Environment

For 20 years, Animafest has brought together the industry’s best and brightest in the island’s villages. ALIX NORMAN finds out what makes Cyprus’ rural communities the ultimate animation destination ...

Artist Giannis Aristotelous has opened the doors to his new art exhibition at Paphos Municipal Gallery this summer. A Fine Art graduate with degrees from the Universities of Newcastle, Vienna ...

From avant-garde voices to established documentary auteurs, the 16th Lemesos International Documentary Festival tells a host of stories. ELENI PHILIPPOU looks at them The 16th Lemesos International Documentary Festival, which ...

Ancient Greek drama has taken over various theatre stages around Cyprus this July as the International Festival held its 2021 edition with productions from Greece, Israel and Cyprus. Now, the final ...

Everybody wants to be the person their dog thinks they are, right? A free workshop is coming up with Stephanos Severis titled Positive Training: Become the person your dog thinks ...

Dozens of birds were released back into the wild on Thursday after receiving treatment for various injuries at the Athalassa wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre. Approximately 70 birds were released at 8...

They say it can be meditative to work with clay and many handicraft processes possess a relaxing quality to them. The repetitive act calms the mind and soothes the nervous ...

The green light for the first organised public beach to be established in a protected area, a turtle nesting spot, spells disaster for the future, the Cyprus Greens said on ...

To change it up this weekend a special performance is being staged at Theatro Polis OPAP. On Friday and Saturday Just a Bottle? is coming to Nicosia. Andreas Kentis and ...

By Emma Batha From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the Covid-19 pandemic is creating a mountain of plastic medical waste that is polluting the land ...

By Andrea Januta As scientists gather online to finalise a long-awaited update on global climate research, recent extreme weather events across the globe highlight the need for more research on ...

It’s not summer in Polis Chrysochou without the annual Paradise Jazz Festival. For years, musicians, jazz lovers and holidaymakers have thronged to the festival every August to hear melodious ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou The European Union has for a long time now been trying to reduce waste as part of the Circular Economy package and its long-standing policy to favour ...

Greens are up in arms following an announcement by Paphos municipality that a contract has been signed to create a new cell for storing trash at the Marathounda landfill. The ...

If you live in Nicosia, it is likely you’ve passed by Kafeneio to Leoforio even if you didn’t know it. Located in the old town opposite the old ...

A new €90m national action plan aims to ease Cyprus’ transition to a less wasteful, eco-friendly circular economy, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Tuesday. She, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis ...

By Gavin Jones Climate campaigners voiced frustration a meeting of ministers from the world’s richest countries failed to deliver a deal to phase out coal, but said pledges in ...

By Camilo Cohecha and Javier Andres Rojas More than 1,900 turtles, reptiles and amphibians were released into lagoons and forests in Colombia’s Meta province over the weekend after being seized ...

By Andrea Januta Cyprus. Cuba. Turkey. Canada. Northern Ireland. Antarctica. All recorded their hottest-ever temperatures in the last two years, and according to a new study, more such extremes are ...

Green Dot’s recycling programme should cover 90 per cent of the population by 2023 the environment service said on Tuesday as it announced that the service will be extended to Voroklini ...

It’s been an eventful summer at Rialto Theatre in between theatre performances, workshops and a vibrant festival with music from around the world. Concluding the 16th Rialto World Music ...

Every summer, LefkosiaZo organises nights of entertainment in Nicosia and this year is no exception. Already up and running and on until September 1, outdoor film screenings will be held at ...

Summer concerts are a must on the island’s cultural agenda and greatly looked forward to in the warmer months. Last year in between lockdowns and restrictions few managed to ...

The EAC board welcomed Energy Minister Natasa Pilides to Vasiliko power station on Monday to showcase investments to protect the environment by reducing carbon emissions in compliance with EU directives ...