Alix Norman

Cyprus is not great at environmental stuff. Say what you will, we’re still ranking well in the lower half of the EU in the green stakes – just above Lithuania ...

What do visitors know about the occupation of the island? Alix Norman speaks to a selection of tourists to find out Cyprus is billed as sea, sun and sand – a ...

‘Like the tales played out in the ring, Cyprus epitomises survival against the odds.’ ALIX NORMAN discovers how WWE-style wrestling will draw on the island’s past WWE is primarily ...

Not one place in Cyprus makes it onto the list of the world’s 100 wealthiest cities. The April 2023 report from citizenship investment consultants Henley & Partners lists several places in ...

ALIX NORMAN travels to Vavla to meet the unlikely young women who are reviving one of Cyprus’ most ancient professions Above Larnaca, where the heat hangs heavy over the hills, ...

One in four attempts on the K2 mountain end in death. And just 500 people have reached the summit! ALIX NORMAN meets the only mountaineer from Cyprus who has ever conquered ...

The first Friday of August is International Beer Day, so what better time to celebrate Leuven? While Germany may have the quality, Holland the diversity, and the UK the beer-drinking ...

From scissors to ATMs, everything is designed for right-handers. To celebrate International Lefties Day, Alix Norman asks what it’s like to be a rare left-hander in a world that ...

If there was ever a show that appealed to the diaspora, this is it. But the diaspora in this case isn’t the one we usually refer to – rather than ...

One Limassol resident is so happy with her outsize bosom, she’s made breasts her business! ALIX NORMAN finds out why big also equals beautiful “Once, in a taxi, the ...

Recently, the southern US has hit the news thanks to a high-pressure air dome that wreaked havoc. From Texas to Oregon, extreme temperatures have baked the west and southwest, and 33 ...

30 per cent of the island’s foreign visitors stay in the region of Ayia Napa. Alix Norman asks tourists what drew them to Cyprus and, in particular, to this legendary ...

ALIX NORMAN meets a group of people who live firmly in Cyprus’ golden past, and asks why their memories of an island long gone are still so precious These are ...

A spacecraft, observatory, and laboratory, The International Space Station orbits 400 km above Earth’s surface. Launched in 1998, it’s operated by 15 countries, including the US, Russia and Japan, and represents ...

Alexandra, a well-known Formula 1 pundit, is insistent that women are excellent drivers. So where, asks Alix Norman, are all the female F1 stars? “Women multitask superbly, have lightning reflexes, and ...

A recent study suggests that kids in Cyprus don’t fly the nest until almost 30 years of age. ALIX NORMAN finds out if there’s more to it than rocketing ...

What if halloumi or Commandaria were NOT made in Cyprus? Alix Norman discovers a dark secret about one of the island’s most treasured heritage items “It’s like discovering ...

If you could secretly influence an election, raise the minimum wage, or enact fiscal reform, would you? ALIX NORMAN discovers Hegemony, the global gaming sensation inspired by Cyprus’ complex politics ...

If you took your Tirana salary and tried to survive in Cyprus, you’d have huge problems! In Limassol, you’d probably be able to afford a small corner of ...

The biggest pre-Cyprus Comic Con event is happening this coming weekend! Get your geek on with cosplay, card games and collectibles at the CCC Bazaar says ALIX NORMAN Three years ...

India’s second most populous city is so vast, so old, so cosmopolitan that it goes by many names: the Heart of India for its central location; Dilwalon ki Dilli (...

Fifteen per cent of Cypriots never leave the island! And Cyprus tops the list of EU countries from which people rarely travel abroad. ALIX NORMAN asks why Only 40 per cent ...

The average woman’s chest has gone from a 34B to a 36DD in the last 60 years. ALIX NORMAN speaks to one Cyprus-based expert who is addressing why women are ...

3,000 Pakistanis live in Cyprus – not a small number, given the size of the island. But, when you look at the wider Pakistani diaspora, it pales in comparison… The 6th largest ...