Cyprus Edition
Kyriaki tou Pascha leads today's complete edition for Cyprus.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
The souvla is lit at dawn. The lamb is on the spit. The red eggs are cracked in a competition that every Cypriot takes more seriously than any sport. The meat, the wine, the family, the singing, the dancing. This is the day that makes Cyprus Cyprus.
You spot the endemic Cocos buff-banded rail, coconut crabs, and various tropical seabirds inhabiting these remote Indian Ocean islands. You notice that residents keep dogs, cats, and tropical fish as pets in this isolated community. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
You find that Sint Maarten's identity centers on its rum production, particularly Opa Locka and locally-distilled spirits that reflect Caribbean heritage. You recognize that these rums carry the island's colonial history and its position as a multicultural crossroads in the Eastern Caribbean.