In a country where we’re so used to bad decisions being made by those in power… This comes as a breathe of fresh air… It appears someone is actually thinking along the logical lines that… follow me through here, it could get complicated… if shops can trade more, they can hire more, unemployment goes down. […]
Two years after we all felt the blow of the Mari explosion, that stole the lives of 13 people and left our power station and economy in tatters, a court has begun issuing its verdit on who was responsible and in what degree. We only share the links and opinions below so as to conclude our coverage […]
We saw this gif and thought we HAD to share it… made us laugh our ass off to be honest… As it’s almost Friday, before a long weekend, we’re sure many of you will head down to the beach… enjoy!
With StartupLive going into it’s second evening as we type this, and the hype for Hack{Cyprus} growing each week, we thought it’s about time someone explains how these hackathon things work… Strictly speaking a hackathon is the coming together of people to build a computer program/system/company. However in the startup circles, it includes more and […]
We sat around a round table as the music and conversations created a cacophony of buzzing ambient noise, a collection of beers and assorted other booze under chin, as blue cigarette smoke lazily waft past our eyes and down our throats. We were a small group of friends all thirty-somethings, all college educated, all under-employed […]
Ever since the haircut crisis (and even earlier actually), there has been a dramatic rise in unemployment on this island. Many have blamed the monopolies, troika, Europe, Germany, banks, the Russians, the government, foreigners, and even ourselves. We’d like to hear what you think is the core reasons behind the unemployment in Cyprus. Have a […]
If you haven’t heard of Aliki yet, you will be, all over the internet. The lovely 29 year old Cypriot auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent this year and shared her inspirational story. We don’t want to ruin the video so we’ll refrain from commenting further. We do want to officially thank her for auditioning and […]
Today there are so many social networks that people get have accounts on, that it’s becoming more and more difficult for us to protect all of our information, especially our pictures and videos. Obviously there are ways to prevent other people from accessing your photos through privacy settings, but do we REALLY know exactly how […]
We follow internet trends a lot here, and there’s one we’ve seen skyrocket around Cyprus and Europe today. We do our very very best to avoid political topics here at OnThisIsland.com but this is gathering a lot of steam and we would not feel right if we had not shared it with you our readers. […]
Soooo… the last thing we posted on our Facebook page was that in Cyprus groups there is just way too much spam. And… the first message we get is a copy-pasted message, in Greek, about how a company would like us to share their ‘Social Media Conference’. We can’t be the only ones who see […]
The Statistical Service announces that it has published the report “Labour Force Survey” for 2012. Whilst we will share the main findings with you below, there’s one that blew our mind… The unemployment rate amounted to 11,8% of the labour force, which was lower for females 11,1% and higher for males 12,5%. The highest rate […]
We’ve seen reports on the internet today of a US firm’s proposal to build a bridge between Cyprus and Beirut, spanning 150km that would take motorists around 80 mins to pass over. We like the idea, but it runs into some minor problems, ideally that it’s around 176km from Kavo Greko to Manara, Beirut (and […]