The Department of Antiquities, of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, recently announced the results of the last season of excavations at the site Agios Sozomenos-Djirpoulos, and the closure of the project Agios Sozomenos Excavations and Survey Project (ASESP) in the area, under the direction of the former curator of antiquities, Dr. Despina Pilides.

The Municipality of Lefkara has been announced as one of the best villages in the world.

An on-site meeting took place in early December between the Minister of Transport Communications and Works, the Director of the Department of Antiquities, and Larnaca authority heads: Larnaca Mayor, Andreas Vyras; Chairman of Larnaca Tourism Board, Dinos Lefkaritis, and President of the Larnaca Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Stavros Stavrou at the Larnaca District Archaeological Museum to view the status of renovations at the museum following intense criticism by Larnaca authorities and bodies regarding the protracted delays in its reopening.

Larnaka Tourism Board (LTB) and the Youth Board of Cyprus (ONEK) have received an important international award for promoting Larnaca and Cyprus internationally with their joint project, the video ‘Ancient Port of Kition 3D Virtual Reconstruction’.

The Department of Antiquities, of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announced that a new scientific programme including archaeological excavations was initiated by the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), in September of this year, at the site of Palaepaphos Marchello near Kouklia village.

The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, on November 18, lit up the Cyprus Museum and the Medieval Castles of Paphos and Larnaca in the colour purple, as part of the World Pancreatic Cancer Day.