Elena Kountoura, minister, tourism, Cyprus; George Lakkotrypis, minister, energy, trade, industry and tourism, Cyprus; and Sameh Hassan Shoukry, foreign minister, Egypt, signed a protocol on cooperation between Greece and Cyprus for the enhancement of cruise tourism in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Birmingham City University welcomed former students as part of its first official event in Cyprus at Sawa in Nicosia, on November 19.

To honour their support and regular visits to Ayia Napa, a couple from Sweden and a Norwegian individual were rewarded with the title of ambassadors in a ceremony organised by the Municipality of Ayia Napa.

The exhibition The History of Life of Anne Frank - Let Me Be Myself, organised by the embassy of the Netherlands, Anne's House in Amsterdam and the Municipality of Ayia Napa, will be available at the Municipal Museum of the Sea until November 19.

On November 08, the Cyprus FinTech Expo was held at Hilton Park, Nicosia, in an effort to educate attendees with a comprehensive exposition of the latest products and technologies disrupting the traditional financial services.

An intervention was hosted by Ioannis Kasoulides, minister, foreign affairs, Cyprus, at the conference titled Places of Worship and Holy Sites in Europe and the Middle East: Status and Protection under National and International Law, where guests exchanged ideas on the protection of places of worship and holy sites in Europe and the Middle East.

Leptos Group has relocated its Russian headquarters to Moscow located in the Empire Tower, in the heart of the international business centre.

A new addition to the Eastern Mediterranean offshore sailing calendar was established this year with the successful introduction of the Herzilya Marina to Limassol Marina sailing regatta.

Viniculture has been well established in Cyprus for over 6,000 years, with the island holding the distinction of being home to the oldest named wine still in production, Commandaria.

Aiming to create digital as well as printed maps, SELAS, a cartographic company in Cyprus, undertook the mapping of Agioi Trimithias, the village in the Nicosia District.