in-cyprus4 Aug 2026

Don’t disturb RIK, it’s on holiday

Monday, 3 August 2026, 11:24am, and RIK is airing a repeat of a programme called “Musical Stories.” The Cypriot artists on it, Dimitris Mesimeris and Frederiki Tombazou, are excellent. But at that hour, on a proper state broadcaster, we should be watching the news, not reruns, just because it happens to be August.

What’s going on with RIK in Cyprus beggars belief in this day and age. In Greece, for comparison, ERT runs a dedicated news channel broadcasting round the clock, all year, no...

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