Queer Wave 2021: LGBTIQ+ film festival to return in September
Queer Wave, the island’s LGBTIQ+ film festival which launched last summer, is taking place physically for the first time this September in Nicosia. This second...
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Coronavirus: Summer festivals in a state of disarray
It is usually possible to plan ahead for a summer cultural agenda come May. Given the pandemic and the restrictions that have followed, the plans...
International Bridge Festival in Limassol a huge hit
Anticipation, satisfaction, euphoria (coupled at times with frustration or disappointment) were all sentiments expressed by participants at the International Bridge Festival held in Limassol these...
Festival to look at all that the future holds
It’s billed as “the largest future casting festival between Southern Europe and the Middle East”, an event at which “the history of the future is...
Make March Wilde with upcoming festival
Master of wit, poet and playwright, and probably best remembered for his epigrams (“I never travel without my diary, one must always have something sensational...
Barber of Seville to be performed at 20th Paphos Aphrodite Festival
The 20th Pahos Aphrodite Festival is presenting Gioachino Rossini’s popular opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).on Αugust 31, and September 1 and...
First-ever Chinese cultural festival taking place in Paphos
The first-ever Chinese cultural festival, which opened on Saturday night in Paphos, was continuing on Sunday. Hundreds of people visited the festival to watch traditional...
Village festival dedicated to baking
The various festivals organised in the Troodos area are a great way to get to know Cyprus and the traditions of the island. Villages in...
Wet weather, traffic clog up Glastonbury Festival arrivals
Grey skies and rain greeted revellers arriving for Britain’s Glastonbury Festival on Wednesday, with organisers asking drivers to delay their journey due to heavy traffic....
Cyprus will remain a reliable partner of Russia, Anastasiades says
Cyprus will remain a reliable partner to Russia, especially as the island is now emerging “stronger than ever” from the financial crisis, President Nicos Anastasiades...
Children’s festival for peace at H4C this weekend
On May 14 a festival will bring together children and their parents from all over the island in the buffer zone. The festival ‘Peace...
‘All different, all equal’
By Evie Andreou THOUSANDS of people participated in the island’s first gay pride parade in Nicosia yesterday in a show of public support marred only...
‘Pride’ events kick off
By Angelos Anastasiou WITH the slogan ‘Equal Love – Equal Rights’, the first Pride Festival in Cyprus history, organised by civil rights group Accept-LGBT, kicked...
Festival for the needy in Larnaca
FUEL company Petrolina has announced the launch of its first ‘social contribution festival’, aimed at reinforcing and supporting the community market of Larnaca. The festival...
Still time to catch Lefkara exhibition
FOR THOSE who have not yet caught the Lefkara exhibition, it will be open until Friday. Lefkaritika embroidery, silverware and handicrafts from Chio and Crete...