Environment

The hospitality world re-opens, the SMS scheme ends hopefully for good this time, and live music returns to the local entertainment scene. Though there are still uncertainties to navigate, good ...

In this video, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, outlines the EU’s bioeconomy, based on a five-pronged strategy: to ensure food and nutrition security ...

Building on the success of 2020’s sold-out music workshops and lectures, Fengaros Music Village returns to the quaint village of Kato Drys for its eighth edition, scheduled for July 22-27. ...

In this TED-Ed video, food system scientist Brent Loken discusses the innovative ways that countries are revolutionising farming, to ensure humanity can be fed in an environmentally-sustainable way. About 10,000 years ...

With the sizzling rhythms and sounds of Nuevo tango is how the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra is welcoming in June in a new concert series. Performed throughout three cities in the ...

It takes a coffee tree an entire year to produce one pound (453g) of coffee beans, even as it fends off diseases like coffee leaf rust, which can decimate its ...

Life needs colour. Especially these days, and that is exactly what performer Natalia Lezedova aims to do with her piano recital this May and June, titled Colours of Life. The ...

In this video, astrophysicist and planetary scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a comprehensive analysis of what dark matter and dark energy could be. Mysterious dark matter makes up the bulk ...

The 16th Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival, organised by Rialto Theatre, will take place outdoors this coming July and artists living in Cyprus are invited to submit proposals for live ...

As part of the celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the 1821 Greek Revolution, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation is hosting a life-sized facsimile as well as a digital exhibition ...

Miles below the Earth’s surface, there’s enough thermal energy to power all of humanity for the foreseeable future. It’s called geothermal energy, and it’s poised to ...

The Cyprus High Commission is presenting a series of concerts in partnership with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra this month. A selection of classical masterpieces by major composers, including Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, ...

Folk tales are filled with rich imagery, local quirks and sweet life lessons. Each culture has its own way of telling a story that make sense for its locals. In ...

As many of us know… sloths are the slowest mammal on the planet. Yet, as strange as they seem, sloths are perfectly adapted to their environment and are actually slow ...

It is slightly peculiar to report on upcoming events while there is a lockdown in place with the future still a little uncertain. Yet many of us have somehow gotten ...

The Redesign Fashion Exhibition is coming to Larnaca this summer – should measures allow – an event by the Dostou Chance Cultural Movement that highlights fashion industry issues and the ways to ...

In an upcoming group exhibition six Cypriot artists reflect on the themes of nationalist media, conflict narratives and the crisis of democracy. Titled Mirrored Reflections-Memories of Tampered Identities, the exhibition ...

The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) is organising an online discussion and workshop this Thursday on gender and peace as part of the Ivy Series – Youth and Gender ...

A project in Cyprus aims to reduce and reuse the waste produced by the construction industry – and in the process, help to create safer and better insulated buildings. The method ...

Water that we can drink and use for crops is in short supply in much of the world – but what if we were able to convert seawater for such purposes? ...

Every closet needs a spring clean, isn’t that so? But what if our closets weren’t full to the brim with the season’s latest fashion trends so that ...

A new platform has gone live featuring Cypriot artists, curators and art historians under the age of 40 who live and work abroad. Launched by the Lefteris Economou Cultural Foundation, interartcy ...

The organisation making Cyprus’ villages green by resuscitating traditions By Martin Clark Grampus Heritage and Training is a leading organisation in sustainable development, of which I have been the director ...

Researchers tell us what can be done to save them It is likely that coral reefs around Cyprus will die in the near future because of climate change and unsustainable ...