Every morning we spend a few minutes skimming over the headlines in various topics, but never before have we seen such scary news about our beloved island. Some stories go deep into how much the unavoidable, and needed, austerity measures will effect every citizen, business owner and multi-millionaire. For example, if the income tax threshold […]
This is the first of 2 competitions we are running with the organisers of the 2012 SummerLand Festival at Finikoudes in Larnaka. Note: We also will have 20 early-bird tickets inserted into the OTIRewards programme to thank all of you for your constant support since 2005! (They will not be free, but will be cheaper […]
Cyprus Rugby took another great step forward this weekend, by winning yet another international game. This time they beat their hosts Finland by 48 points, with a final score of 5 to a whopping 52. This pushes’ the streak to 15 games undefeated, bringing our little island to a tied 4th position for the longest […]
In a flash sale, we are dropping the number of loyalty points needed to redeem these 3 tickets by 50% Just another way we want to thank all the click-crazy people taking advantage of the OTIRewards programme. To claim the tickets, head over the ‘catalog’ on the Rewards ribbon on the bottom left of any […]
We’ve just been informed that after a tiring game, the final score of the rugby match between Cyprus and Greece in Paphos has ended with the following score: Cyprus (72) – Greece (5) More info as we get it.
This weekend saw the Cyprus National Team travel to defend their unbeaten ENC 2D record in Bulgaria, their previous meeting at Pafos in March last year resulted in a 55-8 victory to the home side. All the pre-match talk was of the various changes that the Bulgarians had made to their coaching and management team, […]
The economic recession and a 60% decrease in revenue has pushed the Greek Orthodox Church to apply to create a privately owned and operated power station to compete with those run by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) according to a report by CyprusNewsReport.com The announcement was made by the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox […]
Hey all, as you know we are a very community driven website. With views, comments, shares, likes, +1s and event submissions from thousands of people around or in love with the island, we know that without you… there is no OnThisIsland.com and so we’ve been researching ways to actively reward you for your support. Over […]
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 […]