Ayia Napa celebrated the Epiphany on January 06, organised by the municipality and the Holy Metropolis of Constantia, Famagusta.

The ceremony of the European Capitals of Culture title, in the subsequent Capitals of Culture Valletta and Leeuwarden took place at Markideio on December 29, 2017.

On December 22, 2017, the project Fish, which was crafted by Ukrainian artists Yuri and Lyudmyla Mysko during the first phase of the Fifth Sculpture Symposium of the Municipality of Ayia Napa, was placed on the interior of the port’s roundabout.

The ambiguous role of the curtain is highlighted by the exhibition entitled Avlea that is opening on December 28, in the surrounding area of the new Markideio Theatre in Pafos.

On December 21, the Special School of Apostle Barnabas, dedicated to special needs children in Liopetri, was visited by Konstantinos Zannettos, president, Ayia Napa Youth Board, and other members of the board.

The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Cyprus, announced the results of this year's excavation season at Agios Sozomenos, within the framework of the Agios Sozomenos Survey and Excavation Project, under the direction of Despo Pilides, curator and antiquities, Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.