Less than 20% of the world’s population has managed to stockpile more than half of the globe’s maize and other grains, leading to steep price increases across the planet and dropping more countries into famine. The hoarding is taking place in China. COFCO Group, a major Chinese state-owned food processor,… Read More »China is hoarding 50% of the world’s food grain
A 74-year-old man who confessed to killing his wife, 75, on Saturday evening in their home in Tremithousa in Paphos, was remanded on Sunday for eight days. The remand hearing took place at the Paphos general hospital where the 74-year-old is being treated after his stomach was pumped. He told… Read More »Man ‘smothers wife of 52 years to death’ after her terminal cancer diagnosis in Cyprus
The departure of Lord Frost from Boris Johnson’s Cabinet has been described as a “watershed moment” for the PM as his backbenchers spoke openly about needing a new direction for his party and government. Lord Frost’s resignation could hardly have come at a worse time for Mr Johnson, who has faced… Read More »What does Lord Frost’s resignation mean for Boris Johnson’s future as PM?
With plans for the two-week circuit breaker still said to be on the table, Mr Johnson last night warned he had to ‘reserve the possibility’ of further restrictions to control the spread of Omicron. However he admitted the data was not clear enough to justify action now. The PM has… Read More »Covid – It’s time to make a decision Boris
A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent of individual agents reporting problems. The charity Agents Together – set up last year by Michael and Kenny Bruce with prominent industry consultant Sarah Edmundson as chief executive –… Read More »Not coping with Covid? Shock figures about agents’ mental health
Byzantine period After the division of the Roman Empire into an eastern half and a western half, Cyprus came under the rule of Byzantium. The cities of Cyprus were destroyed by two successive earthquakes in 332 and 342 AD and this marked the end of an era and at the… Read More »Cypriot History – Byzantine Period
While mass media is steadily encouraging fear and panic, we actually need to calm down and take a deep breath. Here are some things to remember in these trying times. In these past weeks, we’ve witnessed a series of major historical events of a magnitude that is still difficult to… Read More »“This Too Shall Pass”: 3 Things to Remember Amid Coronavirus Panic
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official says the Cyprus government is “greatly troubled and dismayed” by an Orthodox Christian bishop’s comments on homosexuality, which he said were needlessly stirring up social tensions on the Mediterranean island nation. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said Tuesday that Morphou Bishop Neophytos’ remarks clash with… Read More »Cyprus criticises Orthodox bishop for insulting gays
A large part of the Armenian community in Cyprus descends from survivors of the 1915 genocide in Anatolia who initially settled in neighbourhoods of the capital Nicosia. Following the independence of the island from British colonialists in 1960, these neighbourhoods fell under Turkish-Cypriot administration. As the ethnic conflict unfolded between… Read More »Cypriot History – Armenians
Human habitation of Cyprus dates back to the Paleolithic era. Cyprus’s geographic position has caused Cyprus to be influenced by differing Eastern Mediterranean civilisations over the millennia. Periods of Cyprus’s history from 1050 BC have been named according to styles of pottery found as follows: Cypro-Geometric I: 1050-950 BC Cypro-Geometric II: 950-850 BC Cypro-Geometric III: 850-700… Read More »Cypriot History Timeline
