Island Talks

Despite all odds, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı continue to discuss the recent political developments from Cyprus. Turkish-Greek relations, tension in Eastern Mediterranean, elections in north and Varosha. Can buffer-zone buffer the heat? And the best place to swim on the East.

00.00 - Intro and Covid-19 update from both sides

03.35 - Turkish-Greek confrontation and developments in East Med

08.25 - Why Cyprus is sidelined and Cyprob is now part of a bigger deal

14.15 - Turkey's power game in Varosha

19.40 - Latest on the Turkish Cypriot elections

In this episode of Figure It, Fiona Mullen of Sapienta Economics hosts international student Femi Obasa to discuss the large contribution of universities in northern Cyprus to the economy and to hear tips on what universities globally can do to attract and retain students in the Covid-19 age. 

In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss about bayram celebrations in old Cyprus, interesting developments in elections on both parts of the divide and get into the details regarding the latest attempts of de-escalation of crisis in Greco-Turkish relations. Is Cyprus being sidelined?

• 00:00 Intro and old Bayrams in Cyprus
• 04.10 Latest on Turkish Cypriot elections
• 07:30 Local elections in Aglantzia
• 14:25 Turkish-Greek relations and Cyprus
• 28.40 Warmongering on social/media

In this episode of Buffering, journalists Yiorgos Kakouris and Esra Aygin report from the alternate Cypriot universe: The virus, like the Cyprus problem, does not let go; return of the king; things fall apart and the political centre cannot hold.

Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde Sertaç Sonan ve Kemal Baykallı, boşa dönen zivaniya kapağını, Youtube'e gönderilen mektubu ve basın özgürlüğü çerçevesinde Barbra Streisand etkisini konuştular.

• 00.00 Açılış ve ortamın sunumu
• 01.20 Güzide futbol kulüplerimiz ve düşenler/kalkanlar
• 03.33 Sosyal medyanın düzenlenmesine ilişkin yeni yasa
• 05.25 Barbra Streisand etkisi
• 09.45 Bizden youtube'a atılan email mizanseni
• 18.15 N'olacak bu ekonominin hali
• 20.40 Nespresso kapsülü bulamayanlar ve first world problems
• 21:00 Boşa dönen zivaniya şişesi kapağı

Από το γρήγορα Λονδίνο σε ένα τροχόσπιτο να γυρίζει την Αμερική “μόνος” του, ο Δημήτρης μας μιλά για τη δημιουργία ενός πλάνου και τη περιπέτεια που κρύβει η αποσύνδεση απ΄αυτό. Παράλληλα, μας δίνει μια επιλογή για το τρόπο ζωής που μπορούμε να επιλέξουμε έτσι ώστε να μάθουμε ν’ ακούμε τον εαυτό μας και να ζούμε σύμφωνα με τους δικούς μας κανόνες.

In this week's episode Sapienta Economics Director Fiona Mullen and gender technical specialist Sophia Papastavrou discuss why gender equality is good for profits, why pandemics are always so tough on women, and what research says about finding a peace agreement that will actually stick.

Dr. Sophia Papastavrou is a citizen of Canada and Cyprus and spent her formative years in Dominican Republic and Ghana before immigrating to Canada. She holds the role of Gender Technical Specialist with a humanitarian organization and recently received her Ph.D. in Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto. Her dissertation entitled: Women’s Organizations for Peace: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of the Cyprus Problem was the result of over 7 years of field research on the island. She has previously worked with the OSCE Mission to Croatia, the World Bank, and the United Nations, World Vision International and World Vision Canada. Sophia was a speaker at TEDx Nicosia Women in 2015 and recently, worked with women’s civil society to co- create the first White Book of Best Practice on UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in Cyprus. She was selected as part of the She-Experts initiative by the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) aiming to enhance the visibility and impact of women in their professional capacity. She is a member of the Mediterranean Women's Mediation Network & Women, Peace Security Network -Canada. Geographical expertise: Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa, South East Asia.

Μια εγκάρδια συζήτηση για την πορεία που περπατάει κάποιος και την επιλογή που έχει για να είναι ο πραγματικός εαυτός του. Η έκφραση και η δημιουργία δεν αφήνουν άλλη επιλογή ενώ ταυτόχρονα έρχονται να σε φέρουν αντιμέτωπο με όλες τις πλευρές του εαυτού σου. Μπορείς να ακούσεις τη συζήτηση μας πιο κάτω: Ο Λευτέρης Μουμτζής είναι κύπριος μουσικός, συνθέτης, και παραγωγός που διαμένει στη Λευκωσία. Μέσα από τη πορεία του έχει εκδώσει προσωπικούς δίσκους, και έχει συνεργαστεί με διάφορους καλλιτέχνες. Ανάμεσα στα άλλα είναι ο δημιουργός του Louvana Records και ο καλλιτεχνικός διευθυντής του μουσικού Φεστιβάλ Φέγγαρος, του Μουσικού Χωριού Φέγγαρος και το Lefkosia Loop Festival.

In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss EU Foreign Affairs Minister Josep Borrel's visit to Cyprus and how he had to call Akinci to fix the sour taste after his departure. How could he make this mistake? Had he not been informed properly? Also, in theory, crossings points are open but no, in reality they are not. As a demonstration of the conservative nature of the society, a high school girl was targeted by institutions for her article on school gazette. Maybe we should also start writing in school publications?

In this episode of Buffering, Yiorgos Kakouris and Esra Aygin, two Cypriot journalists living abroad, discuss the latest dispatches in the alternate Cypriot universe. This week: jet ski trouble, barber shop drama and how and why Church was oppressed during the Middle Ages.