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Agios Antonios high school of Limassol visits CyI

Besides scientific advancement, EEWRC’s broader objectives include the proper environmental education of the local community of Cyprus and the broader region. Such an activity occurred in the Institute’s premises last week. It was our pleasure to have with us students…
  • Last modified on Thursday, 21 June 2018 13:45

The Cyprus Institute as the MENA Regional Hub for “Future Earth”

The Cyprus Institute as the MENA Regional Hub for “Future Earth”
"Future Earth", one of the most ambitious and most prestigious international  programs of global sustainability,  announced on  2nd July that the management of the program was entrusted to an international consortium in which  The Cyprus Institute is a key participant, …
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Improving Irrigation Water Use with the ENORASIS System

Thirty agricultural and environmental researchers, officials, producers and consultants met at the Department of Agriculture’s District Office in Limassol to get introduced to ENORASIS, a smart irrigation decision support system, on 24 June 2014. The ENORASIS system has been developed…
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4th LinkSCEEM General User Meeting June 2014

4th LinkSCEEM General User Meeting June 2014
The Computation-based Science and Technology Center (CaSToRC) of The Cyprus Institute, the EU funded FP7 project Linking Scientific Computing in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean (LinkSCEEM-2) and the Cy-Tera project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:00

CyI at the international symposium “El Greco: The Cretan Years”

2014 marks the 400th anniversary of El Greco's death in Toledo, Spain. To commemorate the event the Historic Museum of Crete  and the Benaki Museum in Athens are presenting an important exhibition called “Domenikos Theotokopoulos between Venice and Rome” to…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 08:39

Another very successful Solar Car Challenge by The Cyprus Institute!

Now in its fifth year the Solar Car Challenge has become a popular annual summer event. This year the event returned to Nicosia and the Solar Cars raced in the City Center using the sun as their only fuel. The…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 13:47

Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) & Cultural Heritage workshop

The FP7 infrastructure project Linking Scientific Computing in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean (LinkSCEEM), coordinated by The Cyprus Institute, and STARC jointly organized a workshop on Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and Cultural Heritage research. The workshop was held at the…
  • Last modified on Friday, 12 January 2018 07:54

CyI’s Doctoral Programs accredited

The Cyprus Institute’s (CyI) Doctoral Programs are now formally accredited, following the ratification of the recommendation of the Council of Educational Evaluation-Accreditation (SEKAP) by the Minister of Education and Culture. Accreditation by the Ministry constitutes the highest formal recognition for…
  • Last modified on Thursday, 12 June 2014 06:36

Visit of the Slovak Ambassadress at The Cyprus Institute

On Thursday, 5 June the Ambassadress of the Slovak Republic, H.E. Dr. Oksana Tomova visited The Cyprus Institute. Dr. Tomova attended a meeting with the President of the Institute, Prof. Costas N. Papanicolas and a group of researchers, where she…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:57

World Environment Day 5 June 2014

Saving and Preserving a Precious Resource: Environmental Research at The Cyprus Institute We tend to take the world around us and the environment in particular as a given and unchanging. However, the overexploitation of natural resources, the dumping of pollutants…
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CyI Scientists introduce students to the World of Research

Two teams from CyI’s Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC) in collaboration with two public schools participated at the competition “Students in Research - MERA” («Μαθητές στην Έρευνα»), organized by the Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) in collaboration with…
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The Cyprus Institute's Bioarchaeology group participates in the preparation of the new exhibition ‘The Body’ at the Cyprus Museum

The Department of Antiquities is presenting, with The Cyprus Institute’s contribution, the temporary exhibition “The Body: lived experiences in ancient Cyprus” which is hosted at the Cyprus Museum. For archaeologists, who study human civilisation through the ages, the body constitutes…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 09:57

Racing with the sun: The Cyprus Institute Solar Car Challenge 2014

The first Solar Car Challenge was organised by The Cyprus Institute in June 2010, at the Daytona Race Track in Tseri, in collaboration with the Research Promotion Foundation. Due to its great success an annual event was born. In 2011,…
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Protecting our soil with the RECARE project

Can the answer be in the soil? RECARE Project – finding and sharing solutions to protect our soils A growing world population has to deal with increasingly urgent issues of food security, flooding and drought, as well as pollution, which…
  • Last modified on Friday, 22 June 2018 08:12

