Why Cyprus needs its cats and dogs
They sit beside us at café tables, follow us down village streets, sleep near our restaurants, homes and hotels
Cyprus has a complicated relationship with animals.
Stray cats curl up ...
Getting to grips with our dogs
After our recent piece ‘Why Cyprus needs its cats and dogs’ on the island’s relationship with our felines and canines (Cyprus Mail, February 9), canine behaviour consultant Nick Ravignat got ...
Oh, the romance of living in the Cyprus countryside
Diary of an exhausted amateur rural dweller
In recent years, increasing numbers of us have been moving outside city limits for two main reasons – cost of land and serenity – and ...
Gardening season is here
October is the start of the Cyprus gardening year for me as well as many other serious gardeners. If this has been your first taste of how hot a Cyprus ...
The Cyprus cat that went viral!
Meet Gracie the cat. In the last week alone, she’s reached over 30 million people. She has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. But, unlike most influencers, she ...
Why can’t Cyprus love these dogs?
Alix Norman meets the man who’s single-handedly caring for the island’s most frequently abandoned animals, and discovers how desperately he needs help
‘We currently have absolutely zero volunteers! ...
Unprecedented rise in dog abandonments this year
Dog shelters in Cyprus are bursting at the seams as owners are dumping their pets at “unprecedented” levels as the cost of living spirals and impulse adoptions during the lockdowns ...
Cooking feeds TV chef’s creative side
In an open and free spirited woman, THEO PANAYIDES finds an influencer whose life is easily broken down into raucous encounters and blog-worthy anecdotes
I assumed Galatia Pamboridis and I ...