Theo Panayides

Figures from the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) show that the number of patients taking antidepressant drugs almost doubled in Cyprus in the past five years: from 33,470 in 2019 to 64,611 in 2023. On ...

Looking back, I had no clue what I was getting into. I’d heard of Fengaros (who hasn’t?), the annual music festival showcasing 50 bands over three days, but the ...

Two very different men with vaguely similar surnames haunt the living room of Sarah Dawoodi’s house in Avgorou. “Know only that which makes the unknown known,” wrote Rumi, the 13...

“Any person having in his possession, custody, control or disposition any sponge, knowing that it has been taken in contravention of this Law, shall be liable to a fine not ...

Traffic from one of the busiest roads in the Larnaca area is being diverted through a small, formerly quiet residential street, causing uproar and a potentially dangerous situation. The problem ...

All the Same are having orange-and-pomegranate juice at Hoi Polloi in north Nicosia when a 200-lira note (about €6) appears on the cobbled street beside them. Obviously it doesn’t just ‘...

The battle for Nicosia airport wasn’t – objectively speaking – the bloodiest of the many dark events that took place exactly 50 years ago, but it may have been the most consequential. ...

We asked a random selection of Greek Cypriots on the streets of Nicosia to share their feelings on the 50-year anniversary of the Turkish invasion. DIVIDED ISLAND

We spoke to some of the asylum seekers who’ve been stranded in the buffer zone in Cyprus, some of them since mid-May.

Aliki Hadjigeorgiou met Loukia (in a church, quite randomly) about 12 years ago, shortly after the publication of her first book. Aliki and Loukia – even their names are near-mirror-images of each ...

A young boy sits on the ground at the back of the tent, immobile, unresponsive, with his back to us. “He’s my son, but he has depression,” explains his ...

It was, as they say, a ‘crossing the Rubicon’ moment. I was trying to organise a short trip to Rome (speaking of Caesars, and Rubicons), and having trouble finding a ...

The radio presenter is doing his best with a tricky assignment: a live broadcast from Renegade in Action at Eleftheria Square in Nicosia, the first-ever parkour competition to be held ...

We spoke to five Greek Cypriot voters who cast their ballot for YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou in the EU elections on June 9.

Monica Gavrielides is someone you remember. She talks loudly – so loud she’ll often embarrass more self-conscious companions – in a musical accent honed by 40 years in Brazil and America. She’...

A new film documents how antiquities department director Vassos Karageorghis’ oversaw the safekeeping of the Cyprus Museum’s artefacts in the panic of 1974 On August 16 or 17, 1974 – a couple of days ...

It’s around 12 midday in the foyer of the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) building in Nicosia, and one middle-aged chap in a white shirt and navy-blue jacket greets another warmly. “...

Leto Cariolou’s CV is easy to find. Go online – whether to her law firm in Cyprus, or Garden Court Chambers in London – and you can read about her years ...

Countries aren’t quite ready to cede all authority to the WHO just yet but in a few weeks most Western nations will sign We’ve already written twice about ...

From partying in LA to a semi-rural life in Larnaca, one man is always dressed to impress. THEO PANAYIDES finds him where art and engineering meet There’s a phrase ...

The ancient art of contortion led one headstrong child out of her home nation to the circus and on to balancing business with wellness. THEO PANAYIDES meets her For best ...

Around 700 people – mostly African migrants and asylum seekers, along with some Cypriots and migrants from other countries – protested in the streets of Nicosia, calling for an end to oppressive measures ...

From a Birmingham fish and chip shop to the Cyprus village of Kato Drys, everyone knows Panayiota. THEO PANAYIDES meets a restless lacemaker mourning the loss of local traditions I ...

A rock-star restaurateur in Larnaca is taking it slow after being given a second chance at life. THEO PANAYIDES finds out what is scary on the outside and beautiful on ...