Ambassadors and Members of Diplomatic Missions visit The Cyprus Institute

   Twenty-one Ambassadors and other members of Diplomatic Missions accredited in Cyprus visited The Cyprus Institute on Tuesday, 11th March 2014. The Greek Ambassador Mr. Vassilis Papaioannou, in his capacity as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Cyprus, was leading…
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The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) initiative at EEWRC

A joined General Assembly meeting between the FP7 project PERSEUS (Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research for the Southern European Seas) and the COCONET (COast to COast NETworks) project took place in Athens, Greece this last January 27th and 28th. The meeting…
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The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance at The Cyprus Institute

The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, Mrs. Zeta Emilianidou visited The Cyprus Institute’s premises in Athalassa Campus on Tuesday, 11th February. Mrs. Emilianidou was accompanied by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Andreas Assiotis. During the meeting CyI President, Prof.…
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Management Plan for the Choirokoitia World Heritage Site presented at CyI Colloquium

The unprecedented turnout and the great interest of the public colloquium organized by The Cyprus Institute on the management of the prehistoric Choirokoitia site in cooperation with the Department of Antiquities, the French Institute and ICOMOS Cyprus, stresses the importance…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 18 July 2018 09:07

BeWater Kick-Off Meeting: Productive Participation & Partnership

More than 30 participants from around Europe gathered in Barcelona, Spain, for the first meeting of a new European project which will involve the active participation of society in water adaptation to global change. The stage for collaboration over the…
  • Last modified on Thursday, 19 December 2013 04:39

The Mayor of Nicosia visits The Cyprus Institute

The Mayor of Nicosia Mr. Constantinos Yiorkadjis visited The Cyprus Institute’s premises in Athalassa Campus on Wednesday, 18th December. The Mayor was accompanied by Mr. Chrysanthos Fakas, Municipal Councillor. During the meeting the CyI President, Prof. Costas N. Papanicolas presented…
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Conference on Scientific Computing - CSC 2013

The FP7 infrastructure project Linking Scientific Computing in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean (LinkSCEEM) coordinated by The Cyprus Institute, and the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) organized the Conference on Scientific Computing 2013 (CSC 2013) in Paphos during…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 27 November 2013 06:17

Signing of a MoU between The Cyprus Institute and the Cyprus Department of Meteorology

The Cyprus Institute (CyI) and the Cyprus Department of Meteorology signed a Memorandum of Understanding during an official ceremony on Tuesday, 26th November 2013. The agreement was signed on behalf of The Cyprus Institute by its President Prof. Costas N.…
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The Cyprus Institutes’ Unmanned Research Aircrafts ready for takeoff

After more than four years of intensive work, The Cyprus Institute celebrated on Thursday, 21st November 2013, during an official ceremony the Inauguration of the Unmanned Aircraft Research Facility. H.E. the Minister of Communications and Works, Mr. Tasos Mitsopoulos attended…
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Obituary: Founding Trustee Glafkos Clerides

Glafkos Clerides, a founding Trustee of CREF and The Cyprus Institute, was born in Nicosia on 24 April 1919. He was the fourth President of the Republic of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003. He died on Friday, 15 November 2013…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 12 November 2013 09:03

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) highlights CyI research in Brussels

The Cyprus Institute was invited by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission to present its expertise and activities in Research and Communication of Cultural Heritage in the context of a high-level meeting on the theme "Scientific Support…
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The President of the Republic of Cyprus honours CyI’s Institute Professor Jos Lelieveld

Τhe Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation together with the Planning Bureau organised a meeting on Friday, 18th October 2013, between the President of the Republic of Cyprus and the European Research Council (ERC) Grantees based in Cyprus, as recognition of their achievement…
  • Last modified on Monday, 04 November 2013 06:42

The USA Ambassador visits The Cyprus Institute

The Ambassador of the USA to Cyprus Mr. John M. Koenig visited The Cyprus Institute’s premises in Athalassa Campus on Wednesday, 23rd October. The Ambassador was accompanied by Mrs. Karen Enstrom - Regional Energy Officer, Mr. Keith Peterson - Public…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 09:06

Launching of The Cyprus Institute’s Mobile Laboratory for Archaeology (STAR-LAB)

On Tuesday, 22nd October 2013 The Cyprus Institute during an official ceremony launched the STAR-LAB project. STAR-LAB is a Strategic Infrastructure project of the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC) of The Cyprus Institute. The project aims at…
  • Last modified on Monday, 14 October 2013 12:16

Documenting the past with digital technologies

In September 2013 The Cyprus Institute (STARC: Dr S. Hermon, G. Iannone, M. Faka and I. Atzeni Erasmus student), has started a collaboration within the framework of the 3D Icons project, with Prof. A. De Palmas Professor of European Protohistory…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 09 October 2013 09:23

Science Rocks!

