Wedding tourism looks promising for 2021
Bookings for weddings in Cyprus have increased by 88 per cent for May 2021, predicting a “promising future for the wedding industry”, the platform BookYourWeddingDay.com...
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Priest yells at wedding guest during ceremony
A video went viral this week depicting a priest yelling at a wedding guest for tapping the best man on the shoulder during the Dance...
First wedding in nearly three decades to take place in Rizokarpaso
The first wedding in the Greek Cypriot enclave in Rizokarpaso in the north-east corner of the island in 27 years will take place next Saturday,...
Cyprus wedding threatened after Monarch collapse
One of the 750,000 future passengers affected by the collapse of Monarch airlines is a man who could miss his daughter’s wedding in Cyprus. According...
No damage to turtle nests from wedding event, ministry says
No damage to any turtles or the environment was caused by the setting up of a stage on the Anassa hotel’s Asprokremmos beach in Akamas,...
Arrested for shooting in the air at wedding
POLICE arrested a 32-year-old man in Paphos district on Thursday who allegedly fired shots into the air at a wedding reception in Argaka two weeks...
Milestone agreement between BookYourWeddingDay.com and tourism leader TUI UK
The Cyprus tourism industry is set to witness a substantial boost following the recent agreement between world tourism leader TUI UK, and BookYourWeddingDay.com; the Cypriot...
Same-sex marriage on British base a first among overseas UK forces
An Army sergeant has married his partner in the first same-sex wedding in a British Forces overseas territory, the Press Association (PA) reported on Friday....
Turkey vows to cleanse Islamic State from its border after wedding attack kills 54 (Update 2)
Turkey vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” Islamic State militants from its border region, after a suspected suicide bomber with links to the group killed...
Turkey’s Erdogan blames child suicide bomber for wedding attack that killed 51-Update 5 (Deadliest bombing attack in Turkey this year)
By Osman Orsal At least 51 people were killed when a suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 attacked guests dancing on the street at...
Civil wedding venue inaugurated in Ayia Napa
British couple Mike and Ruth, were the first to tie the knot at the new civil wedding venue of ‘Aoratos’ in Ayia Napa municipality on...
A wedding without the groom
A wedding ceremony in the north went ahead without the groom on Saturday because the travel ban imposed in Turkey following the July 15 coup...
50 couples set to tie knot in mass ceremony on Friday
Around 50 couples from Israel are set to tie the knot on Friday in a mass civil ceremony at the medieval castle in Larnaca, under...
Priest who punched groom’s brother at wedding ‘barbaric and unchristian’
The father of the groom whose brother was allegedly assaulted by a priest as he carried out a wedding ceremony in Paphos on Saturday, described...
Priest punches groom’s brother during wedding ceremony
Reports on Sunday said the relatives of a couple who tied the knot in Tsada in Paphos on Saturday would be lodging a complaint with...
Wayne Rooney on Cyprus visit
Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney was briefly in Cyprus this week attending his brother’s wedding, local media reported. According to online sports site...
Thomas Cook gives top marks to Ayia Thekla beach for weddings
Thomas Cook has recommended Ayia Thekla beach, in the village of Sotira, in the Famagusa district, as the perfect place to hold civil weddings, in...
Akinci not among 6,000 invited to wedding of Erdogan’s daughter
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was not among the 6,000 guests invited to the wedding of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter last weekend, reports from the north...
Mystery 1956 wedding video in Berengaria village uploaded on YouTube
A video has been uploaded on YouTube by a Cyprus Mail reader of a wedding in Berengaria village in Cyprus circa 1956. The British reader...
New Zealand ‘Pastafarians’ tie knot in first recognised wedding
By Jarni Blakkarly Donned in eye-patches and a spaghetti bridal headdress, two New Zealanders have celebrated the first legally recognised ‘Pastafarian’ marriage on board a...
