‘My job is to make them feel special’
We’re at the Bedrock Café in Ayia Napa, surrounded by Flintstones merch and plastic dinosaurs – but Aeropryme isn’t happy with his coffee. “I wanted an iced coffee with ...
A minute with Makis Kazakeos, activist
Where do you live?In Nicosia with my partner.
What did you have for breakfast?A cheese pie.
Describe your perfect day.Doing nothing, but this never happens!
Best book ...
A minute with: Ioannis Papaloizou, videographer, editor
Where do you live?I live in Brooklyn, NY with my friend.
What did you have for breakfast?Weetabix with a banana and oat milk.
Describe your perfect dayMorning at ...
A minute with: Tatiana Heracleous, Civil servant, part-time farmer, full-time mother
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my Hercules, our three kids Vasiliki, Panagiotis, Antreas and many, many animals.
What did you have for breakfast?Plain coffee
Describe ...
Path to success: Aleksejs Halavins and modern maritime leadership
A brief start in Latvia
Aleksejs Halavins grew up in Riga, close to busy docks and wide water. After high school, he entered the Latvian Maritime Academy, earning a diploma ...
How Simbi Wabote transformed Nigerian marine vessel ownership from 10% to 46%
Nigeria’s offshore oil industry underwent a dramatic ownership transformation during Simbi Wabote’s tenure as Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Under his leadership ...
Chronicler of the enclaved of Cyprus
They live in the village of Ayia Triada, halfway up the Karpasia peninsula with its sleepy roads set amid thickets of pine, palm and olive – though also in the pages ...
Mariupol after the war – how Rinat Akhmetov and international partners are launching the city’s revival
Last year, a landmark workshop was held in Warsaw with representatives of the Ukrainian and international communities, dedicated to the economic revival of Mariupol. The discussion focused on the Mariupol ...
A minute with Nikoletta Livadiotou, singer
Where do you live?I come from Dasaki Achnas and I live with my parents.
What did you have for breakfast?I ate cereal with oat milk.
Describe your perfect ...
A minute with: Costas Panayi, artist
Where do you live?I live alone in Mitsero, a village 25km from Nicosia.
What did you have for breakfast?I don’t usually have breakfast, just a cup of ...
Andrii Matiukha’s Favbet Foundation is mobilizing international aid for Ukraine
Transforming corporate philanthropy in crisis
The outbreak of Russia’s full-scale invasion marked a pivotal moment for the Favbet Foundation, a corporate charitable organization founded in 2020 by entrepreneur Andrii Matiukha. ...
Cyprus society seen through coffee shop culture
There is more to a cup of Cyprus coffee than its strong, bitter taste. In a new book on the matter, Aspasia Papadima unfolds the secrets of the island’s ...
A minute with Ivona Rocarkova, brewhouse owner
Where do you live?In a listed house in the centre of Nicosia with my family and two cats.
What did you have for breakfast?Caffe latte and croissant.
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Working-class rage and the Cyprus architect
The blue door is unmarked, its glass panel stealing a glimpse into a dishevelled interior. The door is locked so I wait, surrounded by the quiet cobbled streets of old ...
A minute with Eva Asprakis, contemporary fiction author
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my partner, who is also a writer.
What did you have for breakfast?Yoghurt with berries, oats and cinnamon.
Describe your ...
How Leon Botstein and Bard College respond to societal challenges
Many colleges react to educational crises by cutting budgets and limiting programs. Bard College takes a different approach. When Leon Botstein identifies a problem in American education, his instinct is ...
A minute with: Argyro Nicolaou, filmmaker, writer
Where do you live?I live in New York City with the love of my life, Marcos.
What did you have for breakfast?Three eggs and half an avocado.
Describe ...
A Minute With Christos Televantos, musician, singer, actor and biochemist
Where do you live?I currently live in Nicosia independently.
What did you have for breakfast?Cereal with soy milk, almonds, banana, berries and honey.
Describe your perfect day.At ...
Joe Ritter and the power of transparent Medicare advising
In a world where Medicare’s complexities leave many seniors bewildered, Joseph Ritter has spent two decades perfecting something remarkable: the ability to transform confusion into clarity. As President of ...
A minute with Vessy Popova, digital artist
Where do you live?I have the privilege to live with my daughter and our 11 cats in Lakatamia for 14 years to this day. As I am renting, I am currently ...
Andrii Matiukha Foundation: How the new charitable initiative works
In 2025, a charitable organization was launched in Ukraine as a platform for implementing personal initiatives — a namesake foundation headed by Andrii Matiukha. Its activities focus on long-term social, educational, and ...
People, like hotels, can be haunted
Andreas Andreou is quite young – he turns 34 this month – but he’s already been on TV several times, plus radio and print media: CyBC, Sigma, 24 Ores on Alpha, interviews with ‘...
A minute with: Dr Salamis Aysegul Sentug-Tugyan, academic and writer
Where do you live?With my better half, our beloved cats and our books, at the foot of the Kantara mountains.
What did you have for breakfast?As a ritualist, ...
Tanner Winterhof and Farm4Profit face off with Nebraska Governor in Corn State rivalry debate
In a spirited podcast debate that had both sides trading playful jabs about everything from corn quality to football tailgating, Tanner Winterhof of the Farm4Profit podcast recently squared off ...