Researcher’s Night 2013 For the sixth consecutive year The Cyprus Institute participated to the annual European event Researchers' Night. The event’s main objective is to bring the public at large and researchers together, and to present and explain science in…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:29

Exploring the Akamas sea caves

Ecological studies require a certain amount of exploration. At the Akamas Peninsula, CyI researchers together with their collaborators from NGO Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, visited a rare kind of cave, found only in few places in the Mediterranean. Caves…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:37

Member of the Parliament Mr. Prodromos Prodromou visits The Cyprus Institute

Mr. Prodromos Prodromou, Member of the Parliament with the Democratic Rally Party (DHSY) visited The Cyprus Institute’s premises in Athalassa Campus on Thursday, 22nd August. During the meeting which was also attended by members of the academic and research staff,…
  • Last modified on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 10:02

The final conference of the EU-DARECLIMED Project: Sharing data and information in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East Chania, Crete, Greece July 23 to 25, 2013

On July 23 to 25, 2013, some fifty scientists from European and Eastern Mediterranean countries gathered in Chania, Crete, Greece for a conference on “Sharing data and information in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East” (www.cyi.ac.cy/rd/dareclimedevent.html). The conference was…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 09:09

Another successful Solar Car Challenge by The Cyprus Institute

Now in its fourth year, The Cyprus Institute Solar Car Challenge has become a popular annual summer event. This year’s event took place on Sunday, 30th June. The race was co-organized by Neapolis University and the Pafos and Geroskipou municipalities.…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 09:12

The Greek Ambassador visits The Cyprus Institute

The Greek Ambassador Mr. Vasilis Papaioannou visited The Cyprus Institute’s premises in Athalassa Campus on Wednesday, 26th June. The Ambassador was accompanied by Mr. Vangelis Tsolkas, Secretary of the Embassy. During the meeting the President of the Institute, Prof. Costas…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 09:14

Movement of Social Democrats - EDEK visits CyI

A delegation from the Movement of Social Democrats – EDEK, led by its President and President of the House of Representatives Mr. Yiannakis Omirou, visited The Cyprus Institute on the 19th of June. Mr. Omirou was accompanied by the party’s…
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Solar Car Challenge 2013

Now in its fourth year, the Cyprus Institute Solar Car Challenge has become a popular annual summer event. Co-organized by Neapolis University and the Pafos and Geroskipou municipalities, this year’s event will take place on the public roads of Pafos…
  • Last modified on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:57

Cy-Tera is celebrating its first year of successful operation

The Cy-Tera supercomputer at The Cyprus Institute is the first national supercomputer facility open to all scientists in Cyprus, being in operation since May 2012. It operates following the model of other established European supercomputing centers and was funded through…
  • Last modified on Thursday, 21 June 2018 13:30

‘Future Earth’ Regional Workshop for the Middle East and North Africa.

The Cyprus Institute in collaboration with the International Council for Science (ICSU) organised on 3 – 5 June 2013 in Nicosia the ‘Future Earth’ Regional Workshop for the Middle East and North Africa. ‘Future Earth’ is a 10-year international research…
  • Last modified on Thursday, 30 May 2013 09:20

Professor Zev Levin bestowed with Helmholtz International Fellow Award

Dr. Zev Levin, a Professor at The Cyprus Institute was recently awarded the Helmholtz International Fellow Award for his extensive work in cloud and precipitation physics and many years of contribution in the management of science. Professor Levin joined the…
  • Last modified on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 08:56

Developing innovative research for the study of deep water fossilised corals

One of the key elements in understanding the deep water marine environment is the detailed study of the growth of corals and their micro-environment. Such work requires detailed observations of coral shape and structure, growth rates and identification of other…
  • Last modified on Monday, 30 November -0001 00:00

Princeton University awards visiting research scholarship

Asst. Professor Nikolas Bakirtzis of the Science and Technology and Archaeology and Research Center (STARC), has recently been awarded a Visiting Research Scholarship by Princeton University’s Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies to pursue his research over the 2013 Summer Term…

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