Located in the Larnaka (Larnaca) region, the village of Athienou is a large community found midway between the city of Lefkosia (Nicosia) (38 km) and the town of Larnaka (33 km), and can be reached… Read More »Portrait of a Cypriot village – Athienou
A British woman, 19, was escorted to Famagusta district court by police on Tuesday, where she was remanded until August 7 for alleging she was gang-raped by 12 Israeli tourists almost two weeks ago. She arrived… Read More »British woman who claimed gang rape remanded
History Kalopanayiotis is located in the evergreen valley of Setrachos river on the northern slopes of the Troodos range. It is one of the fourteen villages of the Marathasa area, the most mountainous area of… Read More »Portrait of a Cypriot village – Kalopanayiotis
Leontios Machairas or Makhairas (Greek: Λεόντιος Μαχαιράς, French: Léonce Machéras; about 1380-after 1432) was a historian in medieval Cyprus. The main source of information on him is his chronicle, written in the medieval Cypriot dialect.… Read More »Cypriot History – Leontios Machairas
Lefkara is where the Cypriot folk needlecraft art is born – the famous “lefkaritiko” – which the reputation of has gone beyond the frontiers of Cyprus and has become known in most of the European… Read More »Portrait of a Cypriot village – Lefkara
Among Krasochoria in Limassol, Koilani is one of the most famous, with a rich, long historical tradition and cultural heritage. It is built in the eastern part of Afamis and its vineyards cover a vast area,… Read More »Portrait of a Cypriot Village – Koilani
Kokkinotrimithia is a village in the Nicosia district in Cyprus and it is about 11 kilometres from the city of Nicosia. According to the inventory in 2011 it had 4.077 residents. It borders with Mammary… Read More »Portrait of a Cypriot village – Kokkinotrimithia
I recently came a cross this post in a group, it was posted by a Cypriot man, who is being pursued through the courts by his ex-wife and daughter to force him to pay for… Read More »The Misandry of the legal system in Cyprus
A visit to occupied Makrasyka The village of Makrasyka(incirli), is located in the occupied part of South-west Cyprus, just north of the crossing at Pergamos. Historical Population Makrasyka was always an exclusively Greek Cypriot village.… Read More »Cypriot Villages Makrasyka
The Cyprus Mail has reported……. Ayia Napa mayor Yiannos Karousos on Thursday blamed the transformation of the resort and Cyprus in general into “an open-air club” after 12 teenage Israeli tourists were remanded by the… Read More »Twelve men accused of gang-rape in Ayia Napa
