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Refugee Crisis? Or Opportunity?

Martin Clark — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:39:58 +0000

Since 2015 Europe crossed the line from being chiefly rural to more people living in cities. Young people especially, gravitate towards cities. The countryside empties, dereliction creeps in and older people that remain cannot cope. Using Cyprus as an example, rural refugees arrive from Africa, can they replace lost villagers?

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Rural Revival

Martin Clark — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:30:34 +0000

I first drove up the mountain from Skarinou to Kato Lefkara, Kato Drys and Pano Lefkara 18 years ago, and 15 years ago our European Union Mobility Programme sent the first group of learners here. Their objective was to learn skills in the traditional Cypriot crafts of lacemaking and silversmithing. Our organisation, Grampus Heritage &...

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Slow Santorini

Laura Santamaria — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Santorini is the land of Atlantis, the locals say. The eruption of Thera in the 17th century BC, one of the largest volcanic explosions in history, is the source of the ancient myth of the paradise that disappeared without a trace. Today it is still vividly alluded to among islanders and tourists. True or not,...

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The Simple Life

Martin Clark — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Romania joined the European Union only in 2007, and in economic terms is considered to be one of the poor relations within the 27-country family of states. Even fiscal poverty is getting difficult to understand nowadays, with the bigger and stronger European economies admitting they’re in serious trouble. All that aside, being there made me...

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