By Andrianne Philippou
 But I’m not laughing. I love Cyprus. I love Limassol. I chose to move my boys and myself here in 2004 to begin a new life. To be near my family, to reconnect with my heritage and to share my culture, its warm hospitality, spirit and sunshine with my children,...

By Bev Orton Jennings
In our fast paced lives, it’s not always easy to take time out to relax. As we’ve enjoyed a few of our yearly ‘halcyon’ days, I grabbed the opportunity of a nice day to take a walk to my village shop (and at least save money on petrol, which seems to be going up by the...

 NICOSIA - The pediatric clinic of the Archbishop Makarios III Hospital in Nicosia and King's College Hospital in London have signed a memorandum of cooperation in the sectors of liver and gastrointestinal diseases.

Cypriot Minister of Health Stavros Malas, who was present at...

 By Bev Orton-Jennings
Given all the hard work that went into the project, I’m not surprised that Larnaca is one of three finalists for a European Mobility Week (EMW) award. But considering that 2,268 European towns and cities took part, it’s an achievement that the entire town should...

 By Charlie Charalambous
At a more impressionable age I use to think politics was important, world-changing stuff. I studied politics at university while always eager to support rebel causes in Nicaragua and El Salvador. I made it my business to be a student of world affairs not averse...

By Lucie Robson
If you ever have the feeling when reading Paphos Notes that you have read it before you can be forgiven because I sometimes have the uncanny feeling that I have written it before.
I get this feeling whenever I write about anything rubbish, animal or road...

By Adrienne Philippou
 I’ve had the privilege of spending a fair amount of time at the Theotokos Foundation recently.
For those who don’t know what this outstanding organisation does, it provides an invaluable source of medical care, pre and neo natal screening programmes,...

By MartynHenry
If you are an employee then you may well have seen you salary docked this month as part of the general effort to drag this country back into the black.
I have no objection to this. We are all in it together and we must all play our part if we ever want things to get...

Soapbox  By Charlie Charalambous
Under no circumstances must we allow President Christofias to get trapped in a lift at an international conference because it would prove disastrous for the Cyprus problem. How the Cyprus issue could become worse after 37 years of occupation and division...

By Martyn Henry
I don’t know about you, but the prospect of dealing with a government department gives me nightmares.
I just know that I will open the door into some stifling overheated cavern and see stretching before me a queue that ends in another time zone.
I will have to...