Events in the year 2024 in Cyprus. Incumbents
President: Nikos Christodoulides President of the Parliament: Annita Demetriou Events Ongoing Cyprus dispute
April 14 April: Cyprus suspends Syrian asylum applications as it struggles with increasing refugee numbers.
June 9 June: 2024 European Parliament election. The Democratic Rally and AKEL emerge as the largest parties in the Cypriot contingent to the European Parliament. YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou is also elected as an independent MEP. 2024 Cypriot local elections 19 June – Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah threatens Cyprus if it allows Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises.
September 17 September – The government approves a plan to build a 1.9 billion-euro undersea electricity cable to link the country's electric grid with that of Greece. 18 September – The Supreme Court of Cyprus orders the dismissal of Odysseas Michaelides as the country's comptroller-general for improper behavior, following a case filed against him by Attorney-General George L. Savvides. 29 September – President Nikos Christodoulides orders the dismissal of Stylianos Papatheodorou as head of the Cyprus Police, along with his deputy, Demetris Demetriou and the acting head of the country's central prison following the escape of a convicted murderer.
October
3 October – The Hellenic Air Force evacuates Greek and Cypriot nationals from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon. 8 October – The European Court of Human Rights rules that Cyprus had violated the human rights of two Syrian asylum seekers who were deliberately kept stranded at sea for two days by marine police before being expelled to Lebanon in 2020. 20 October – The government announces that it had thwarted an attempted cyberattack on its central online portal.
Holidays
1 January - New Year's Day 6 January - Epiphany 18 March - Clean Monday 25 March - Greek Independence Day 1 April - Cyprus National Day 1 May - Labour Day 3 May - Orthodox Good Friday 5 May - Orthodox Easter Sunday 6 May - Orthodox Easter Monday 24 June - Orthodox Whit Monday 15 August - Assumption Day 1 October – Cyprus Independence Day 28 October - Greek National Anniversary Day 24 December - Christmas Eve 25 December - Christmas Day 26 December – Boxing Day
See also 2024 in the European Union 2024 in Europe
References
External links Online calendar