Fairies or swastikas
There’s graffiti as art and graffiti as abuse. Achilleas Michaelides knows the difference
For a city that boasts a cabaret on virtually every corner you’d imagine there’d be no fuss over naked fairies appearing in a mural. So the man who painted them last month was understandably dismayed when officials in Limassol ordered his work to be erased.
Take a dash of Calcutta. Add a sprinkle of Lahore. Season it with a touch of Colombo. Spice it all up with a squeeze of Manila and a dash of Warsaw.
Cyprus is now home to more nationalities than at any other time in its history. And for food lovers that means Nirvana.
Here are some of the mouth-watering tastes now available on the shelves of ethnic supermarkets.
Letting rip to the rap
There’s a club in Paphos where even men can learn to dance
Strictly Come Dancing it isn’t. There’s no flurry of sequins and feathers, no perfectly coiffed hair. But it is sassy, loud and swinging.
Buying your loyalty
Your guide to the types of loyalty schemes on offer and what they give you
An exhibition of tombstones uncovers the lives of the Lusignan nobility
When Guy de Lusignan bought Cyprus from Richard the Lionheart in 1192, Gothic architecture came to the island.
Unless you are particularly fond of veggie mush, this week’s column is dedicated to those little people who can’t even read it. The dilemmas start as soon as baby graduates from the breast. Or on Day One if the breast is not an option. Which formula? How much? How often? When exactly should baby be weaned? When should it be started on solids?
Great flavour and good value from California and New Zealnd
Marmesa Vineyards
Marmesa Vineyards is a new range of wine from Cava Remouage in Paphos. And it’s a great pity that it can only be found in Paphos. Made by a cool Californian, the legendary Larry Brooks, these wines are subtle, poised, elegant and amazing value.
Clergy overwhelmed by public reaction to ‘miracle bones’
FAITHFUL FROM all over Cyprus are following the skull of Saint John Chrysostom currently touring Cyprus to worship the relic, with many of them are for a miracle.
Fathoming the mysteries of the Cypriot property market
SOME 70 per cent of Cypriots own the roof they live under, 25 per cent own a home in the countryside and 15 per cent own their own office.
The above numbers are taken from a real estate price index for the period January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006, compiled by Loizos Antoniou Chartered Surveyors.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
