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Firstly, before you buy, I would suggest you rent a place for a year to give you time to make the right decisions. The property boom started in the early 2000’s and just continued with prices varying from town to town and location, location …

Its April, that means summer's well and truly here, with temperatures expecting to surpass the mid 30°s Centigrade ... There's loads happening all over Cyprus, coz Orthodox Easter is on Sunday April 120th so we're expecting it to be a really busy month with Cypriots travelling from all over the world to experience the heritage and culture of Easter in their home country ... check out Tony's preview here ... More ...

Greek Independence Day is not only a remembrance of the past but also a celebration of national pride, unity, and the enduring spirit of the Greek people.

Every year we think it rained more and it's colder than last year, but I'm sure this year it did and it was. OMG How cold???  But you'd better not blink or you’ll miss spring, that’s the first two weeks of March, when the blossoms are out, floral aromas everywhere and everything is sooooo green … I just love it!

With over 33 years providing easy to read information about Cyprus, in this section you will find articles, interviews, useful info, lessons on the local lingo and blogs .. and loads More ...

Romance in the air I thought January was never gonna end, coz you just have to love February in Cyprus!  Firstly coz it's the start of spring, on the island of Aphrodite, our Goddess of Love and naturally there's romance in the air, everywhere, especially on the 14th when we celebrate Valentine’s Day, which this year falls on a Saturday so you might as well make love all weekend! ... and I can't help laughing watching the postman struggle to get all my cards in the little letterbox. Oh, and btw, the following weekend it's carnival season, so get ready for carnival processions all over Cyprus and of course Green Monday ...

We’re excited to be the first to announce that fresh and dried Carolina Reaper Peppers are ready to be grown in Cyprus.  So get ready to meet the king of heat, and trust me, they’re not for the faint-hearted.  But, in Cyprus, these super hot peppers will also be blended with extra virgin olive oil to create 'PowerJuice', so I caught up with owner and pioneer Vasillies of Larnaca Park & Fly fame to find out more ...

Based up on the West Coast, Rock FM play rock but it's a mix of soft rock & some 80’s Retro and of course all the Classics.  It's 24/7 with top presenters live on weekdays between 7 am and 7 pm, when it switches to non-stop music.  Oh, and you don’t have to be on the West Coast to tune in.  I often listen Online and I live on the East Coast; in my opinion, it’s a really cool station!

We thought you might appreciate a quick crash course in the basics of the local lingo, which is a sort of slang Greek, aka ‘Horthkatika’ which is basically a village Greek. Most of the locals speak English but they love it if you make an effort to speak their language. I do it in English phonetics so just read in English … Simples! … oh and don’t take it too seriously …

Bank Holidays fall on any day of the week here, so with 3 Mondays and 4 Fridays on the calendar, we’ll get 7 long weekends this year! … I’d better stock up on the charcoal!