The Cyprus News Digest

Feb 27 2025 100 ep. 30 mins 35

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A hard-hitting look at events making the news in Cyprus and around the world with one of Cyprus' leading English language broadcast journalists, Rosie Charalambous.

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Cyprus News Digest 28th February 2025

Feb 27 2025 32 mins

We talk - yet again - about multiple pensions for government employees when ordinary citizens are struggling to pay their bills; the flamingo population in the Akrotiri wetland has dropped dramatically since development was allowed in surrounding areas.

Cyprus News Digest 21st February 2025

Feb 20 2025 30 mins

An open discussion next week will examine growing police repression and the right to peaceful assembly and protest in Cyprus; carnival celebrations have a huge environmental impact: what can we do to make it more sustainable?

Cyprus News Digest 14th February 2025

Feb 13 2025 33 mins

How do you find out if your car is on the recall list and shouldn't be driven? What needs to be done to save more of our heritage buildings from the bulldozer?

Cyprus News Digest 31st January 2025

Jan 30 2025 30 mins

How is Cyprus dealing with the regional struggles in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon? There's an open discussion at the University of Cyprus next week; and we hear about a seminar on new tools to combat the trafficking of cultural property.

Cyprus News Digest 25th January 2025

Jan 23 2025 29 mins

A spike in 'flu cases has seen dozens of children hospitalised - what symptoms should you look out for? Mavrokolympos dam breaks, leading to a major water loss; CSR Cyprus promotes sustainability and responsibility and its membership is growing - and even if your company is not a member you can enter their 'best practice' competition.

Cyprus News Digest 17th January 2025

Jan 16 2025 30 mins

There's been an increase in reports about abuse of the elderly; United Cyprus is calling for more crossing points to be opened and Friends of the Earth have two upcoming workshops on climate change and biodiversity.

Cyprus News Digest 10th January 2025

Jan 09 2025 31 mins

Invasive species are threatening Cyprus' citrus plantations, prickly pears and palm trees; the Environment department gives the go-ahead to a wind farm project that is subject to European Commission infringement proceedings.

Cyprus News Digest 20th December 2024

Dec 19 2024 29 mins

The issue of faulty and potentially dangerous airbags rumbles on; new rules issued by some government Ministers threaten transparency and press freedom; Sistema Cyprus teams up with its Greek counterpart for its last concert of the year.

Cyprus News Digest 6th December 2024

Dec 05 2024 30 mins

We quiz the Transport Minister about delayed and cancelled government contracts: he says the Paphos-Polis highway will be delivered in 3 years' time; experts from Sweden brief Cypriot hoteliers on sustainable practices in the tourism industry.

Cyprus News Digest 29th November 2024

Nov 28 2024 31 mins

We talk to the Deputy Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) about the catastrophic situation in Gaza.