Σέρβοι στην Κύπρο Срби на Кипру Srbi na Kipru | |
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| Total population | |
| 1,000–2,000 (2020 est.)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Larnaca,Limasol | |
| Languages | |
| Serbian andGreek | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodoxy | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Serbs in Greece |
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Serbs in Cyrpus areCypriot citizens of ethnicSerb descent and/orSerbia-born persons living inCyprus. The Serb diaspora in Cyprus is a small expatriate group, with roots tracing to post-Yugoslav migration waves in the 1990s and 2000s and numbering around 1,000–2,000.[2]
The presence of Serbs in Cyprus is relatively modest and tied closely to the broader diplomatic and cultural history between Serbia (and its predecessorYugoslavia) and Cyprus. Formal relations date back to 1960, when Cyprus established diplomatic ties with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shortly after gaining independence. These relations continued seamlessly through the dissolution of Yugoslavia, with Serbia recognized as the legal successor state. A key pillar of this bond has been shared Orthodox Christian heritage, fostering cultural exchanges and mutual support during crisis caused by thebreakup of Yugoslavia. For instance, theChurch of Cyprus provided humanitarian aid to Serbia during theYugoslav Wars in the 1990s.[3]
Serbs began moving to Cyprus in the early 1990s, attracted by the island’s relative prosperity and stability at a time when the former Yugoslavia was collapsing. They nowadays form a tight-knit expatriate group engaged in diverse professions, mainly in tourism and finance.[4]
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