EU to award TRNC agricultural support grants on 24th February

An award ceremony will take place at the Lefke Gardens Hotel in Lefke on Thursday 24 February at 18:45 in order to officially award further grants to 188 Turkish Cypriot farmers and rural enterprises. The purpose of these EU awards is to help bring farming in the north in line with EU standards and […]

Cyclamen – early Spring in Cyprus

Gradually over the last few weeks the Cyclamen flowers have started to appear beneath the shade of trees, creating a beautiful pink carpet. These plants are native to the Mediterranean and the delicate flowers disappear as the season progresses and the hot sun shrivels the plant until all that is left are the tubers […]

Come to north Cyprus via Larnaca or Ercan?

A friend told me that it was quicker to get to Kyrenia if he went via Larnaca airport. I asked him to explain and he told me that the flight from the UK takes 4 hrs 30 minutes and the taxi takes 1 hr 30 minutes; 6 hrs in total. The same journey to […]