Population
1,189,265
Official language
Greek and Turkish
Currency
Euro (€)
Capital
Nicosia
Time Zone
UTC+2 (EET); Summer UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialling Code
+357
Area (sq. miles)
3,572
GDP
$38.561 bn (PPP)
Ministry of Education and Culture
Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI)
5% for books and 19% on eBooks
No
- Cyprus Publishers Association c/o CCCI
- Cyprus Booksellers Association c/o CCCI
Book market statistics (PA, 2017)[link to download/view]
International Literary Festival: to the Sea-girt Shores of Cyprus is held over 4 days in November in Nicosia.
Contact: info@lilymichaelides.com
Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture has established a grant-aid scheme for the translation of works by Cypriot literary writers from Greek into foreign languages.
In Focus is a quarterly magazine on literature, culture, and the arts, published by Armida Books.
Useful Contacts
Email: contact@cy.britishcouncil.org
Tel: +357 22 585 000
Elena Orphanidou, Head Trade & Investment
Email: elena.orphanidou@fco.gov.uk
Athena Achilleos, Trade & Investment
Email: Athena.Achilleos@fco.gov.uk
Department for International Trade
Email: brithc.1@cytanet.com.cy
Tel: +357 22861100
- Armida Books publishes literary fiction and non-fiction and is based in Nicosia.
- Rimal Books is an independent publishing house that publishes in English and Arabic.
- Broken Hill Publishers is an academic and medical publisher.