Diaspora

Cyprus’ long-running division dominated discussions in Nicosia this week at the World Annual Conference of Diaspora Cypriots, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Saturday. Calls for renewed peace talks came ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening hosted a reception at the presidential palace for delegates of the World Conference of Cypriot Diaspora, where he praised the diaspora as “tireless ambassadors ...

The demographic issue is ‘killing’ both Greece and Cyprus and this problem is the largest they face, Greek deputy foreign minister Ioannis Loverdos said on Wednesday. “We need to change ...

Washington continues to advocate for a peaceful reunification of Cyprus and hopes that the UN “Secretary-General’s meeting in July will contribute to a clear path toward a peaceful and ...

A trilateral meeting between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt on Diaspora issues took place on Monday in Athens. The Republic of Cyprus was represented by the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Theodora ...

Australian Cypriot footballer Aziz Behich captained his team Melbourne City to a league title in Australia’s premier football competition, the A League this weekend. Melbourne City beat fierce city ...

The generous tax breaks dangled to repatriate ‘talent’ from the Cypriot diaspora concern not only Cypriots but also citizens of other EU countries as well as of non-EU countries, MPs ...

Cyprus has launched its much-heralded new campaign to lure back skilled professionals from the diaspora, with generous tax breaks, digital tools, a growing number of tech jobs and a real ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night announced his plan to lure Cypriots living abroad to return to the country. Addressing the Guildhall in the City of London to 750 interested participants, ...

In just a few hours, hundreds of Cypriots in London and many more online will hear details of the government’s incentives to bring them back to Cyprus. The cabinet ...

As Cyprus’ technology sector continues to grow, the country is shifting its focus from attracting foreign professionals to convincing Cypriots abroad to come home. That was the message from a ...

Cyprus is preparing to roll out a global campaign aimed at bringing back talented Cypriots from abroad, President Nikos Christodoulides announced during the IN Business Awards 2025. The initiative, titled “Minds ...

In May 2017, thousands of people, many of them children, gathered at Manchester Arena to see American pop star Ariana Grande perform. As the concert ended and families made their way ...

By Christiana Gregoriou The second world war veteran community is far more ethnically diverse than many people realise, with over 3 million foreign servicemen serving with the British armed forces during ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday outlined the incentives he plans to introduce with the aim of convincing Cypriots living abroad to return to the island. Speaking ahead of the day’...

110 years since the Armenian genocide, which resulted in the deaths of over 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915, was marked by the Armenian community of Cyprus, in addition to ...

It is the Church that links the diaspora community in the USA with the island, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday evening. Speaking during his tour in the US, Christodoulides ...

While most people his age have been retired for the best part of three decades, 91-year-old British Cypriot John Panayis is the United Kingdom’s oldest chip shop owner and ...

The Greek Cypriot Brotherhood in the UK welcomed in the New Year on Sunday with the annual cutting of the vasilopita. The cutting was blessed by Archbishop Nikitas while 140 members ...

While Jimmy Carter’s election as president of the United States in 1976 may have been a close-run contest, it was greeted with almost unanimous elation in Cyprus. Church bells rang ...

Cypriots abroad are the “best ambassadors” for the country’s interests, foreign ministry permanent secretary, Andreas Kakouris said on Wednesday. Commenting at the world conference for overseas Cypriots, Kakouris said ...

Promoting Cyprus’ geostrategic role as a pillar of stability and security in the region strengthens its own efforts for a viable and functional solution of the Cyprus problem, President Nikos ...

More than 500 UK Cypriots demonstrated outside the Turkish Embassy in central London on Saturday evening to mark 50 years since the invasion. The lively rally, organised by the National Federation of ...

Olive trees are being planted in the United Kingdom “for peace and reunification” in Cyprus to mark the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of the island. The tree planting ...