Environment

By Jake Spring Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest declined in the first quarter, preliminary government data showed, but the drop may be due mostly to more intense cloud cover ...

Having a place to create, find resources and tools and experiment is crucial for developing an artistic practice. The MGA Makerspace, part of the Cyprus University of Technology, is such ...

In this video we learn about the latest edition of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF’s) One Planet City Challenge (OPCC). In 2011, WWF launched the OPCC competition in order ...

The upcoming exhibition Foam Born is the result of a three-week artist residency of artistic duo Peles Empire at eins gallery in Limassol, where artists Barbara Wolff and Katharina Stö...

Having resumed their programme of events, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CySO) brings another concert to the island’s theatres. Conducted by renowned German maestro Wolfram Christ, Spirit of Romanticism will ...

There’s not much dancing taking place these days, not at bars nor at parties that can’t happen. Our dose of the dance world is limited to the few ...

Ruling party Disy on Monday donated mastic trees to the forestry department to be distributed to first grade primary school students nationwide. As part of the one million trees initiative ...

A wasp’s nest is a complex structure that is a specialised nursery for all aerial-nest-building wasp species. The nests are easily identifiable – most of us will have seen them ...

Waste in Aglandjia has been reduced by 41 per cent with scheme The nationwide pay-as-you-throw scheme is due to be announced later this month but is already running in Aglandjia municipality, ...

Around 1,000 people took part in a demonstration on Sunday against the move of an asphalt plant to the Mitsero area, saying they wan clean air and an environment without pollution ...

Lithium-ion batteries have led to Electric Vehicles that enable us to drive around without burning fossil fuels. But how green are these batteries actually? And where do they end up ...

Choir festival Choral Crossroads typically takes place every few years on the island. This year, however, it’s going to be yet another festival to happen in virtual form, bringing ...

In this video, we learn about the impressive – and formidable – Japanese spider crab, otherwise known as Macrocheira kaempferi. While they may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, Japanese ...

Films return to the big screen next week as film lovers and industry professionals get ready for the 19th Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2021. Taking place at Rialto Theatre, Limassol ...

While music and theatre shows return to the stage, some performances and installations remain online. Under the title ‘egennisamen’, Cypriot for ‘we gave birth’, the latest collaboration between sound designer ...

It’s been a whole year since Christopher Hampton’s play had its premiere in Cyprus and this April A German Life returns to Nicosia’s stage. Performed by Despoina ...

The past year has had its fair share of difficult times. It’s affected everyone we know and don’t know. Business owners, employees, artists… Fitting to the times, an ...

Events in Paphos for the weekends to come will see musicians pick up their guitars and perform at bars and cafés once again. Coming up this Sunday, a musical ...

There is something that the average person can do to slow down climate change, and it can be accomplished without leaving the house…. don’t waste food. Some 931 million tons ...

The 19th Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2021, from April 16 to 24, will host its most popular and mainstream films in the Viewfinder section. Five outstanding and multi-award-winning feature films will be ...

Paphos residents are enjoying an array of live music events as the Paphos Sessions, a series of Sunday performances, bring some of the island’s most acclaimed bands and duos ...

Planning a series of cultural events, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation is currently accepting proposals for creative collaborations from aspiring artists, science teams and educators. An array of activities ...

In this video, meteorologist Maiya May visits Linwood, a small town in the US state of Kansas, situated in the heart of tornado alley, and a place where an EF4...

Harold Pinter’s extended one-act play ‘Ashes to Ashes’ is perhaps one of the most mysterious and enigmatic works by the British playwright. It was first performed in Amsterdam in 1996 ...