Environment

While the ’15-minute city’ model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, in this video we learn Sweden is pursuing an even more hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the ...

Simply talking about the climate crisis may not seem like enough, and in all honesty, it’s not but it’s a starting point to raise awareness and fully understand ...

A new spot in the old town is keeping Limassol residents entertained with coffees, cocktails, wines and music. Well, new spot might not be entirely accurate as the Rooftop Bar ...

In this video, we meet the two best friends who have joined forces to help save Hawaii’s coral reefs. Carissa Cabrera is a marine educator based in Oahu, Hawaii. ...

Ancient cultures have numerous rituals and healing methods, many of which we have learnt to practice today. There is the humble meditation, tantric massages, cacao ceremonies and sound healing – a ...

Implementing these policies and policing their application will be a logistical nightmare for the EU The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday its ‘Fit-for-55’ package, with 13 new policies designed to ...

According to scientists, Venus offers us a glimpse of earth’s past and future. It may once have had water in liquid form, as our planet does today, while today ...

The full moon always has a touch of enchantment to it and usually brings about wonder, creativity and clarity. Friday’s full moon will bring a unique evening of poetry ...

Planning for people with disabilities seems to be a challenge for even the best of urban designers; despite good intentions, planners and architects tend to design for the average, non-disabled ...

Who doesn’t love a good food night? Especially if it is a cuisine that is known for its rich spices and flavours. It is exactly this that an upcoming ...

It’s non-stop live music performances over at Rialto Theatre in Limassol as its Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival continues to fill the old town with melodious tunes. More bands ...

Music, music and more music is arriving at Sarah’s Jazz Club as several musicians and ensembles take over the jazz venue’s stage. Coming up is the Kyriaki Steliou ...

Summertime certainly means beach time. Yet nobody wants to be sunbathing and snorkelling amid empty plastic cups, cigarette butts and all other sorts of rubbish that unfortunately decorate our crystal ...

The Mediterranean Basin is one of the marine regions most vulnerable to the impacts of global warming. Floods, heat waves, biodiversity loss… in this video, we get an overview of ...

Bees are important. We know that by now, don’t we? They are the reason flowers and wild plants exist, the reason we have honey and nature is what it ...

Cyprus’ path to recovery “must and will” be aligned to sustainable development goals` Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has said. Speaking at the virtual UN High-Level Political Forum to present Cyprus’ ...

Comics fan or not, chances are you have probably seen the Japanese Manga graphic novels with their wide-eyed girls and spiky-haired boys. It is a hugely popular art form that ...

In late 2019, expeditioners and guides Hilde Falun and Sunniva Sorby went to Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago to complete a long-term goal of being the first female team to over ...

Choreographers and dancers based in Cyprus will present performances at public venues in Limassol town centre as part of the 18th Summer Dance Festival. The festival will launch on July 24 ...

The Paphos district administration said on Wednesday that it will be shutting down illegal beach bars set up on state land along the Polis-Yialia beach which threaten local turtle populations. ...

More evenings of outdoor cinema are coming to Nicosia with the Sommerkino (summer cinema) at the Goethe-Institut Cyprus. A varied programme of short and feature films in the garden this ...

The government is drafting a bill that would introduce a small deposit return fee to help reduce waste, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis told the House Environment Committee on Wednesday. He ...

European Union policymakers on Wednesday unveiled their most ambitious plan yet to tackle climate change, aiming to turn green goals into concrete action this decade and set an example for ...

Two sea turtles – Androniki and Emma –were released back into the sea on Wednesday after recuperating at the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre of the Fisheries Department where they were taken ...