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Poetry workshop teaches breath and voice projection

Eleni Phil...July 13, 2023

As part of an ongoing series of workshops at Goethe-Institut, KENO Publications and Atlantis Culture present one more morning of poetry. Under the Performance Poetry 101 workshops, July 15’s session…

Plenum rejects Akel and Edek bills on foreclosures

Elias Hazo...July 13, 2023

The House plenum on Thursday rejected an Akel-led bill allowing debtors to use a court order setting aside foreclosure proceedings, as well as a legislative proposal by Edek to sell…

Officials accused of abusing powers in dealing with unemployed

Gina Agapi...July 11, 2023

The procedure for examining unemployment benefit applications needs to be reviewed, deputies said on Tuesday after social insurance department officials asked the neighbours of an applicant whether she was employed.…

Costofliving remains high as inflation declines

Iole Damas...July 7, 2023

Public concern over cost-of-living is mounting despite state assurances that the ending of relief measures was warranted and necessary. Consumers fear that the recent abolition of the energy subsidies for…

Kapnos buses set on fire

Andria Kad...June 20, 2023

A fire was raging at the Kapnos shuttle bus station on Wednesday evening, leaving a dark plume of smoke in the surrounding Aglandjia area. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said…

Presidents visit to Strasbourg yielded positive outcomes Nicosia determines

Source: Cy...June 13, 2023

Nicosia considers that President Nikos Christodoulides’ visit and contacts at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on Tuesday, have yielded positive results, especially as regards the support provided by the political…

Trash talking Cyprus drowning in rubbish

Alix Norma...May 29, 2023

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…

Cyprus solution possible if state sits at table with TCs Letymbiotis says

Jonathan S...May 11, 2023

A sustainable solution to the Cyprus problem is possible “if we sit at the negotiating table with our Turkish Cypriot compatriots,” government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on the side-lines of…

Education ministry supports and promotes different religions

Gina Agapi...May 7, 2023

The education ministry supports actions to preserve the identity of different religious groups in Cyprus, according to Education Minister Athena Michaelidou. Cyprus, having signed the European Charter for Regional or…