• President – Tassos Papadopoulos (until 28 February), Demetris Christofias (from 28 February)
• President of the Parliament: Dimitris Christofias (until 28 February), Marios Karoyian (from 28 February)

Ongoing – Cyprus dispute

January edit

• 1 January – Cyprus adopts and the euro, along with Malta, becoming the 14th and 15th countries respectively to do so. The Cypriot pound notes and coins will remain valid in shops until the end of the month, and exchangeable at the central bank for some years.^[1]

February edit

• 17 February – Incumbent Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos is eliminated in the first round of the Cypriot presidential election. The election is later won on February 24 by Demetris Christofias after he defeated competitor Ioannis Kasoulidis.^[2][3]

March edit

• March 5 – 12 – The 2008 Cyprus Cup took place; Canada women's national soccer team won the competition.^[4]

April edit

• 3 April – Greek and Turkish Cypriots open a crossing at Ledra Street, a main shopping street in Cyprus' divided capital Nicosia that had come to symbolize the island's ethnic partition.^[5]

May edit

• 24 May – The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 took place with Evdokia Kadi's Femme Fatale being chosen to represent Cyprus in the contest.^[6]

August edit

• 8 – 24 August – Cyprus competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics; the country won no medal.^[7]

• 2007–08 Cypriot First Division
• 2007–08 Cypriot Second Division
• 2008–09 Cypriot Cup
• 2008–09 Cypriot First Division
• 2008–09 Cypriot Second Division
• List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2008
• List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2008–09