Environment

Dance Ηouse Lefkosia’s new programme Artists in Process 2021 will take place this autumn and is now accepting applications from interested artists. Joining the programme this year will be choreographer ...

Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect remote Colombian communities to the electricity grid before working for ...

Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative’s chairman outlines the importance of expanding the island product By Kyriacos Nicolaou Sustainable tourism has been a transformative force for the sector on the island ...

In this Ecosia-sponsored video, we meet Manuel, a retired, 66-year-old Spanish farmer, who is on a mission to restore the landscapes he grew up in. Having travelled all over the ...

Scores of people from Aradippou and Larnaca held a protest on Saturday against the planned relocation of an asphalt plant from Dali to the nearby Koshi area. The protest started ...

Do our social roles impact our life span? Bees, termites, and ants can teach us a lot about cooperation, communication and the skills that keep societies together. But these social ...

For its eighth consecutive year, the Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival will take place this autumn, between October 8 and 10 across the island, internationally and online. Multiple performances, works-in-progress and finished ...

Did you know that shark meat has been used as a substitute for cod? According to scientists and conservationists, it’s true. Illegal fishing, today, is actually a really big ...

A bun sliced in two, a juicy hot dog in the middle drizzled with ketchup, mustard and a whole menu of sides. At fairs, carnivals, markets and bazaars, hot dogs ...

Mid-December 2020 marked Frank Sinatra’s 105th birthday and this April one local musician is putting together a show to celebrate the life, music and legacy of this legendary American singer ...

An opportunity to explore the world of haiku poetry is on on Friday afternoon as Blend.the space in Limassol is organising a workshop. This ancient Japanese poetry style follows ...

The Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2021 starts its 19th edition on Friday. The festival will open at Rialto Theatre in Limassol and for the first time this year, due to ...

In this video, we meet Lucía Pérez-Díaz, a geologist at Oxford, who studies our planet’s stunning ability to constantly change its face, through the process of ...

The public absolutely must learn how to recycle, a local environmental NGO said citing a huge increase in disposable waste production during the pandemic. Presenting the data analysis from the ‘...

An outdoor exhibition in the historical centre of Nicosia and a virtual exhibition at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution. History Has ...

Cypriot composer Faidros Kavallaris last year celebrated his 70th birthday. To mark the occasion, he now presents the world premiere of his work Exochrono of Sappho, or the Palintonos Harmonia – ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis unveiled a long-awaited €97 million support plan for the agricultural sector in Cyprus on Wednesday. The plan, which concerns the years 2021 and 2022, contains ...

Environment Commissioner Klelia Vassiliou on Wednesday visited Polemi in Paphos to check out this year’s tulip blooms. Vassiliou was given a tour of the tulip fields by the community ...

In this video, we meet astronomer Emily Levesque, who studies the moment of mystery when a star dies – that millisecond when its bright light explodes into a supernova, or collapses ...

By Sarah Marsh During some summers, as the Caribbean water temperatures climb, the luminous coral colonies of gold, green and blue that ring the island nation of Cuba give way ...

Within the framework of the Larnaca Municipality Festival of Classical Music, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CySO) will stage a concert in Larnaca and Nicosia this month. Three works drawn from ...

Paphos environmentalists are pushing for the creation of green spots to serve village communities, as illegal dumping is way out of hand. “Making green spots where people can take their ...

Save Your Hood is seeking to overcome years of neglect and clean up Cyprus By Melina Alexandrou The shift towards greater awareness about environmental change, the overfishing of our oceans ...

At least 135 million birds are currently at risk of lead poisoning throughout the EU Consultations are underway in view of EU moves to restrict the use of lead in ammunition ...