Posidonia 2024 is set to mark the rebirth of the Greek shipbuilding industry, with over 85 shipyards from 26 countries confirmed to showcase their vessel design and production innovations from June 3-7.
The late artist Stass Paraskos introduced the concept of turning waste into art to focus on humanity’s wastefulness. His masterpiece, ‘The Great Wall of Lempa,’ incorporates various discarded materials such as broken tiles, concrete sculptures, old bottles, and bicycles.
The fact described in the text is that Mercury Retrograde has been seen as a cause of misfortunes, but it has also led to lessons in humility and patience for the author.
Apartment buildings in a refugee estate in Cyprus were deemed unsafe over two decades ago, but people are still living in them.
Farah Nabulsi started her career as an institutional equity stockbroker but transitioned to filmmaking in her late 30s after visiting Palestine. She founded Native Liberty Productions to highlight injustices faced by Palestinians. Her work, including the short film “The Present,” has received international acclaim. Nabulsi’s latest film, “The Teacher,” will be screened at the Cyprus Film Days International Festival. She believes cinema plays a crucial role in addressing oppressive realities and hopes to contribute to a narrative that inspires change.
Cyprus is making rapid progress in its digital transition, with the creation of a Broadband competence office to promote broadband connection projects. One success of this transition is the newfound broadband access at a primary school serving the remote villages of Kampos and Tsakistra in the northwest of the Troodos mountain range.
A new desalination unit is being built in Moni in Limassol.
Fact: In the northeastern Italian city of Trieste, a construction project is underway to demolish and replace eight buildings with social housing from the 1950s with energy-efficient apartments, creating green spaces and improving existing ones to enhance the area and promote outdoor activity and social interaction.
Ankara aims to create a fully Turkish “Islamic region” in the occupied territories by strengthening the Turkish population and Islamizing the area. The transfer of settlers began in 1975 as part of this plan. The ongoing attempt to upgrade the pseudo-state with the goal of recognition is linked to the Islamization efforts. More mosques are being built than schools in the occupied territories, with imams mostly from Turkey. The Turkish plan also includes projects to transport water and electricity to the region. Erdogan has emphasized increasing the population of the occupied areas, with the goal of making Turkish presence the majority over Greek Cypriots through mass transfer and naturalization of settlers.
A new desalination plant in Moni, Limassol with a cost of €80 million is being planned as part of the National Investment Plan for Water Projects. The plan includes a total of 93 water projects with a budget of €1.17 billion, aimed at ensuring water sufficiency and the use of reclaimed water. Priority projects, with an estimated value of €721.8 million, are currently under construction and are set to be completed between 2024 and 2029. Additional projects worth €445.5 million are under evaluation, focusing on enhancing water security in urban areas and communities across Cyprus.