CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks at the unsung heroes whose life stories are calling out for a biopic
Hollywood has always looked to history for inspiration. Oppenheimer, the story of how the ...
Turkish Cypriot Mustafa Hurben is not a rabble rouser, but quietly steadfast in his refusal to take up arms
While attempting to imagine what interviewing a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector ...
A new announcement by Special Representative Colon Straightup of Ununited Nations Farce Institute of Cyprus (UNFICYP)
By Fahri Zihni
Cypriots have a proud history of extraordinary théâtre de la ...
Freud’s famous observation has always been evident in the Cyprus problem. The new UN envoy will have her work cut out
Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar was officially named last ...
Christodoulides’ leaks to the press followed by retractions sowed needless uncertainty
President Nikos Christodoulides’ handling of the cabinet reshuffle amounted to a colossal bungle, commentators say, illustrative of his relative ...
Cyprus is taking all measures to ensure national security remains intact President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, amid growing criticism and fears over the use of the British bases in ...
State officials blatantly looked the other way to allow a Limassol fish farm to operate illegally for 15 years, and it is only now being investigated for money laundering allegations, high-level ...
In a woman working in Limassol on a cure for cancer, THEO PANAYIDES finds someone whose life fell apart when members of her own family died from it but is ...
High budget entertainment came at us from all directions in 2023, but it wasn’t a winner for everyone says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES
Who won? Who lost? Which service achieved its yearly ...
Global energy will continue to be driven by security concerns in 2024, ahead of climate goals, as wars, conflicts and threats to supplies continue. Renewable energy systems (RES) will carry on ...
A busy couple of weeks for Israel’s legal minds
It was an eventful New Year weekend for the legal community in Israel. Her judiciary managed partly to restore her ...
Culture of silence over rape, harassment and domestic violence by police officers
MPs are sounding the alarm over what they describe is a boy’s club in the police force ...
In a Turkish Cypriot public figure, THEO PANAYIDES meets a doleful doer who treated politics much like a business. While dismissing the chances of Cypriots living together again, he is ...
2023 was a tumultuous year. Our writers look back on what they turned to to find some escape via books, music, films/TV and TikTok
ALIX NORMAN
READING: 2023 has been murder ...
What makes a good baddie asks CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES crying out for more of them to create good movies
WARNING: Minor spoilers for Rebel Moon
In Zack Snyder’s space opera ...
‘Deterioration in terms of corruption has been evident in our reports’
Multiple bribery allegations surfacing over the past week involving senior Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials have shaken the northern ...
Most news scandals are shameful, but the violent riots that took hold of Limassol on September 1 were nothing short of a disgrace. The reasons? Numerous. Take it from the fact ...
Former House President Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis pleaded not guilty to five charges read out to them at Nicosia criminal court on Friday. The charges stem ...
More than just an impressive collection of cars, a museum in Limassol offers a world to glorify all things automobile finds PAUL LAMBIS
It may not be the world’s ...
At a time of year when cynicism should be put to one side, THEO PANAYIDES meets an African couple faced with deportation who love Cyprus but not the human cost ...
It’s been a good year for TV. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks back at what you should have watched
This year has been a great one for television! Despite the writers’ ...
Cyprus midwives recently received much-deserved recognition by Unesco
Midwives in Cyprus are heralding the inclusion of their work on Unesco’s list of intangible culture heritage, saying it can serve ...
Seated at The Shopkeeper & Co’s communal table, with headphones on, the music serving as a sufficient block between your own thoughts and any adjacent conversations, you could be ...
In an intense expatriate Cypriot, THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman open to difficult things who only felt free after leaving the cultural desert of Limassol and a violent childhood behind
‘...