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Barbed-wire plan riddled with problems
Fencing along the Green Line unlikely to stop migrants coming in, but sure to cause all sorts of new issues The seemingly endless stream of refugees and asylum seekers – mostly coming in through the...
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Zero hour for Akamas (video)
On June 18, around 750 people protested in Nicosia, calling for the peninsula of Akamas – a national park, and the last pristine coastal area left in the Republic of Cyprus – to remain undeveloped,...
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Multi-faceted actor finds himself on stranger tides
In an English Cypriot who has played alongside such stars as Angelina Jolie, THEO PANAYIDES meets a man who has enjoyed cult success, juggles several balls but finds himself not entirely at home in...
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23 years at the head of a drug rehab centre
In the calm and controlled woman in charge of the island’s rehabilitation programme THEO PANAYIDES finds someone driven by compassion fighting fiercely for the less fortunate and against the delusion...
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Cooking feeds TV chef’s creative side
In an open and free spirited woman, THEO PANAYIDES finds an influencer whose life is easily broken down into raucous encounters and blog-worthy anecdotes I assumed Galatia Pamboridis and I were going...
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Scorpions: still rocking around the world
Almost 60 years after they first formed, Scorpions played in Limassol this week. They say they will continue while still having fun. THEO PANAYIDES gets an insight into the men on stage at a press...
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Restless academic favours irony over ideology
THEO PANAYIDES meets a man, born in Ceylon, who grew up all around the world with books and continues to live for knowledge, questioning everything even though he considers himself completely...
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World champion street dancer comes alive on stage
In an athlete of the gods THEO PANAYIDES finds a can-do, tough-minded dancer combining an African upbringing with a Western mentality, still searching for something new in his chosen art form Dickson...
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The British bases’ refugee who won’t leave
After a long, long battle the Ibrahim family was granted permission to go to the UK. Some members went, but Said says it’s too late Said Ibrahim gazes at the fenced-off house in Richmond Village, a...
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Third-funniest person in the world finds comedy in disability
After suffering a very dramatic mid life crisis, one stand-up comedienne turned her near-death experience into a show. THEO PANAYIDES meets a fast-talking live wire on her way to becoming a celebrity...
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Something rotten in the state of local veggies
“Growing up, in the old days, we had good vegetables” It’s a truism that sun-ripened fruit and vegetables in Mediterranean countries are among the best in the world. The question of whether our own...
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Former reiki teacher still a survivor at 95
THEO PANAYIDES hears about the mixed blessings of growing old from a straight-speaking Limassol-based woman looking back on a life ranging from corporate wife in America to ground breaking reiki...
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The death of Berton the savannah cat (video)
The Green Party, the Animal Party and other demonstrators gathered outside the attorney-general’s attorney’s office on Thursday to protest the death of the savannah cat Berton who died earlier this...
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Rock musician struggles against overthinking
In a reluctant frontman, THEO PANAYIDES finds a sometimes-angry guy for whom music is the drug You might think 36 is a fine age to be; for a rock musician, though, it’s quite advanced – and of course...
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Scams: greed and the search for happiness
Frauds are as old as the hills, but they’re proliferating in the age of hacking and data harvesting Every day seems to bring news of another online scam, inevitably followed by police urging people for...
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Restaurateur is convivial morning, noon and night
In an unpretentious man with restless energy who is professionally terse, THEO PANAYIDES finds a small business owner struggling to combat the double whammy of the pandemic and rising prices I don’t...
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Tourists on the beach: “Are you worried?” (video)
With summer winding down, we annoyed a selection of tourists enjoying their holiday on the beach at Phinikoudes in Larnaca by asking if they’re worried about the future, and this coming winter in...
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Up-and-coming filmmaker in her ‘natural habitat’
In a woman swinging between despair and exuberance, THEO PANAYIDES finds someone living the dream, willing to promote the need for a touch of narcissism Alexandra Matheou doesn’t stand on ceremony. “I...
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Bus chaos in Ayia Napa
Shoving, pushing and often drunk, crowds fight for buses The situation with early-morning buses in Ayia Napa has become increasingly lawless and unbearable – though the end of summer will presumably...
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Former finance minister is a voice of reason
Playing the game has seen a leader in his field stick firmly on the right side of the fine line between accounting and creative accounting. THEO PANAYIDES meets a modest good listener behind a new...
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