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Nicosia’s favourite jazz venue re-opens this week after a summer break and it has a weekend full of performances in store. To mark its sixth season of concerts, jam ...

The Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra welcomes September and the inauguration of a new season with a concert of symphonic masterworks on September 7. Simply titled Symphonic Masterworks, the concert will bring ...

The beat goes on. And other activities too. ELENI PHILIPPOU finds out more After the suspension of life as we now in for much of August, September brings the return ...

A festival celebrated with great devotion and joy by Indians across the world is once again making its way to Nicosia and particularly to Dali. Sanskriti Cyprus will organise Ganeshotsav-2022 ...

It takes guts to write a very short book. The insecure writer justifies everything, gives everything a motive, a backstory, layer upon layer of detail; they bludgeon you into suspending ...

The Leventis Municipal Museum in old Nicosia currently hosts the temporary exhibition Chora – Ioannis Kissonerghis and in parallel has organised several activities to unveil Nicosia through the artistic gaze of ...

Rich Cuban sounds performed live are not something we islanders get to enjoy every day yet there is one local band that has a mission to spread them. Yemaya Son – ...

Returning to Larnaca for its latest edition, the 15th Mediterranean Folklore Dance Festival will bring dance ensembles from the Mediterranean and Cyprus together. From September 17 to 20 dozens of dance companies ...

Should we sweep outdated codes of what is right under the table or allow them to stand as a lesson in history asks CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Ever since I was a ...

By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway Taylor Swift won the top honor at MTV’s annual Video Music Awards on Sunday for a 10-minute version of her 2012 breakup song “All ...

The time to welcome another edition of the Kypria International Festival is finally here and its first week hosts productions in Nicosia and Limassol from several countries. Opening the festival ...

A traditional day in the heart of the old city of Limassol is arriving soon as Limassol AGORA prepares for its next traditional fair, or Panayiri. A fairly new monthly ...

Just 23 vulture species exist around the world and they are known to be nature’s cleaning crew. By eating carrion, they help clean up the environment, which prevents the spread ...

More live music nights are coming up in September with bars around the island bringing back their weekly programme. In Nicosia, Sarah’s Jazz Club is re-opening after a short ...

Sometimes a break is needed between hit TV series, wellness docu-series and the re-watching of TV show favourites. Kind of like when you alternate between literature and self-help books to ...

The first edition of a rather unique festival arrives in Limassol this September and it is a two-day event in which everyone, regardless of abilities, can participate. Access4All is ...

The first concert of Technopolis 20 Classics concert series for the new season comes on September 1 at 8pm at Markideio Theatre with Victoria and Eleni Mavromoustaki, two virtuoso Cypriot musicians. Both ...

Exhibitions are really make a comeback at this time of year, and one is even hosted in a new gallery. Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery is a brand-new space which ...

With summer in full swing, there has been a steady flow of friends and family visiting Cyprus for their holiday. Hand-in-hand with this is their desire for a traditional, home-cooked ...

Exhibit 8 Gallery in Limassol and Paphos Women Artists are getting ready to host a multidisciplinary exhibition dedicated to immigration. Titled Boundaries: External & Internal Impact of Immigration, the showcase opens ...

August where have you gone? The final days of the month are already here and with September just around the corner, cultural event organisers are back to planning a new ...

There’s been reggae, there’s been Latin fiestas and now it is time for rock. The live music concerts are buzzing at The Yurts in Cyprus this summer as ...

Famagusta Avenue Garage in Dherynia is a gathering point for creative youth with a bicommunal aspect as organisations, groups and individuals from either side of the divide meet to co-organise ...

At the end of the penultimate chapter of Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel the narrator suddenly breaks the omniscient, third-person voice that has told the story so far. Addressing the ...