Language

Cyprus was once a British colony resulting in over 90% of the population speaking English. Clearly, this factor means that it is far less of a strain living in Cyprus than it would be in other locations in Europe such as Spain, Portugal or France.

It is also useful to note all street signs, direction signs and shop signs etc. are written in English.

Greek is the mother tongue of the Republic, however knowledge of English, German, French and Russian is increasing with the islands growing population of the same along with tourism.