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.
Golden Passport rush
When Cyprus suspended its Citizenship by Investment programme in October 2020, naturalisation notices spiked as applicants raced to file.
Weekly notices around the suspension
Vertical marker: 13 Oct 2020 — CIP / “Golden Passport” suspension announced.
Nationalities in the rush window
Summer 2026: after A2/B1 exam results
Summer 2026 — results for the May 2026 KEG Greek exams were published on 31 July 2026, and newspaper notices rose in the weeks around that date.
Daily notices with 30-day rolling average (summer 2026)
30-day rolling average by newspaper (summer 2026)
Notices can appear up to ~3 months before the formal application is filed, so this wave includes 2022 wartime arrivals who later passed B1. Capacity pressure also spilled into usually quieter papers.
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.