The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, lit up the Medieval Castle of Paphos in yellow on September 27, as part of the “Gold in September” world campaign, for the Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

The Larnaka Virtual Museums platform launched in 2021 has been expanded to include further museums, with an additional three museums now live, cementing this initiative that won Bronze at the Cyprus Tourism Awards 2021. 

The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announced the completion of the University of Cyprus (UC) annual excavations (first phase) on the tumulus of Laona.

The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works and the Getty Conservation Institute of the USA, announce that after a long-term process, the winner of a joint international competition inaugurated in fall 2019 for the design of shelters for the mosaics and other sensitive archaeological remains at the archaeological site of Nea Paphos, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the architectural office of Hugh Broughton Architects.

In a special event held on May 30 in the village of Vouni, in the presence of  Savvas Perdiou, deputy minister of tourism, Cyprus, as well as local authorities, tourism agencies and other officials,  the  first communities that secured the certification of the Deputy Ministry of Tourism ‘Colourful Villages’ (Coloured Villages of Cyprus) were awarded.

The Archaeological Museum of the Larnaca district has reopened following extensive renovations and offers a modern take on old treasures, including an impressive collection of rare sarcophagi.