Christos Panayiotides

I am reverting on the subject of my article of last Sunday because it is an issue of the highest national importance. As I have already explained in the past, “...

The likelihood of seeing meaningful capital statements published in Cyprus is slim On Monday, September 13, the statements of wealth of members of parliament elected in May were uploaded onto the ...

I recently had the pleasure of attending an event sponsored by Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos in cooperation with the ...

The first and most important lesson from Akis Tzohatzopoulos’ life is that power corrupts By Christos P Panayiotides On August 27, Akis Tzohatzopoulos passed away, at the age of 82. He was ...

But revoking Cyprus passports of Turkish Cypriots was not the answer In a recent article of mine, I made the following important points concerning the 1974 Turkish military intervention: The 1974 coup, ...

All the talk of tackling corruption in the lead up to May’s election has fallen silent The issue of corruption dominated the political scene during the long parliamentary pre-election ...

By Christos Panayiotides ‘They on that side and this side and we, somewhere else.’ I like this slogan, despite its bitterness. I like it because it condenses my fears and ...

Following the announcement made by President Erdogan and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on July 20, about the opening-up (on a “pilot” basis) of a small segment of the fenced-off ...

The events of this past week call for the most radical of actions: the president should resign Last Tuesday, Turkey announced the long-anticipated, much-discussed opening of part of fenced-off Varosha. ...

The position taken by Takis Hadjidemetriou, as stated in his recent book The Republic of Cyprus 1959-1964: The State and the Parastate finds me in full agreement. In the preface, ...

By Christos P Panayiotides Mr President, I am one of the many Greek Cypriots, who are unreservedly against any form of ethnic or religious discrimination at the expense of any ...

The future of Varosha is out of the government’s control The story of the fenced-off part of Famagusta highlights the enormous incompetence and lack of foresight by Greek Cypriot ...

Every legislative act has four related but distinct dimensions Despite the visible risk of boring you, I beg you to allow me to revert on the subject of my last ...

There are simply too many diverging aims and electoral and legislative weaknesses for it to work There are many who consistently argue that a “government of national unity” will help ...

With Phoenician blood in their veins, Cypriots should be particularly wary of falling into the digital currency trap By Christos P. Panayiotides I have little doubt that part of the ...

Our electoral system may be absurd, but last Sunday’s elections secured some very interesting results In a nutshell: in the five-year period since the previous round of parliamentary elections ...

By Christos P. Panayiotides The slogan “Do not forget” emblazoned over a map of Cyprus dripping blood was created by the well-known communication consultant Nicos Demou, in the course of ...

Our clunky electoral system makes voting for one of the two biggest parties our only option This coming Sunday we will elect 70 per cent of the members of the House ...

Stark choices in the face of regional geopolitics and international fatigue with the Cyprus problem By Christos P Panayiotides For reasons that I have not been able to fully understand, ...

Easter message exchange proves poor choice of words, but it is time for Cypriots to know what was tabled in Geneva The problem was initiated by a reference made by ...

The days to come in Geneva will have a lot of suspense and drama By Christos P Panayiotides I often get the impression that those involved in the process of ...

From politicians’ sources of wealth to the search for a solution, we should be looking at well-planned construction By Christos P Panayiotides Those of you who happen to be architects ...

The rules must be jointly formulated by the two federated states while their enforcement would be up to the constituent states The issue of a “decentralised” federation has been preoccupying ...

Our relations with the Soviet Union and Russia have rarely proved beneficial Two days after Cyprus’ independence, the new state was formally recognised by the Soviet Union on 18 August 1960. The ...