The dataset at a glance
Every number comes from structured parsing of official naturalisation notices published in Cypriot newspapers — no hand-waving, no estimates.
Applications per year
How naturalisation notices evolved from the first archived issues to today.
Top nationalities
Nationalities are inferred using an open-source name classifier and may contain errors.
Gender split
Inferred from Greek grammar in notices and name-based models — Female leads at just over half of all applications.
By district
Five Cypriot newspapers
Politis and Phileleftheros carry the bulk of notices; Simerini, Alithia, and Haravgi fill in the long tail.
Total by newspaper
Applications per month by newspaper
Coverage heatmap (newspaper × 5 years)
Simerini was a daily newspaper until ~2017, then went weekly — which is why citizenship notices largely stopped appearing there.
Alithia has a very shallow archive; the editorial team does not help expand it.
These are name matches against newspaper announcements — not a confirmation of citizenship status.
Policy milestones
Citizenship policy reforms and geopolitical events that shaped the naturalisation landscape.