Environment

Continuing efforts to promote a switch from chemical to biological pest-control, agriculture ministry officials recently held an information meeting at Palodia with representatives of communities in the Limassol district facing ...

The Fasoula green point area has long been known for its enormous illegal dump – until this week, when Limassol-based NGO City Friends Club (CFC) stepped in to change what the ...

Never before has the need to comply with the wishes of the planet been so imperative worldwide, Environment Commissioner Klelia Vassiliou said during the annual Earth Hour event on Saturday ...

The ChamberMusicBox in concert A unique concert is coming to The Shoe Factory this April as the Pharos Arts Foundation welcomes the imaginative ChamberMusicBox, a trio with violinist Yuri Kalnits, ...

Launching an online gallery in the midst of the pandemic was a risk that paid off for one art advisor. Now, for the first time, she’s showcasing a physical ...

Municipalities, organisations and other bodies will participate in the Earth Hour movement and go dark for one hour on Saturday to spread awareness for the protection of planet. Earth Hour ...

The retrospective exhibition titled Life in Motion dedicated to the artist Spyros Demetriadis and his 45-year career will be inaugurated on Tuesday, March 29, at 7pm, at the Municipal Arts Centre ...

Austrian-born Günter Neuhold will soon take over as the new artistic director and chief conductor of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and a press conference on Wednesday at the Pallas ...

Parliament has passed amendments extending the ban on specific single-use plastics (SUPs) to September 30 this year, notwithstanding the EU directive should have been transposed into law by July 2021. The new ...

Audience reception of Alpha Square’s latest production at the AG Leventis Gallery have been exceptionally warm with extra stageings of Jules Tasca’s Live Drawing: A Portrait of the ...

The Tatiana Stupak School of Music is presenting another organ concert at St Catherine’s Church on Limassol’s sea front on March 30 with Stupak on the organ accompanied by ...

Only a few weeks remain until Limassol and Nicosia fill with film screenings and world cinema as the 20th edition of the Cyprus Film Days International Festival takes place. Apart ...

Social Space Kaymakkin in Kaimakli is hosting a screening this Thursday of the short film The Stray Cats Of The Buffer Zone. Along with the screening, a presentation of the ...

An upcoming classical music concert in Paphos brings fairy tales and folk tunes to the stage. Organised by the Cultural Association ex-Artis, April 9’s concert invites pianists Ivelina Ruseva, Marianna ...

The findings of the first holistic environmental risk assessment study of the Limassol coastal zone will be presented at the 2nd Blue Limassol Forum taking place on March 30 in hybrid ...

But much of the forthcoming legislation should have been passed and implemented years ago By Charalampos Theopemptou Plastic pollution is a worrying worldwide phenomenon, but when this is combined with ...

Every weekend brings with it live music performances and this one is no different, starting from Thursday night. A quaint Nicosia venue aims to deliver weekly live music as it ...

By Alkis Konstantidinis and Christophe Van Der Perre With precious few trees left to slow the wind in this once fertile corner of southern Madagascar, red sand is blowing everywhere: ...

By Gavin Jones A growing number of European countries are cutting fuel taxes to lower surging pump petrol prices. The move brings respite to motorists but environmentalists say it flies ...

Primary and secondary school students have called on politicians to take immediate climate action “to be able to dream for the future”. The new movement Generation KlimACT has published a ...

The efficient use of water resources is a cornerstone of the government’s strategy as it transitions to a green economy, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday opening Nicosia ...

Three out of four Cypriots believe climate policies will improve their quality of life, according to a survey conducted by the European Investment Bank. Released on Tuesday, the EIB Climate ...

For the ninth year in a row, the Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival invites Cyprus and international artists from the performing arts and all forms of experimental performance work to ...

Come warmer weather and the island’s music world kicks festivities up a notch. With the first signs of spring and summer, though delayed this year, annual festivals, concerts and ...