The Lidl Food Academy on Stasikratous street is now open and ready to take the public on a wonderful culinary journey, filled with cooking workshops, nutrition seminars, gastronomy lectures, wine tasting classes and presentations of special food groups. The Lidl Food Academy, a global Lidl initiative, recently marked five years...
GoGordian has announced a list of 13 residential plots of land in Kornos which border each other and are noteworthy investment opportunities. The scenic Kornos village falls within the Larnaca district and is roughly 27km west of Larnaca and 25km southwest of Nicosia. The Kornos community is only a 25...
The agriculture ministry is this month celebrating the Cyprus cyclamen (Cyclamen cyprium) one of the island’s most beautiful wild flowers with its ‘festive’ white and light pink petals that is in full bloom in December. The Cyprus cyclamen was first identified by Austrian Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy in 1862. In 1996...
Ireland’s largest, most southerly county, Cork is possibly the most stunning region of the Emerald Isle. Boasting the world’s second largest natural harbour (after Sydney, of course), and the world-renowned Blarney Castle, Cork was once home to Europe’s very first Temperance Society. It was also the last port of call...
When the people in this video became homeless, others looked through them as if they were invisible. But by training them as tour guides, Scottish organisation Invisible Cities isn’t just helping them get back on their feet, it’s empowering them to reclaim their visibility, dignity and self-worth. View the original...
EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with Nato allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms embargo on Ankara. Merkel spoke after a summit where the bloc’s 27 leaders agreed to prepare limited sanctions on Turkish individuals over an energy exploration dispute...
The slowdown in customer service caused by the Covid pandemic has forced the land registry to stop accepting any new applications relating to property transfers until January 4, in a bid to process accumulated work, it was announced on Friday. In a statement, the department said it would be processing...
Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce said on Friday that they are still without some of the players who tested positive for COVID-19 but he was relieved to have “two or three” back in the matchday squad. Newcastle’s training ground was closed last week after several members of the squad and...
Pop culture meets fine art, Crocker Art Museum assistant curator Christie Hajela reviews the hallucinatory images displayed in the recent exhibition ‘Atomic Cocktail’ by American artist Todd Schorr. Born in 1954, Schorr began his career as a professional illustrator in New York City, creating album covers, movie posters and magazine...
The Turkish Cypriot side on Friday lambasted the Republic’s foreign ministry’s message marking the Human Rights Day, citing “attacks and baseless accusations” against Turkey. The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ said it condemned the latest statement issued by the Greek Cypriot leadership. It said that the Greek Cypriot leadership, “while violating the...
The deputy ministry of shipping on Friday announced the launch of a tender process to bring back a ferry link between Cyprus and Greece, which will be subsidised by the state. “Following the massive expression of support from the general public, a decision by the government has been taken to...
AstraZeneca will start clinical trials to test a combination of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine with Russia’s Sputnik V shot aimed at boosting the efficacy of the British drugmaker’s vaccine, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Friday. Trials will start by the end of the year and Russia wants to jointly produce the new vaccine if...
AstraZeneca will start clinical trials to test a combination of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with Russia’s Sputnik V shot aimed at boosting the efficacy of the British drugmaker’s vaccine, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Friday. Trials will start by the end of the year and Russia wants to jointly...
This Christmas may be different with coronavirus measures encouraging more low-key celebrations. But we will still need some great wines to pair with a carefully prepared Christmas table or to kick back and uncork while watching our favourite holiday movie. And at a time when buying local is of increased...
By Paul Lambis As you pour yourself a relaxing glass of Commandaria, sipping it slowly and savouring its rich, fruity taste, imagine yourself hundreds of years ago in the royal courts of Europe enjoying exactly the same wine, made in the same way, and even tasting pretty much the same....
Α 62-year-old woman from Iran died on Thursday after an afternoon traffic collision in Larnaca. The incident happened at 4.40pm when the car she was driving veered off course on Tassos Papadopoulos Avenue and crashed into a concrete post. The woman was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead...
The government on Friday condemned a protest held the previous night outside Sigma TV in Nicosia, during which a group of people stopped the traffic and started shouting slogans against the station’s managing director Chrysanthos Tsouroulis. The situation escalated when police arrived and tear gas was used to disperse the...
