Who is the man behind the mask?
You can’t really tell over a Zoom call. Only when the angle’s just right, when he inclines his head a certain way, can you make out… something on ...
Articles
Nicosia’s former crown jewel now in terminal decline
The once bustling Laiki Yitonia is now shuttered. Even the municipality has given up.
A decision’s been taken to transfer the stewardship of Laiki Yitonia from Nicosia municipality back ...
Why do Cypriots eat that in the heat of summer?
It’s the kind of question those old Raj colonels must’ve asked themselves when they first went to India: why is everyone eating chili – which of course makes you ...
Fears raised of a softer return to golden passports
The subject of fast-track citizenship was in the news last week, following questions raised by independent MP Alexandra Attalides.
There are three ways of obtaining Cyprus citizenship, two of which – ...
‘My job is to make them feel special’
We’re at the Bedrock Café in Ayia Napa, surrounded by Flintstones merch and plastic dinosaurs – but Aeropryme isn’t happy with his coffee. “I wanted an iced coffee with ...
Silent protest in Nicosia for slain Gaza journalists
A ‘silent protest’, organised by CY Movement to Gaza, was held in Nicosia today for the Palestinian journalists who’ve been targeted and killed in Gaza.
Around 242 Palestinian journalists have ...
Ayia Napa: not quite so crazy now
It’s looking like another mixed – but mostly acceptable – year for Ayia Napa, and another step in its gradual transformation.
Clubbing-wise, the resort’s heyday was a crazy few years ...
Outsourcing pain and trauma to Filipina carers
Let’s imagine a young Filipino woman. Let’s call her Althea, which was apparently the most common girl’s name in the Philippines in 2023.
What will Althea experience, should ...
Chronicler of the enclaved of Cyprus
They live in the village of Ayia Triada, halfway up the Karpasia peninsula with its sleepy roads set amid thickets of pine, palm and olive – though also in the pages ...
Gaza demo: The horrors “next door”
Footage and interviews from ‘End the Starvation of Gaza’, a symbolic protest and hunger strike held outside the Embassy of Palestine in Cyprus on July 22.
‘Gaza is being starved’: demo outside embassy
An all-day symbolic protest and hunger strike called End the Starvation of Gaza was held outside the Embassy of Palestine in Nicosia on Tuesday.
“The situation in Gaza has exceeded ...
Happy twist in story of Nicosia’s oldest bakery
This is the story of a happy surprise. The hero of our story is Faros, a bakery and confectionery that’s long been part of the landscape in old Nicosia – ...
We won’t solve our gripes just ‘sitting on the sofa’
Scrolling through the archive of complaints received by the Cyprus Consumers’ Association (supplied by the CCA, with personal data redacted of course), makes for illuminating reading.
“In July 2025 I travelled ...
Working-class rage and the Cyprus architect
The blue door is unmarked, its glass panel stealing a glimpse into a dishevelled interior. The door is locked so I wait, surrounded by the quiet cobbled streets of old ...
Hard-working, tax-paying third country national poised for deportation
“I need to be released from here,” was the last message received by the Cyprus Mail from Katina Baird, the Larnaca restaurateur (owner of Katina’s Tasty Food Caribbean restaurant) ...
Returning to (and escaping from) Israel
We spoke to Israelis at Larnaka Airport who’ve been trapped overseas by the war and are now returning through Cyprus – as well as a group of American Jews who’...
Gouging out the Pentadaktylos mountain range
Quarrying in the Pentadaktylos mountain range constitutes “rapacious development with very serious consequences on the natural environment”, Stelios Michael, director of the mines and quarries service, told Phileleftheros last week.
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film
Nothing else in Cyprus like it
Sounds like hype, but it’s actually true: there’s nothing else in Cyprus like the Images and Views of Alternative Cinema festival.
This is partly for boring practical reasons. ...
People, like hotels, can be haunted
Andreas Andreou is quite young – he turns 34 this month – but he’s already been on TV several times, plus radio and print media: CyBC, Sigma, 24 Ores on Alpha, interviews with ‘...
An asylum seeker’s journey in Cyprus
We follow Togolese asylum seeker Jacqueline and her husband Madoubele on an ‘experiential walk’ to the places in old Nicosia which have meant most to them during their six years ...
The lives blighted by addiction
It’s every parent’s nightmare – and not just parents, either. Your child (or spouse, or friend, or loved one) is an addict. They’re in the grip of something ...
‘This is what I do to fill my soul’
What’s behind the recent boom in stand-up comedy, a cultural sea change that’s propelled the number of local stand-ups to around three dozen from practically none? Constantinos Psillides ...
Reliving Cyprus summers: 200km trek along Green Line
A quiet Sunday morning, a small three-star hotel in Yermasoyia on the ‘wrong’, suburban side of the highway. A modest swimming pool, an importunate cat that jumps on our table – ...
On hunger strike for Gaza
We talked to Louis Allan, a Cypriot on a six-day hunger strike (from May 5-10) to protest the blockade and famine in Gaza, who’s also going to be perched ...