Tales from the Coffeeshop: self-proclaimed father of Gesy after top job
WE HAVE a long tradition here in Kyproulla of copying what happens in Greece. It is after all the centre of Hellenism and as loyal...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Time for Mr Nice Guy of politics to come clean
DISY chief Averof breathed some much-needed life into the dead political scene on Friday by calling out Nikos Christodoulides and challenging him to an election...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Fortune tellers and scientists are not what they used to be
HAPPY new year and I sincerely wish your hangover is manageable. I do not remember the last time the Coffeeshop was open on New Year’s...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Deciphering the latest Covid coercion tactics
THERE was some good news this week, among the long list of mind-numbing rules about what combination of vaccinations and PCR or rapid tests would...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Police state makes us feel secure and loved
THE POLICE state is back in action and more forceful than ever before. It has a new excuse for picking up citizens and locking them...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Most privileged among us play the victim card for the Pope
FOR TWO days, we heard and saw nothing else but Pope Francis, being ferried from one place to the next, conducting services, meeting all types...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Myths, narratives and Turkish intransigence
IT WAS extremely difficult to understand why Phil made such a big fuss about publishing the minutes of meetings held in Crans Montana four and...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Our amazing transformation into a nation of tree-huggers
I WOULD never have thought that the majority of we Cypriots are suppressed eco warriors deeply concerned about climate crisis and prepared to make big...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Gesy lynch mob determined to protect sacred cow
MAYBE I have missed something or there is some ethical point I am not aware of but the Edek leader Dr Sizo’s campaign for changing...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Comrades with short memories are rising up
THIS WAS written before the proletarian masses were taken to the presidential palace, from all over Kyproulla in buses hired by Akel to demand the...
