Environment

For one week, Limassol will be filled with the sounds of classical music performed by young artists from all over the world with the Cultural Crossroads Festival taking place between ...

The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, which science is just beginning to understand. But these forests are at risk of disappearing. ...

Constantia Cinema’s summer screening marathon returns this summer to Nicosia with local, European and international films. Running from July to September, more than 20 films will be screened at the ...

CVAR Severis Foundation is giving music lovers one more reason to visit old Nicosia next week as they host a special event on July 7. The Fusionia Quartet will hold a ...

Sundays at The Hogshead Pub in Paphos have been a musical affair this summer thanks to a series of live afternoon performances by some of the island’s most popular ...

In this video, actor and co-founder of Water.org Matt Damon discusses access to a clean drinking supply, the ‘fragile’ state of the planet and how the life-giving liquid is ...

School’s out! It’s a super fun time for kids but perhaps less so for parents who still have to find ways to keep children busy and entertained. The ...

Bars are open, events are happening, concerts are taking place, and it almost feels like an ordinary summer. Here to offer more carefree summer vibes and entertainment, several Greek musicians ...

Savino Live makes its summer comeback with a series of live music performances this week. Up first at the Larnaca rock music venue is Stonus on Wednesday who return to ...

“We are about to beat the July heat with the hottest Indian food,” say organisers of an upcoming event set to serve up tasty Indian dishes. Nicosia’s Home for ...

By Adrian Portugal and Peter Blaza Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling ...

In harsh times, local populations often turn to poaching wild life in a bid to eke out a living. It follows that investing in poverty-stricken communities can have a doubly ...

Inspired by the bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek revolution, the newly established Alkman Saxophone Quartet will present a concert on July 16 called Five Centuries of Music in Blue ...

From this Saturday July 3, EU member states are supposed to ban some single-use plastics (SUPs) items and replace them with sustainable alternatives. But not in Cyprus. We still have not ...

It’s about using technology to maintain a viable, rural way of life By Charalampos Theopemptou In Cyprus helping rural areas usually means development rights, high speed roads and cobble ...

Beloved in both Greece and Cyprus, singers Alkistis Protopsalti and Michalis Hadjiyiannis are coming together this summer for a series of concerts in Cyprus. Touring Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos, ...

By David Sherfinski As oil and gas majors increasingly tout their green credentials, climate change activists who say such claims are misleading are pursuing a new avenue to hold companies ...

By Will Russell Furloughed from her job and confined to London by coronavirus lockdowns, Flora Blathwayt founded a business based on rubbish she retrieves from the muddy banks of the ...

A typical hotel which installs 80 solar panels will have energy savings from heating water of between 30 and 40 per cent, an Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) official told an online seminar. ...

The Island Club presents Spirits of the Rainforest: A Photographic Innovation, an exhibition comprising the archives of Cypriot photographer Dimas Efthyvoulos, along with a reconstruction of his audio-visual presentation Spirits ...

It is almost time for 2021’s International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. ELENI PHILIPPOU looks forward to a rich selection of performances Five productions will be staged as part of ...

A new eco-friendly lifeguard tower is being built in Oroklini, the community’s leader Neophytos Fakontis said on Tuesday. The tower will have sanitation facilities, electricity from renewable energy sources, ...

The Animal Party on Tuesday called on the public to protect their pets and livestock during the current high temperatures. Animals should not be left on balconies or terraces nor ...

What do intensifying heatwaves mean for our future? In this video, Dr. Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, of Sydney’s University of New South Wales, discusses the phenomenon being experienced with searing ferocity ...