Environment

The only viable way to reduce the price of electricity bills in Cyprus is to open up the electricity market to private companies, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Tuesday. ...

Andreas Efesopoulos’ exhibition titled Amathus – Old Limassol has been travelling around the island finding temporary homes in various galleries since the beginning of the summer. It is now on the ...

The US Ambassador visited Lara Bay in the Akamas on Tuesday morning where she observed the release of newly hatched baby turtles into the sea. Judith Gale Garber, who previously ...

Authorities in Cyprus are on alert as an oil slick is heading towards the island’s northeast coast from Syria, threatening environmental disaster. The slick is expected to reach Apostolos ...

The International Literature Festival Berlin has been organising an annual international Worldwide read for a few years. This year, the reading has reached Cyprus too and is intended to commemorate ...

The live music evenings continue at Technopolis 20 in September as more established, local musicians perform in the charming garden of the Paphos venue. Opening the events on Friday is a ...

Authorities have for the past few days been monitoring an oil slick apparently making its way toward the island’s east coast, and stand ready to take action if necessary, ...

One young man’s aim to launch a fashion line has seen him develop a movement in Cyprus to promote more sustainability around the clothes we wear. ALIX NORMAN meets ...

Concerts, seminars and workshops are coming up in the 3rd Cyprus Accordion Festival, set to take place in Ayios Theodoros, Larnaca this September. Music lovers, accordion enthusiasts, professionals and amateurs, ...

Prominent Greek singer and songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos is coming to Cyprus this October for two free concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution. Titled Oh, Greece I Love ...

An annual Paphos event to raise funds for breast cancer patients will take place at the beginning of October, breast cancer awareness month. “Sole Sisters, which is the women’s ...

It may not be autumn yet, it certainly doesn’t feel like it with these sizzling temperatures, yet a piano recital that arrives in mid-September will bring Autumn Sounds. Young ...

The fourth edition of the international animation festival the Animattikon Project will bring Paphos to life next week with a series of activities and events dedicated to the art of ...

Keeping the island’s live music scene going, three tuneful evenings are coming up. On Saturday on the outskirts of Nicosia, DJ Haji Mike will bring his Reggae World to ...

Each neighbourhood has its characters that make up the life and the tales of the area. There might be a man who feeds the stray cats, the coffee shop owner, ...

More than 200 kilos of rubbish, including machinery, carpets, and car tyres, were collected during a clean-up of the seabed and beach in the areas of Xylotymbou and Pyla and the ...

The upcoming concert on Friday at the Knight’s Courtyard at the Cyprus Wine Museum is set to be a unique event. Surrounded by trees and the stone-built museum as ...

The djembe, one of West Africa’s best-known instruments, has become popular across the world and Cyprus doesn’t fall far behind. At many of the corners of the island, ...

It may not be a bee’s life but it’s certainly a bee’s world that we are living in as thanks to these insects we can enjoy honey, ...

As many of us return home from vacation, musicians too return to the stage after a brief break during the August holidays. Now, that’s not to say that the ...

One of the most important festivals celebrated throughout India is arriving in Cyprus this September as Sanskriti, a Cyprus-based non-profit organisation that celebrates Indian culture and heritage, brings the Ganeshotsav ...

The non-profit dance company DanceCyprus has been supporting professional choreographers and dancers for the last 15 years and through productions and performances it has contributed greatly to the island’s cultural ...

By Nneka Chile and Seun Sanni A hyena may not be your average house pet, but in northern Nigeria some men keep the creatures in their homes, display them at ...

Understanding identity can be a complex thing as it is influenced by so many factors: history, expression, folklore tales, language and culture are but a few and seeking to understand ...