Do we or don’t we have a migrant problem?
An apparent contradiction has emerged in recent weeks, on the subject of migrants and asylum seekers.
On the one hand, the government’s refrain for most of the past year ...
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Public opinion: How do you like your halloumi?
With halloumi making the news as the latest fad in New York, we asked people at the Mall of Cyprus in Nicosia how they like to eat our national cheese.
‘People think it’s a hobby. And it’s not a hobby’
Everyone, so it’s often claimed, has a book in them – or a script, or a play. The idea of being a writer is a potent one, creating something that’...
New app seeks to weed out bad tenants
A new app promises to improve the rental market by filtering out bad tenants – but it’s unlikely to solve the dire situation in Cyprus.
The app is called the ...
What do tons of ice in the Egyptian desert say about climate change?
What can you say about a seven-ton, six-metre ice sculpture in the middle of the Egyptian desert? The answer is ‘Nothing’, or at least it doesn’t matter. The image ...
Young photographer of old Nicosia
It’s not easy being a street photographer at a time when everybody walks around with a (phone) camera. Not only does it make your subjects – i.e. random people – ...
Cyprus bewitched by the lure of gold
We often hear about the high price of gold. But it’s only after looking at the relevant charts (here, for instance) that you realise what a truly historic moment ...
Michalis in the middle
What kind of person is Michalis Kalopaidis? Well, take for instance the fact that he cooks – not professionally, just as a hobby. Nothing strange about that, lots of people do ...
Public opinion: Will Erhurman change anything?
A few days after the election of Tufan Erhurman as the new Turkish Cypriot leader, we asked a selection of people on the streets of north Nicosia how they felt ...
Revenge of the nerds?
Deep in the innards of Cyprus Comic Con, standing before an empty stall for Snickers chocolate, a teenage girl, surrounded by her equally teenage friends, is holding up handwritten cardboard ...
A dam full of water going to waste
The story of Solea dam, while not exactly a huge scandal, is deeply frustrating, especially in the wake of last week’s audit office report laying out the water situation (...
Protest against police violence at Gaza flotilla demo
A day after a demonstration against Israel’s capture of the Global Sumud flotilla was violently broken up by police in Nicosia, a second protest was held – organised by Akel, ...
‘Show me the outlaws in Cyprus!’
It’s a pleasant Tuesday night in early September, and the street outside the club is buzzing. Tables have been set up, a chatty crowd – with perhaps a disproportionate number ...
Public opinion in Limassol: What’s your message to the mayor?
We asked a random selection of people on the streets of Limassol this question: ‘What would be your message to mayor Yiannis Armeftis, if he were here right now?”.
Who is the man behind the mask?
You can’t really tell over a Zoom call. Only when the angle’s just right, when he inclines his head a certain way, can you make out… something on ...
Nicosia’s former crown jewel now in terminal decline
The once bustling Laiki Yitonia is now shuttered. Even the municipality has given up.
A decision’s been taken to transfer the stewardship of Laiki Yitonia from Nicosia municipality back ...
Why do Cypriots eat that in the heat of summer?
It’s the kind of question those old Raj colonels must’ve asked themselves when they first went to India: why is everyone eating chili – which of course makes you ...
Fears raised of a softer return to golden passports
The subject of fast-track citizenship was in the news last week, following questions raised by independent MP Alexandra Attalides.
There are three ways of obtaining Cyprus citizenship, two of which – ...
‘My job is to make them feel special’
We’re at the Bedrock Café in Ayia Napa, surrounded by Flintstones merch and plastic dinosaurs – but Aeropryme isn’t happy with his coffee. “I wanted an iced coffee with ...
Silent protest in Nicosia for slain Gaza journalists
A ‘silent protest’, organised by CY Movement to Gaza, was held in Nicosia today for the Palestinian journalists who’ve been targeted and killed in Gaza.
Around 242 Palestinian journalists have ...
Ayia Napa: not quite so crazy now
It’s looking like another mixed – but mostly acceptable – year for Ayia Napa, and another step in its gradual transformation.
Clubbing-wise, the resort’s heyday was a crazy few years ...
The story of ‘Althea’, a Filipina
Let’s imagine a young Filipino woman. Let’s call her Althea, which was apparently the most common girl’s name in the Philippines in 2023.
What will Althea experience, should ...
Chronicler of the enclaved of Cyprus
They live in the village of Ayia Triada, halfway up the Karpasia peninsula with its sleepy roads set amid thickets of pine, palm and olive – though also in the pages ...
Gaza demo: The horrors “next door”
Footage and interviews from ‘End the Starvation of Gaza’, a symbolic protest and hunger strike held outside the Embassy of Palestine in Cyprus on July 22.