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Ask anyone what they think is Lefkara’s claim to fame, and everyone will likely say ‘lace’.  A lesser-known fact is that the card game of Bridge first appeared in ...

By Martin Clark In Western Europe, if we go back in time just 100 years, almost everything that our Great Grandparents ate, used or wore, was locally made. The making, especially ...

Lefkara will pursue “what rightly and justifiably belongs to it”, mayor Sophocles Sophocleous said on Friday, insisting a planned new technical school should be built in the Kornos district of ...

By Martin Clark Buzz words in these days of climate change, melting polar ice caps and products with ‘built-in redundancy’ are ‘the circular economy’, which promotes products made from waste, ...

Restoration of the Hamidiye mosque in Lefkara has been completed, with a handover ceremony having taken place on Tuesday. The restoration works were carried out with funding from the European ...

2023 was a good year for the coastal city with massive promotion and renovation projects Larnaca’s tourism development company Etap has just completed a very busy year boosting what the ...

‘Last year we had more than 200,000 visitors in the 50-something days we were open,’ says tiny Fikardou With the sun still shining in Cyprus, it may not feel like Christmas ...

The fire services and police rescued two people that got lost in the Lefkara area early on Sunday morning. According to the fire services, the two Russian individuals were found ...

By Martin Clark As a child in 1963, I first became aware that all was not well with our beautiful planet. I know this sounds like rather a young age (I ...

The dying art of Lefkara lacemaking, famed to have been depicted in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting ‘The Last Supper’ is in desperate need of local support if the village’...

If world-renowned lace, tasty ttavas dishes and picturesque streets were not reason enough to visit Lefkara village, a six-day event might do the trick. Preparations are underway by the Lefkara ...

The village of Lefkara was named among the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) during a ceremony that took place on Friday in the presence of the ...

By Martin Clark What do we mean when we talk about ‘sustainability’? A straightforward definition: “sustainability is about managing and protecting Earth’s natural resources, ecosystems, climate and atmosphere so ...

In an encouraging development for the island’s water reserves, the island’s seventh largest dam at Lefkara has overflowed for the third time since it was constructed in 1973. Department ...

Lefkara has been recognised as one of the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The initiative was launched to advance the role of tourism in ...

Lace-making is something that unites the countries of Europe says the woman behind an exhibition on the craft now on in Lefkara. ALIX NORMAN finds out more If you were ...

The organisation making Cyprus’ villages green by resuscitating traditions By Martin Clark Grampus Heritage and Training is a leading organisation in sustainable development, of which I have been the director ...

Energy and Commerce Minister Natasa Pilidou on Tuesday visited Lefkara to check out the embroidery training programme, which is part of a plan to save, strengthen and preserve traditional techniques ...

Improvement works worth €70,000 are underway in Lefkara and are due to be completed in the next few months, the mayor said on Monday. Mayor Sophocles Sophocleous told the Cyprus News ...