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
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In an open-hearted man whose friendships and feuds are legendary, THEO PANAYIDES finds a famed print maker with works spanning from postage stamps to the Pushkin Museum
It’s a ...
For thousands of years, the island’s pigments were prized by kings, pharaohs and even Da Vinci. Alix Norman meets the woman recreating ancient artistic techniques
From its copper veins ...
Police on Tuesday issued two separate missing person bulletins for Irina Melnikova, 65, and Mariyana Hristova, aged 37.
Both have been absent from their Limassol home since Monday and their whereabouts are ...
Those who lived through the invasion of 1974 can be prone to hoarding. ALIX NORMAN finds out why, and how this cluttered mindset still affects Cyprus today
In 1974, many Cypriots were ...
Recovery has become my full-time job for one addict who always felt like the odd one out. PAUL LAMBIS hears he has now turned to stand-up comedy with a show ...
A new map of the island shows it drowning in illegal tipping sites. ALIX NORMAN speaks to its creator, and finds the entire country is being poisoned
In terms of ...
The oldest lavender in the world comes from the Eastern Mediterranean. Alix Norman discovers the strange power of this fragrant plant
Lavender often makes us think of England – of country ...
Missing persons are a borderline issue for Cypriot literature, author Hari N Spanou said on Sunday after her novel The Outpost received a special mention from the pan-European committee for ...
Twice as likely than the EU average to take an active role in caring for their grandchildren, Cyprus’ grannies have long been an integral part of the family. But is ...
For such a small country, Cyprus has more Guinness World Records than you’d think. ALIX NORMAN finds which Cypriots are Number 1 in the world
The record for longest time ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday sent a message of support to the relatives of missing persons for the struggle they have been going through for the past 49 years.
The government ...
Three hundred locations have been identified and are awaiting excavation, Greek Cypriot representative on the committee on missing persons (CMP) Leonidas Pantelides said on Wednesday.
In all, 900 cases are still ...
Chinese dealmaker Bao Fan, founder of investment bank China Renaissance Holdings, has gone missing in the latest disappearance of a top business executive, unnerving investors and sending its stock down ...
The Turkish Cypriot official on the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on Wednesday lashed out at comments made by Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou over Turkey’s lack of information giving ...
The committee on missing persons (CMP) announced on Tuesday it had found the remains of four people at a site in Troullous village in Larnaca.
The team had been searching ...
Lawmakers on Tuesday pledged to assist the families of missing persons from the 1974 conflict who have complained that the state has all but forgotten them.
Mothers and children of missing ...
Over 1,000 missing persons have been identified so far, the Turkish Cypriot member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) said on Tuesday.
Since 2005, a total of 1,494 exhumations have been carried ...
Bones believed to be the human remains of three Turkish Cypriots missing since 1963 have been found in a well in Troulli.
According to the Turkish Cypriot representative from the committee ...
Five Italian climbers were still missing more than 48 hours after the deadly collapse of part of a mountain glacier in the Alps, a tragedy that is being blamed on rising ...
A 26-year-old woman who was reported missing in Larnaca earlier this month was arrested in Greece ten days later, police said on Wednesday.
The domestic worker was reported missing to ...
A preliminary study on the former landfill in occupied Dikomo, where the remains of 70 Greek Cypriot missing persons are believed to be buried has been submitted to the committee on ...
After a period of stagnation, work to determine the fate of the missing is beginning to progress, thanks in part to the use of modern technology, Greek Cypriot member of ...
Last year, the Committee of Missing Persons (CMP) identified the remains of 20 Greek Cypriots and nine Turkish Cypriots who were on the list of missing persons, the Greek Cypriot member ...