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.

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.