Sustainability in Cyprus: a mission for change
“I always say I was born in Armenia but Cyprus shaped me,” says Lusine Mirzoyan. We are sitting in the Home For Cooperation cafe, drinking coffee and talking about her ...
A minute with: Olga Evtushenko aka full metall badger, chainmail jewellery maker
Where do you live?In a lonely house on a hill with my dear husband, two guinea boars and countless fish.
What did you have for breakfast?Normally lunch – I’...
From crime fighter to crime writer and a life in Cyprus
Did he ever see anything, I ask Barry Appleton – cop, TV writer, long-time expat – that shocked even him, with all his police experience? He mulls the question over, sat at ...
A minute with: Andreas Thoupos, executive chef
Where do you live and with whom?I live in Nicosia with my wife and two children
What did you have for breakfast?Protein oats bowl with chia seeds and ...
Cyprus pilot recalls final flight into Nicosia in 1974
Speaking from his home in Limassol, Captain Adamos Marneros recalls a life shaped by determination, chance encounters and a flight that still haunts him: his return to Nicosia in the ...
A minute with: George Bilianidis, artist-Graphic designer
Where do you live and with whom?I live in Ayios Dhometios with my parents
What did you have for breakfast?I never have breakfast, to sleepy to have anything
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A minute with: George Lash, artist and founder of Lash Dolls
Where do you live?I live with my beloved wife, Anna, and our dog, Nugget.
What did you have for breakfast?I had my favourite breakfast: toasted wholegrain bread with ...
A minute with: Fidias Panayiotou, Artist Fishas.art
Where do you live?I live in Lakatamia with my mother and siblings.
What did you have for breakfast?I had a dark chocolate oat bar and an ice-cold frappe.
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How Cyprus and Ireland are finding common ground through culture
The deep connections between the islands of Ireland and Cyprus are being marked by the University of Cyprus’ Irish Studies Collective through a series of international collaborations, literary events and ...
A minute with: Andreas Miltiadis, professional cyclist
Where do you live and with whom?I live in Cyprus. I grew up in Palaichori, surrounded by nature and mountains, and I spend a lot of time travelling internationally ...
At 55, Greg the Geeza is starting again, one DIY project at a time
At 55, Greg Ohanian is embracing a new chapter.
He has relocated to Klirou, where he is transforming a vast, barren plot into a home, garden and outdoor space, all crafted ...
Ukraine Olympic sailing champion finds a base in Cyprus
Ukraine at the Olympics is quite a recent development. For decades, its athletes were enfolded into other teams – tagging along with Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia in the 1930s, then as ...
A minute with Peter Leandro Kypri, Cypriot smurf comedian
Where do you live?Larnaca, alone unfortunately 😛
What did you have for breakfast?Freddo Espresso Sketo
Describe your perfect dayMy perfect day would be exploring with friends, road-tripping somewhere new, ...
A minute with: Tatiana Stupak, musician, music school owner and teacher
Where do you live?In Limassol with my husband, two daughters and my parents.
What did you have for breakfast?I do not eat breakfast, except when on holiday. Coffee ...
A minute with: Lefki Savvidou, artist, writer, storyteller
Where do you live?A little outside of Nicosia with the spirit of my three dead chickens.
What did you have for breakfast?The best breakfast known to man, cold ...
A minute with: Mikaela Messiou, entrepreneur, writer, female empowerment coach
Where do you live and with whom?I live in Nicosia with my husband and twin children.
What did you have for breakfast?My breakfast routine includes two poached eggs ...
From Africa to Ayurveda: a journey to healing in Cyprus
Miriam Erne is in what might be called a transitional phase. At 36, “I have lived through some stuff,” she says – vivid stuff and sometimes terrible stuff, images she’ll carry ...
A minute with: Danja Bauer, voice & presence mentor & professional singer
Where do you live?I live in Tala, near Paphos, Cyprus, and I live on my own.
What did you have for breakfast?A fruit and vegetable smoothie and an ...
A minute with: Veselin Ivanchev, painter
Where do you live?Since 2018, I’ve been living in Nicosia with my family – my wife and two sons who are currently 20 and 14.
What did you have for breakfast?Just ...
George Bogden and Nathan Kiker examine the retreat of Western liberalism with Edward Luce
Edward Luce refuses to write the obituary of Western democracy. The Financial Times chief U.S. commentator told Clearer Than Truth co-hosts George Bogden and Nathan Kiker that even after ...
Move beyond yoga: discovering a unique practice in Cyprus
“Do you come to Pervolia?” movement coach Andreas Economou had asked me when I spoke to him earlier in the week. “Rarely,” I had replied. And it was true, Pervolia, ...
A Minute with: Nathalie Miranda
Where do you live?I live in north London with my husband and my parents.
What did you have for breakfast?Sourdough toast with lots of butter.
Describe your perfect ...
The tragedy that shaped one of Cyprus’ newest MPs
It takes a moment to even realise it’s her, this slim young woman in a light-pink T-shirt, dwarfed by the gaudy tower of Ayia Napa marina. She looks like ...
A minute with: Alexandros Petrou
Musician
Where do you live?
I currently live in Nicosia with my parents (as I’m still in the army) however I will soon live alone in England as of ...