Thu, 15 December 2016
Bicommunal internships aim to help unemployed Cypriot graduates; technology disrupting the financial sector; a new book on the wildlife of Cyprus (pictured).
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_16th_December_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 6:19pm MSK |
Fri, 2 December 2016
Can Cyprus learn from the return their homes of internally displaced Bosnians? We talk to anthropologist Tone Bringa (pictured) who documented the Bosnian war and and its aftermath; EU funding is helping small businesses; innovative solutions in bone therapeutics; and a simple blood test can detect pancreatic cancer.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_2nd_December_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 11:26am MSK |
Thu, 24 November 2016
We discuss prospects for Cyprus' reunification following the failure of negotiations in Switzerland; hear about the COSME programme that fosters the competitiveness of Europe's small and medium sized enterprises, and talk to a Bulgarian banker who is successfully implementing the COSME programme.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_25th_November_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 1:38pm MSK |
Tue, 15 November 2016
Authentic Italian cuisine comes to Cyprus; we talk at length to the Head of the Asylum Service (pictured) about processing asylum applications and the problems at Kofinou reception centre.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_18th_November_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 12:40pm MSK |
Thu, 10 November 2016
The importance of including women in the peace process - we speak to the EEAS Principal Advisor on gender (pictured); an example of bi-communal cooperation as the restored Apostolos Andreas monastery is inaugurated; a holistic approach to breast cancer treatment at the upgraded breast clinic in Nicosia; and we meet a singer/songwriter who has just released her first album.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_11th_November_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 1:19pm MSK |
Thu, 3 November 2016
German language month kicks off; men are invited to grow a moustache for 'Movember' (pictured) and the UK Education Fair is coming up - with good news for students who want to study in the UK.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_4th_November_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 12:43pm MSK |
Thu, 27 October 2016
The Naked Truth about Aphrodite - revealed in an erotic comic book (pictured); an end is in sight for the revamp of central Nicosia; your last chance to see a unique exhibition of historic Cypriot bridal gowns; Showstoppers arrive in Cyprus.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_28th_October_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 3:37pm MSK |
Thu, 20 October 2016
As municipalities and animal charities team up to address the problem of feral cats, we talk to Nicosia's Mayor (pictured); the Cyprus Shipping Chamber celebrates International Maritime Week, and we get a glimpse of life in medieval Cyprus.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_21st_October_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 1:34pm MSK |
Thu, 13 October 2016
Youth unemployment continues to rise in the government controlled area, while it is falling in the occupied north of Cyprus; Yiannis Georgiou (pictured) gives a piano recital in Nicosia, and seminars to teach businesses about responsible reporting of CSR and sustainability.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_14th_October_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 12:03pm MSK |
Fri, 7 October 2016
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides says European foreign policy has failed; the Women's Euro-Arabian North Pole expedition trains in Iceland; the Cyprus Rally gets under way; Nicosia celebrates its medieval heritage this weekend; sustainable tourism is taking off.
Direct download: Cyprus_News_Digest_7th_October_2016.mp3
Category:News and politics -- posted at: 10:48am MSK |