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European programme looks at freedom in local terms

November 20th, 2018 By Melissa Hekkers Artists around Europe have spent almost a year focusing on how free people living in European cities actually are, a project that is...

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Veteran matchmaker still bringing people together

November 20th, 2018 In a matchmaker of five decades' standing, THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman who had no joy in her own marriage but still preaches to those searching for love that...

A minute with

A minute with Simoni Symeonidou Visual Artist

November 17th, 2018 Where do you live? Believe it or not, I currently live in a room above my art school with my husband but very soon we will go back to our beautiful renovated...

Cyprus

Island life of old comes to book

November 13th, 2018 Two years ago, we wrote about ‘Tales of Cyprus’ – a fabulous Facebook page that charts the island’s past through interviews, footage and photos from...

A minute with

A minute with Christos Kakoulli (CRS) Stencil Artist

November 10th, 2018 Where do you live? If you ask the people closest to me, they’d tell you that I live in my workshop because that’s where I spend most of my time and...

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Cyprus rapper an artist for the thinking man

November 6th, 2018 THEO PANAYIDES meets the elder statesman of the local scene, whose concerts regularly bring people to tears, and finds a man who describes what he sees in the...

A minute with

A minute with singer Vanessa Megalemou

November 3rd, 2018 Where do you live? In Nicosia with my husband and 2 children-cats. Best childhood memory? We were leaving the beach with my family, we were in the car,...

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At home in a world of high politics

October 31st, 2018 Well-positioned in her eyrie, THEO PANAYIDES meets a lifelong diplomat and former minister who has lived somewhat above the fray but is now enjoying her...

A minute with

A minute with Ioakim Mylonas Director and Artistic Director of The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus

October 27th, 2018 Where do you live? Cyprus with my wife and child Best childhood memory? My mother and I watching films Most frequented restaurant and absolute...

Life & Style

Book will help question if you are happy

October 23rd, 2018 “When you cut your finger, you go to your first aid kit and find a band-aid. So what do you do when you are feeling down and your soul hurts?” So asks...

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Fikardou mukhtar: Driven to right the wrongs of the world

October 22nd, 2018 In the mukhtar of Fikardou AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY meets a fiery man who has no time for government or civil servants but is happy to toil for one of the island’s...

A minute with

A minute with Andrea Rots Fashion Designer and owner of ROTS

October 20th, 2018 Where do you live? I live with my soul mate in the heart of Nicosia Best childhood memory? Days at the beach with my family Most frequented restaurant...

Life & Style

Film shows how love overcame obstacles and division

October 17th, 2018 By Melissa Hekkers Three real-life love stories across the divide are the focus of the latest documentary film by local director Marios Psaras, set against...

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Film-festival strategist is driven by 'making an impact'

October 16th, 2018 The taste for adventure and a world that was larger-than-life led one woman to lead a life in film. THEO PANAYIDES meets someone now giving emerging filmmakers...

A minute with

A minute with Maria Hadjimichael Researcher in Political Ecology

October 13th, 2018 Where do you live? I live in the beautiful Kaimakli in Nicosia with my partner and our four cats Best childhood memory? First thing that comes to my mind...

Life & Style

World traveller has so much more to see

October 10th, 2018 It’s the Millennial Dream, isn’t it? Travel the world on a shoestring and turn your experiences to profit. There’s a host of twenty-somethings out there...

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Cyprus’ brand name in the dance world

October 9th, 2018 With shows that bring together discipline and freedom and dancers showing differing grades of stillness, one Cyprus-born dancer has taken the world by storm....

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A minute with Dr Andreas Aspros Aesthetic dentist

October 6th, 2018 Where do you live? I live in the traditional centre of Paphos with my wife Helen and our four children – three boys and a girl Best childhood memory? Ι...

Life & Style

Fashion designer’s ode to Cyprus

October 3rd, 2018 By Nadia Sawyer Paying homage to his island home almost 9,000km New York based fashion designer Vasilis Loizides has taken Cypriot archaeological artifacts...

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Pub owner calls time on a life behind the bar

October 2nd, 2018 THEO PANAYIDES finds the owner of the oldest pub in Cyprus to be a quiet extrovert New owner Renos claims he’s inherited a museum, and vows to change it...

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