Melissa Hekkers

It had been quite some time since I last took a moment to relax by the sea. Until recently, the image of myself lounging on the shore felt like a ...

Eight years ago, the eyes of Europe turned towards Paphos as it was crowned European Capital of Culture, an event that left its imprints on the coastal town’s cultural ...

Although it began as a space for musical expression and vocal artistry, the Amalgamation choir soon evolved into something much deeper: a much-needed support system for women, a place for ...

“Sustainability isn’t a destination, it’s something you constantly evolve with,” says Georgia Moditi speaking about her journey to establish a Cypriot brand for sustainable womenswear. As a fashion ...

As soon as the daffodils in the garden emerge from the soil, I know spring has arrived. Their bright yellow and white colours are my cue to get outdoors and ...

I had never heard of the Range Rover experience. For me, it began the moment I arrived at the imposing yet discreet LABS Tower in the heart of Nicosia. With ...

Twenty five children from across the divide and aged between 5 and 12 currently meet to sing in the buffer zone in Nicosia once a week. Known as Songbird, the Intercommunal Children’...

After statistics last year showed that only 36.9 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds has an adequate level of financial literacy, the education ministry introduced lessons on money matters into the school ...

Everywhere in the world, two to three babies out of every 1,000 live births will be born with cerebral palsy, described by the World Health Organisation as a complex motor disorder ...

Working to understand the marine environment of Cyprus, once local scientist is now hoping to improve it to a degree through pioneering pilot research restoring local corals through the creation ...

The rich legacy of Venetian textiles and their enduring influence on Cypriot society and what it has historically worn is at the centre of an ongoing Nicosia exhibition aiming at ...

They’ve got 20.6k followers on Instagram. They’re identical twins and they’ve got a contagious passion for food. Katerina and Georgia Fella, known as The Fella Twins, have ...

“The fact that you’re essentially dealing with people that are facing your own trauma or the trauma that your parents experienced means that every day, it’s like I’...

It could happen to anybody. Although those with a family history of Parkinson Disease (PD) are at a higher risk, a risk that is quite substantial as its prevalence has ...

At their best, universities are innovators, risk-takers and pioneers, these institutions adapt to the world we live in to meet the demands of new generations for higher education and to ...

Festival season is upon us and many in Cyprus will be gearing up to head to one of the events that dominate our summer evenings. Yet as I talk to ...

I’m not a big football fan myself but I am fascinated by the way fans get worked up when their team is playing. It is obvious the adrenaline is ...

One or more employees in all local businesses are now obliged to ensure that safety measures are adhered to in the workplace, a development that has come into effect after ...

Fostering a deeper connection between consumers and the food they eat is perhaps one of Lidl Cyprus’ most holistic initiatives. As a company with a vision for a better tomorrow ...

In today’s episode, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during talks in Ankara on Monday that there were “no unsolvable problems” between their countries. ...

In today’s episode, a police car was completely destroyed on Easter Saturday night in what Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriakou called an “organised attack”. Elsewhere, a 30-year-old man from ...

A new exhibition marks 50 years since the Turkish invasion with very personal memories of a Karpasia artist Toula Liasi’s personal story is testament to the lives of those few ...

In this episode, President Nikos Christodoulides said that Cyprus “cannot accept any more Syrian refugees”. Meanwhile, President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem has “not yielded any substantial results”, ...

Festival aims to ‘revisit all the atrocities that happened, understand them, forgive them and throw them away’ “It was a ghost town to me until I met a Varoshian. I ...