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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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Despite the teachers' strike, will the proposed new evaluation system pass through Parliament - or be mired in yet more discussions? We meet the speaker of an upcoming lecture on how fossil fuels shape conflict, inequalities and violence in the Middle East.
The director of the European Environment Agency emphasises the vital role that nature plays in ensuring our wellbeing; there's serious pollution at the protected Akrotiri wetland, and we discuss the multiple earthquakes that struck Cyprus this week.
Panellists at the Economist 21st Cyprus Summit discuss 'The path from crisis to peace in the Middle East': we talk to two former Egyptian Foreign Ministers about the prospects for peace and the creation of a Palestinian state.
The invasive Asian Tiger mosquito has arrived in Cyprus: it's a voracious biter; MPs discuss the role of assistance dogs and support for people with disabilities.
Will the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader bring renewed impetus to negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem? The national health service is advising the over 60s to get a shingles vaccination.
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories calls out Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla which was trying to break through the illegal blockade of Palestine; the Audit office highlights systemic failings in the management of Cyprus' water infrastructure.
Well-known environmentalist Chris Packham joins the fight against illegal bird trapping - and says the Cypriot authorities aren't trying hard enough to stop it; there's outrage across Cyprus at the government meekly following Israeli orders to remove grafitti that condemns the Gaza genocide.
If proposed tax reforms go ahead as proposed, the wealthy will be laughing all the way to the bank; outside the presidential palace, protesters read out the names of children killed in Gaza.
The EU Parliament will vote in a month on legislation that will enable 'Big Brother' style snooping on every mobile phone - except for those of politicians - how can we protect our privacy? New research has discovered previously unseen marine life in Cyprus' coastal waters.
'Cyprus in the Grave New World' was the title of a presentation in the buffer zone this week: we discuss the ramifications of the new global reality, and how manufactured insecurity affects our thinking and actions.
Rolling power cuts in an August heatwave show just how fragile Cyprus' energy security is; we talk to the chairman of the house energy committee about what needs to be done - and he won't be drawn on whether the liberalisation of the market will take place in October, as promised.
Despite government assurances in the Spring that Cyprus was better prepared than ever before for the wildfire season, we clearly weren't: two people dead, hundreds of homes and hectares of protected forests destroyed. We discuss what should have been done - and what needs to be done the soonest to avoid another catastrophe.
The destruction of the Pentakomo coastline continues unabated pending another court hearing at the end of August; a symbolic demonstration took place at the Palestinian embassy in Nicosia this week; music fans head to Katydata this weekend for the Windcraft Festival
There's no end in sight for the Vassiliko project: past mistakes have left many tricky issues to resolve and we can expect to continue paying exorbitant electricity prices for several years; there's anger at a proposed new bill before Parliament that will muzzle citizens' opposition and their right to demonstrate.
Cypriot scientists make a breakthrough in identifying genetic markers that could lead to breast and ovarian cancers; despite the Middle East ceasefire we may still see an impact on oil prices, and in Cyprus that usually means an increase in our electricity bills.
We hear the inside story of the Madleen as she sailed to break the blockade of Gaza and was hijacked by Israeli forces; citizens in Nicosia protest against the Municipal Council's plans to reopen Makarios Avenue to traffic; the Zero Trace festival takes place this weekend in Limassol.
As attempts to solve the Cyprus problem falter again, the property issue is taking on new dimensions that could impact both sides; we hear from a doctor who was on the Madleen, sailing to break Israel's blockade of Gaza when it was boarded by Israeli forces in a clear act of piracy.
The International Monetary Fund warns Cyprus over its inflated public sector wage bill; Becky's Button aims to keep women across the globe safe from attack
A huge demonstration in Nicosia condemns the Cyprus government's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza; an Israeli doctor from Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, who has relocated to Cyprus, says Israel is silencing opposition from within.
We are warned not to disturb turtles during the nesting season: umbrellas and sunbeds are forbidden close to nests; boats are banned from turtle beaches and swimming too close and feeding them are also against the law; Cyprus fails to join other nations calling for aid to be allowed unimpeded into Gaza; Systema Cyprus issues an appeal for unused musical instruments.
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