People, like hotels, can be haunted
Andreas Andreou is quite young – he turns 34 this month – but he’s already been on TV several times, plus radio and print media: CyBC, Sigma, 24 Ores on Alpha, interviews with ‘...
A minute with: Dr Salamis Aysegul Sentug-Tugyan, academic and writer
Where do you live?With my better half, our beloved cats and our books, at the foot of the Kantara mountains.
What did you have for breakfast?As a ritualist, ...
Tanner Winterhof and Farm4Profit face off with Nebraska Governor in Corn State rivalry debate
In a spirited podcast debate that had both sides trading playful jabs about everything from corn quality to football tailgating, Tanner Winterhof of the Farm4Profit podcast recently squared off ...
A minute with Elena Erotokritou, environmentalist, ecologist and writer
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my family. I am married and have three children.
What did you have for breakfast?For breakfast, I usually eat oats ...
The reluctant mogul: How Seth Hurwitz built an independent music empire without selling out
In the heart of Washington, D.C., where power brokers shape national policy, Seth Hurwitz has quietly built a different kind of influence—one measured not in legislative victories but ...
Gulf Coast Western CEO Matthew H. Fleeger drives success through strategic leadership and philanthropy
Southern Methodist University Athletics recently celebrated a significant milestone, surpassing its $125 million fundraising goal for its Atlantic Coast Conference Competitiveness Campaign. Among the key contributors to this achievement was Matthew ...
A minute with Egli Stamatiou, chocolatier
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my family. I have three children.
What did you have for breakfast?I had a coffee and toast with butter and ...
A minute with: Ilia Karankevich, professional figure skater
Where do you live?Right now, I live in Egna, Bolzano, Italy with my partner. We have been training were for two years now.
What did you have for breakfast?...
Reliving Cyprus summers: 200km trek along Green Line
A quiet Sunday morning, a small three-star hotel in Yermasoyia on the ‘wrong’, suburban side of the highway. A modest swimming pool, an importunate cat that jumps on our table – ...
A minute with George Constantinou, Martial arts grand master
Where do you live?I live alone in a comfortable house. This calmness allows me to organise my time and my space in any way I want, enhancing my personal ...
A minute with: Konstantina Nikolaou, professional shooting athlete
Where do you live?I live luggage in hand! My home is wherever I feel I belong. If it’s not here, then I just make sure to visit. It ...
Cyprus rules the world
I’m afraid we have no answer to explain what happened in Peru last August, at the World Athletics U20 Championships.
That was the event where 19-year-old Iosif Kesidis won ...
A minute with: Constantinos Lyras, guitar teacher and musician
Where do you live?I live in the apartment I bought in 2019 in Strovolos.
What did you have for breakfast?If I eat breakfast, it’s usually a sandwich or ...
A minute with: Sofia Asvesta, Judoka
Where do you live?I share my time between Limassol (Cyprus), Tuapse (Russia) and Torino (Italy).
What did you have for breakfast?I usually just have coffee. I try to ...
Cyprus’ dominatrix: ‘I don’t get undressed’
‘This is all legal, right?’ I ask Jenna (aka Miss Jenna Linn), sitting at Bean Bar in central Nicosia where her appearance has already drawn an appraising, not entirely approving ...
A minute with Roberto Nicolás Aquino, owner of Rincon Latino café
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my family.
What did you have for breakfast?I drank mate tea and ate churros with dulce de leche.
Describe your ...
Hollywood ‘bad boy’ Val Kilmer, star of ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Batman Forever’, dies at 65
Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as “Top Gun,” “The Doors,” and “Batman Forever” while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times ...
A minute with Nikiforos Demetriou Theodorides, biker, rally archivist
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my wife and daughter.
What did you have for breakfast?I had a slice of toast with cheese, three olives and ...
A minute with Andreas Marinou, pianist
Where do you live?In Limassol
What did you have for breakfast?Cereal
Describe your perfect day.I like cloudy weather. It is usually during those days that I feel ...
A minute with: Constantia Soteriou, writer
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my husband and twins.
What did you have for breakfast?A sandwich with zea bread, fig jam and brie.
Describe your ...
Fearlessness and disorder in old Nicosia
Antonis Koupparis shows me videos on his phone. The clips are mostly CCTV footage, plus videos he shot himself: a low-res litany of crime and disorder in the walled city ...
A minute with Maria Siakalli, poet
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with two dogs, Telios and Lily, and two cats, Tryfonas and Maggie.
What did you have for breakfast?Banana and almonds.
Describe ...
A minute with: Andry Platrites, professional screenwriter
Where do you live?Limassol
What did you have for breakfast?Cereal
Describe your perfect dayCreative writing, a walk with my dog, listening to classical music and jazz, watching a ...
Talking relationships in Cyprus’ ‘sex-negative’ society
On my way to the Oleander Institute – actually to Myrsini’s studio in old Nicosia; the institute has no physical office – I spot a grey-haired couple in their golden years ...