Life & Style

Cyprus has long been a magnet for couples looking to marry somewhere warm, romantic and effortlessly cinematic. There’s something about the way the afternoon sun softens the landscape — the ...

Fide Soupa: Cypriot Vermicelli Soup A bowl of comfort, healing and home. This soup is a Cypriot classic, simple yet deeply nourishing. Traditionally made with just vermicelli in chicken stock, ...

By Dina Gavarieva A new study has added an important piece to the puzzle of depression – and why women may be more vulnerable to it. Researchers at the QIMR Berghofer ...

Life in Cyprus can be wonderful – blue seas, mountain breezes, long lunches under vine-covered terraces… But, let’s be honest, it can also be maddening. There’s traffic on Makariou, ...

With December just around the corner, the busiest time of the year is approaching. The season, packed with festive events and markets, is an eagerly awaited period for one group ...

By Christina Michailidis For centuries, people have looked to the sea for healing. In 18th century Europe, doctors would prescribe sea air and saltwater baths as remedies for melancholy and ...

How long has it been since you spent two days thinking and learning about your wellbeing? I arrived at the Sixth Lidl Wellness Camp (LWC) with an urge to look ...

Online platforms will ping Australian teenagers through over a million accounts in coming days offering a choice: download data, freeze profiles or lose the lot when a world-first ban on ...

Gardeners in Northern Europe may envy us our sunny gardens, where we can grow many sub-tropical plants along with the more usual ones. Sometimes though, I long for the lovely ...

What can you say about a seven-ton, six-metre ice sculpture in the middle of the Egyptian desert? The answer is ‘Nothing’, or at least it doesn’t matter. The image ...

By Pauline Hastings On October 30, 1965, the then 22-year-old wore a “swinging 60s” minidress that would go on to become the stuff of legend. Shrimpton ventured to Flemington Racecourse in a ...

Żurek, Poland’s cherished sour rye soup, boasts a history as rich and textured as its tangy flavour. Its origins reach deep into the Middle Ages, emerging as a humble ...

Where do you live?I live in the suburbs of Nicosia with my partner. What did you have for breakfast?Toasted multigrain bread with avocado, hummus, and sautéed Pleurotus ...

In late September 2025, Instagram crossed 3 billion monthly active users. That is a huge audience and a lot of noise to cut through. Organic growth can be slow, uneven, and tied ...

Gluten-free Tarte de Provence aux raisins For the pastry250g gluten-free flour1/4 teaspoon salt115g unsalted butter (cold)15g honey50ml cold milkFor the filling300g cottage cheese200g cream ...

Have you ever wondered why men and women can live in the same house, see the same things, and yet seem to exist on completely different wavelengths? It’s not ...

Okay, so it’s November. But Cyprus is still warmer than most places on the planet. And even though we’re not in the throes of our 40-degree-plus summers, we ...

New Year is coming up, and you’re probably already thinking about what to get your friends, family, or even clients. But here’s the catch – you’re not in ...

Historical creativity meets fashion in the Woven Roots collection to be presented this week by Folkmona, which aims to shed light on the everyday life of Cypriot women, and their ...

By Christina Michailidis Between Limassol and Paphos, high above the quiet stretch of Avdimou Beach, three vast spiral labyrinths of stone lie open to the sea and sun. This is ...

The power of love is something that has often been written, and even sung, about. It is also the focus of a recently released film telling the story of a ...

Soup Joumou, often heralded as Freedom Soup, is a fusion of history, culture and mysticism, with origins deeply rooted in the tumultuous yet resilient spirit of Haiti. This hearty pumpkin-based ...

Get ready for two days of street food, live music, children’s activities and a festive corner. The Chef’s Odyssey Food Festival arrives soon at ETKO Limassol to offer ...

U.S. airlines on Friday scrambled to cut 4% of flights at 40 major airports after the government imposed an unprecedented cut to air travel citing air traffic control safety concerns because ...