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As you may know already, payday loans are debt traps, primarily due to their short-term nature and very high-interest rates. However, that may not last for long due to the ...

By Brian Lait Back in September 2019 when Gesy was in its infancy, I wrote an article entitled “Will messy Gesy clean up its act?” Apart from lengthily commenting on the ...

By Patricia Jordan I am always being asked why some fruit and nut trees have enormous crops one year and barely any the next. This is known as ‘biennial bearing’, ...

An international carbon price floor (ICPF) for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could spur greater emissions reduction to help address the global climate crisis. But how big ...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia with my dogs, Alice and Photis! What did you have for breakfast? I usually don’t have breakfast just a coffee in ...

By Ella Walker In a bizarre turn of events, Gordon Ramsay spent lockdown being yelled at, rather than doing the yelling. “I had my daughters filming, shouting, screaming and kicking ...

By Alexia Saleem Birthdays just aren’t what they used to be since having children. I used to make a big deal out of mine. I’d take the day ...

Men’s health – mental and physical – is in crisis. But what are the issues behind the annual Movember campaign? Here CHRISTOS MICHAEL looks at problems with the prostate With the ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou There’s controversy in the UK about women on a night out whose drinks were ‘spiked’ or who were injected with drugs. ...

Sustaining a successful non-profit is no easy task, given the ever-changing world of fundraising. While employees, volunteers, and donors passionate about the cause are often seen as the most needed ...

By Katie Wright Movember is back, the month where guys (or gals) are encouraged to let their facial fuzz bloom to raise money and awareness of men’s health issues – ...

Website traffic is the lifeblood of any website. When visitors come to your website, they are bringing you potential customers! That’s why it is so important to keep your ...

By Katie Wright Part of the ‘clothing as armour’ trend that emerged during the height of the pandemic, when lockdowns across the globe meant all we needed in our wardrobes ...

By Sam Russell, PA Metal detectorists have unearthed the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins to be discovered in England to date. The find of 131 gold coins, along with four ...

By Achilleas Demetriades Public opinion is watching, day in day out, developments linked to the Pandora papers, and some months before that, the Al Jazeera revelations. The Pandora papers issue ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou During the pandemic lockdowns, I got involved with a group of artists trying to secure some money for all the artists that they were prevented from working ...

Incentives to companies to come to Cyprus and those already here to expand By Fabian Cabeza, Theodora Alexandrou, Maria Aristidou Cyprus is a long-established international business centre and through various ...

Where do you live? In Limassol with the boys, Alexandros and Marios. My twelve-year-old twin sons. What did you have for breakfast? This is the season of pomegranates! Describe your ...

By Liu Yantao On October 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly at its 26th session adopted Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority to restore all the lawful rights of the People’s ...

By Katie Wright Given the time it takes to research, compile and publish a recipe book, most of the titles hitting book shops right now started life long before the ...

by Maria Demertzis By far the biggest innovation in the recent monetary policy strategy review of the European Central Bank (ECB) is the emphasis that it puts on climate change ...

A thrift store is not only a good place to purchase items at a fraction of the price you’d pay at a retail store, it brings the thrill of ...

By Prudence Wade Whether it’s dousing everything in habanero hot sauce or eating a punchy curry, some people live for spicy food – while others can’t quite stomach it. ‘...

By Richard Dickenson I am intrinsically anti-confrontational. I got that way after a youth and adolescence that contained more than enough violence both in uniform and out of it. Nowadays, ...