experience of visitors to Limassol’s Pattichion Museum, the Historical Archives, the...
Belgium hunts possible accomplice of Jewish museum shooter
Belgian police are looking for a possible accomplice of the gunman who killed four people in an attack on the Jewish museum in Brussels in...
Reinvesting in our past: 80th anniversary of the antiquities department
By Vassos Karageorghis THIS month the department of antiquities marks its 80th anniversary. It was in January 1935 that the British colonial government enacted the...
Putting Cyprus on the map
Former director of the antiquities department Vassos Karageorghis looks back at the remarkable achievements in archaeological research over the last fifty years CYPRUS’ independence in...
Museums and sites to be lit blue for World Autism Awareness Day
The Department of Antiquities will light up the Cyprus museum and several other sites in blue to mark World Autism Awareness Day on Wednesday. The...
