Новости за 25.12.2018

The festive events are going on until the very last day of the year. Adding a different note to the Christmas activities, is an evening of Rembetika songs in a romantic, nostalgic and at the same time festive atmosphere in Paphos. Savvas Chrysostomou and Polis Ioannidis with their guitars and voices, Andreas Krabias with his […]

A decade ago, Canada‘s oil sector was growing so fast it was predicted to become a global energy superpower, but a series of political missteps and formidable environmental activism has created a dysfunctional system requiring OPEC-style government intervention to move its oil to market. Canada produces 4.9 million barrels per day (bpd), more than any country other […]

Dances and songs from Spain, Hungary and Greece is the title of an upcoming event at Technopolis 20 in Paphos, yet don’t be fooled by the name. There will be no dancing performed at this event, rather it will be a musical programme by pianists Maria Chimonidou and Manolis Neophytou. On December 28, Chimonidou aims […]

Flowers in the hair, colourfully painted skulls and thick eyebrows are all associated with Frida Khalo. This Mexican painter, 64 years after her death, is still one of the most well-known artists of her country, internationally admired not only for her art but her adventurous life. Her blue-walled home has been turned into a museum, […]

ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos said on Tuesday that the Greek Cypriot side should not seek the resumption of the talks for the settlement of the Cyprus problem “at any cost”. In his Christmas message, the Archbishop said the impression that carrying out talks just for the sake of it, without any prospects for success as protection from […]

THERE is no Santa Claus in Cyprus. There is no Santa Claus at all per se. There are a number of them. Are any of these statements true? If you are not sure – and also if you think you are – read on. The easy answer first. No, there is indeed no Santa Claus […]

THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou   Christmas causes much diversity in human emotions. For some it is a gaudy, money-spending frenzy, too much food and drink, a celebration that is supposed to be full of cheer and joy and Christian spirit when families get together and have fun. More often than not it […]

To walk, day after day, is a wonderful way to clean out one’s mind of all the debris that collects over the years a man who has spent 15 years walking round the coastline of England and Wales tells NADIA SAWYER. He is now planning to follow it up with a shorter trip around Cyprus […]

NICOSIA got its Christmas present a bit early. Four days before Christmas, it was finally given the brand new Eleftheria Square, with its modernistic, concrete bridge, that took an incredible six years to complete. The project is not completely finished with some work still to be done in the moat, but the barriers and construction […]