The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Cyprus, on the occasion of the International Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Diseases Awareness Day held annually on October 20, lit up the Castles of Paphos and Larnaca in the colour purple.

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works on October 15 announced the completion of the 2021 fieldwork season of the Italian Erimi Archaeological Project at Laonin tou Porakou, where a team from the University of Siena, directed by Professor Luca Bombardieri, successfully investigated an extended area of the Middle Bronze Age settlement.

In a special ceremony that took place on September 23, in the picturesque village of Prastio Avdimou, Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, Cyprus,  announced the launch of the innovative project ‘Heartland of Legends’.

The cultural services of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth and Rialto Theatre, will organise the eight Cyprus Jazz & World Music Showcase 2021, which will take place November 25-27, at Rialto Theatre in Limassol.

A tour of the new Multispace of Creativity and Culture (former Larnaka Club-Mattei House) for travel agents and tourist guides was organised on Sept 01 by Larnaka Tourism Board (LTB), Larnaka Municipality and the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA), with the aim of encouraging tourist visits.

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works Cyprus announced that the underwater works and digital mapping of the ancient port of Amathous was completed under the framework of the European cross-border programme with the acronym ‘ANDIKAT’.