Environment

The documentary film Spaces of Reconciliation: Youth Interaction through Art in the City, by Mete Hatay of PRIO Cyprus Centre and independent director Orhan Eskiköy, follows Cypriot artists as ...

A network of environmental organisations on Friday voiced opposition to the construction of a shooting range near the island’s largest reservoir, Kouris, saying it will pollute the area’s ...

Continuing the weekly live music performances, Technopolis 20 has plenty more planned for the summer, even if we are reaching the end of it. But then again, the Cypriot summer goes ...

“A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deep shadow,” once wrote Leonardo Da Vinci in a notebook and a new art exhibition in ...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) has criticised the Cyprus government for allowing hunters to shoot in an area where protected migratory birds fly, fearing a repeat of what they ...

Besides the Elvis impersonations and ABBA tribute shows, which have practically disappeared since the pandemic started, Protaras’ live music scene also offers evenings showcasing local sounds. Numerous bars now have ...

As part of the retrospective exhibition Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived at Spel State Gallery, a series of events featuring guided tours, presentations and talks are coming up in August and ...

It’s quiet in the city during this time of the year with most seeking to cool off by the beach or in the mountains. Nicosia is especially tranquil in ...

August may not be the best month for hiking, with its scorching temperatures and high levels of humidity, yet hiking at night, under the full moon, is certainly an activity ...

If you want to invest in a fund branded as sustainable under new European Union rules, you’re spoilt for choice. But you may end up owning shares in oil ...

Cyprus has signed up to an EU push to combat climate change and its impacts, but figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday indicate that this is still very much a ...

What’s on this week at Nicosia’s Constantia summer cinema Summer film screenings at Constantia Cinema continue all throughout August in Nicosia and for those of us in the ...

Learning to tame the waves is a powerful thing yet perhaps water sports isn’t so much about taming the sea but about understanding it and going with its flow. ...

The Game and Fauna service on Tuesday warned that poaching was a serious crime as they announced the regulations for turtle dove hunting this year that limits killing to 12 birds ...

How 100 directors in 100 countries took on a massive technical and linguistic challenge Imagine having to direct a theatre performance online to be held abroad and with actors with whom you ...

The production of recycled water in 2020 at the wastewater treatment plant in Larnaca, exceeded 3.5 million cubic metres, it was announced on Tuesday. Larnaca Sewerage Board said in a statement that ...

The Mediterranean will be particularly affected with higher summer temperatures, drought and fires says IPCC report The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a landmark report on ...

Uplifting swing melodies will sound in Paramytha village this weekend as a newly-formed band performs at a recently-opened venue worth visiting. The Workin’ Trio performance on August 7 will take place ...

More than 25,000 trees and shrubs are expected to be planted in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts affected by last month’s fires, the forestry department said ...

If dating wasn’t hard enough already, the pandemic has made it even trickier. Social distancing, numerous lockdowns and strict measures aren’t the sexiest way of flirtation and just ...

Enchanting events coming up at CyHerbia Park If you haven’t been to CyHerbia Botanical Park & Labyrinth yet, it’s a charming place to go with a woodland, seasonal ...

Many practise yoga to find inner peace and connection but what if we used this ancient discipline to find peace and unity with others? A multi-communal yoga event for everyone ...

BirdLife Cyprus is asking for assurances from the Game Service that an EU-mandated programme to limit hunting of the threatened turtle dove this autumn will be effectively monitored. It fears ...

The August holidays are coming up and the island seems to slow down during this time of the year. It’s either that everything is shutting down for a summer ...