The Cyprus News Digest

Rosie Charalambous
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A hard-hitting look at events making the news in Cyprus and around the world with one of Cyprus' leading English language broadcast journalists, Rosie Charalambous.

  1. 12/05/2025

    Cyprus News Digest 5th December 2025

    Experts say Cyprus should have its own Natural History museum; 2000 animals are at risk of abandonment if the Paphiakos animal shelter is forced to close; gender based violence was the topic at several events held in Nicosia this week.

    30 min
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    12/05/2025 · BONUS

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    Introducing When Your Kids Won’t Put Their Phones Down, with Oprah & Addiction Specialist Dr. Anna Lembke from The Oprah Podcast. Follow the show: The Oprah Podcast Millions of parents and educators are in an overwhelming struggle to get children and teens to put their smartphones down or stop watching a screen on a tablet. To uncover what is at the root of an issue that is wreaking havoc at home and at school, Oprah sits down with Dr. Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. Dr. Lembke, author of the New York Times mega-bestseller Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, explains why smartphones and tablets should be thought of as providing “digital drugs,” while describing the devastating impact these “drugs” are having on the still-developing brains of young people. Dr. Lembke and Oprah answer questions from mothers who are desperate for help managing their children’s screen addictions. Plus - British actress, Royal Family Member and Patron of Close Screens Open Minds Sophie Winkleman joins from London to talk about why she believes tech in schools has been disastrous for students and is destroying the education system from within. 'Dopamine Nation' by Anna Lembke Chapters: 00:00:00 - Welcome Dr. Anna Lembke, author of “Dopamine Nation”  00:03:00 - Reframing digital media as a drug 00:08:30 - Smart phones are modern day hypodermic needles 00:09:15 - Addiction definition  00:12:10 - Kids experiencing craving and withdrawal  00:17:00 - Mom of 2 girls wants to know if they are addicted  00:27:15 - Managing teens devices 00:36:15 - How to help college-aged kids  00:42:00 - Actress Sophie Winkleman on ed tech  00:45:00 - Screens in schools  00:48:00 - Distracted kids don’t know how to learn  00:50:00 - Regulating tech for kids Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.

  3. 11/21/2025

    Cyprus News Digest 21st November 2025

    Despite the teachers' strike, will the proposed new evaluation system pass through Parliament - or be mired in yet more discussions? We meet the speaker of an upcoming lecture on how fossil fuels shape conflict, inequalities and violence in the Middle East.

    32 min

  4. 11/14/2025

    Cyprus News Digest 14th November 2025

    The director of the European Environment Agency emphasises the vital role that nature plays in ensuring our wellbeing; there's serious pollution at the protected Akrotiri wetland, and we discuss the multiple earthquakes that struck Cyprus this week.

    30 min

  5. 11/07/2025

    Cyprus News Digest 7th November 2025

    Panellists at the Economist 21st Cyprus Summit discuss 'The path from crisis to peace in the Middle East': we talk to two former Egyptian Foreign Ministers about the prospects for peace and the creation of a Palestinian state.

    31 min

  6. 10/31/2025

    Cyprus News Digest 31st October 2025

    The invasive Asian Tiger mosquito has arrived in Cyprus: it's a voracious biter; MPs discuss the role of assistance dogs and support for people with disabilities.

    30 min

  7. 10/24/2025

    Cyprus News Digest 24th October 2025

    Will the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader bring renewed impetus to negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem? The national health service is advising the over 60s to get a shingles vaccination.

    29 min

  8. 10/03/2025

    Cyprus News Digest 3rd October 2025

    Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories calls out Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla which was trying to break through the illegal blockade of Palestine; the Audit office highlights systemic failings in the management of Cyprus' water infrastructure.

    30 min
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A hard-hitting look at events making the news in Cyprus and around the world with one of Cyprus' leading English language broadcast journalists, Rosie Charalambous.

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  • Creator
    Rosie Charalambous
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2025
  • Episodes
    101
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The Cyprus News Digest