No matter which team you support on this island, but it was a proud moment for ALL Cypriot football fans as we saw APOEL defeat Lyon in penalties to continue to the final 8 of Europe’s most important competition, the Champions League. Just a quick post from us to say congratulations to the team, their […]
We have been sent in a few amazing shots from the Limassol Carnival by Alexandros Daskalakis. Here they are in all their glory… [imagebrowser id=27]
We knew, and even reported, back when the power station was being put out after the Mari disaster last year that we should expect a sharp rise in electricity costs. This could be attributed to the extra instalments, coal and other needed resources needed to cope with the shortage. However many don’t agree, and are […]
As you may have noticed, users can now login and comment with their Twitter accounts on our site. This has been a long requested addition to our community, and is part of ektagon’s new test for social expansion of a blogs community reach to more than just one social-network. Did you know: OnThisIsland.com was officially […]
We’ve just been informed about a partnership that will change the way businesses are represented in Cyprus. A market leader partners itself up with an increasingly influential consultancy firm as they continue to produce impressive and memorable campaigns together. Divine Advertising has been a leader in the Cypriot advertising market for some time now,having guided their many […]
Yesterday we got informed that one of ITV’s Take Me Out dates was filmed in Limassol. We were also informed that the bars and clubs visited ‘looked dead‘ and we were worried about the implications on the small amount of young tourists and couples the city does attract being eroded by the aired ‘date’. Fortunately, […]
It has been brought to our attention that the hit UK show where one bachelor chooses a female to take on a date, has had their date filmed in Limassol. Although we haven’t seen the footage, it is being said that they went for a drink in Rumours (where the bachelor found the drinks to […]
It has been annoucned that Ryanair will be opening their 50th base, on our island, in April 2012. The move is set to bring in $140 million in investment to the airport, sustain over 600 jobs and initially deliver 600,000 travellers to the island per year. According to the budget airline’s website Ryanair’s Paphos routes […]
As an update to the exploration of the Island’s offshore deposits, the Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias claimed that the field could hold 5 to 8 trillion cubic feet of Natural Gas. The estimate is based on results returned by exploratory drilling by U.S. firm Noble Energy. Some officials have said that 1 trillion cubic feet […]
As the internet, our phones and emails begin to flood with Seasons Greetings… Here’s what we got when we asked the notorious Stavros Flatley duo for an xmas greeting for their fans in Cyprus. On that festive note, let us wish you all a safe and festive Christmas holiday. 🙂 We will continue to run […]
We teased a week or so ago about our Christmas present to businesses in Cyprus, and here it is… Grab yourself 3 free months of adverts on OnThisIsland.com worth € 300 by filling out the form below. Since 2005, OnThisIsland.com has been helping out boost the exposure of events, companies and charities. This year was […]
We’ve been working hard with our partners to test the Cyprus Dynamic Events List widget, and are now ready to release the first beta of the widget to webmasters and bloggers around the world who wish to share our constantly updating event list with their readers, users and followers. You can now generate a widget […]