Mayor’s Message
Kyriakos Kareklas
Mayor of Athienou
As the Mayor of Athienou, I would like to address all visitors to our website, my fellow citizens and all else, sending them my most cordial and warm greetings.
The semi-occupied Municipality of Athienou, feeling the semi-occupation of its land for more than half a century, is struggling all this time to overcome the difficulties and develop in adverse conditions. A tough effort. Despite that, the citizens of Athienou, known for their creativity and hard work, never abandon the effort for development and prosperity.
From July 1, 2024 we are experiencing historic events. The reform of Local Government in Cyprus is a fact. The new Municipality of Athienou, one of the 20 new municipalities of Cyprus, consisting of the two municipal quarters of Athienou and Avdellero, has begun its united operation. We have welcomed and embraced our new fellow citizens of Avdellero and promise them that they will not be considered as second-class but as equal citizens with the rest of the citizens of the Municipality.
At the ceremony for delivering of the previous Council and the proclamation of the Municipal Council of the new Municipality, I emphasized to everyone that, regardless of which political party each one comes from, after July 1, 2024 our concept should be the progress and prosperity of our common “party”, the “party” of “Athienou”. Away from political purposes and with the sole aim of developing and promoting projects and policies for the wealth of the entire Municipality of Athienou, we shall work united and claim what our new Municipality is entitled to.
We promise everyone that this will be our goal and this will be our continuous and tireless effort. Any suggestions and any contribution from those who want to help are welcome.
Having shared these few thoughts, I would like to welcome you to the website of the Municipality of Athienou. Our efforts are to continuously upgrade it and any suggestions for improvement will be received with pleasure.