University to Award Honorary Doctorate to Cyprus President

The University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki will award Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides an honorary doctorate on Friday, 6 November 2026, recognising his internationally recognised contribution to the field of International Relations.

The university’s Department of International and European Studies, within its School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, will hold the ceremony at 7pm in the University’s Ceremony Auditorium.

In its announcement, the University of Macedonia said the distinction recognises Christodoulides’ contribution to International Relations and highlights the institution’s close ties with the Republic of Cyprus, as well as the enduring importance of relations between Greece and Cyprus.

Ceremony programme

The ceremony will open with addresses by University of Macedonia Rector Professor Konstantinos S. Papadopoulos and Associate Professor Ioannis A. Konstantinidis, head of the Department of International and European Studies.

Vice-Rector for International Outreach and Extroversion Professor Spyridon N. Litsas will deliver the honorary citation.

The university will then confer the honorary doctorate on Christodoulides, followed by an address from the Cypriot president.

The event will conclude with a musical performance featuring Giannis Briazis and Melina Dourri, under the supervision of Igor Petrin, Associate Professor at the Department of Music Science and Art.

(Source: AMNA)

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