Nicosia·Monday, September 21, 2026
Cyprus Lifestyle
The Island, At Its Best
Photo: UnsplashGrowth is back, and this time the government wants it to last.
The headline numbers are good, and the ministers know better than to say so too loudly. Cyprus has learned that a boom announced is a boom already spent. The turn this time is toward the unglamorous work of institutions, courts, energy, the grid.
Whether the discipline holds is the open question. The island has grown before and forgotten why. This time, at least, the conversation is about the next decade rather than the next quarter.
Modest stone barns from the outside; inside, some of the finest Byzantine frescoes in the world.
Cyprus called itself the birthplace of the goddess of love long before the tourist boards did — and the landscape still makes the case.
When the clubs close, another town steps forward.
The week on the island, chosen and written by our editors — property, culture and the good life, in one considered email.
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