Tales from the Coffeeshop: Political rejuvenation enters the age of recycling
THE POLITICAL renewal that Prez Nik II promised in the election campaign was put into practice, not for the first time, with the return to...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Still striving to be an A-list international problem
ANGELA MERKEL was declared possible candidate for the role of special envoy of the EU by all the Cyprus and Greece news websites, after Prez...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Junior finds a new idol to worship
LAST Sunday’s Diko conference turned into a love-in, party leader Junior exercising zero restraint in his public adulation of his new political idol – Prez...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: President offers buffet for the cannibals
I COULD not resist the temptation to engage in a little bit of cannibalism, having not had the opportunity to do so when everyone was...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cake for the parasites, crumbs for the rest
THE NEW general-secretary of Pasydy, the public parasites union, Stratis Mattheou seems a much nicer guy than his obnoxiously arrogant predecessor, Glafcos Hadjiklamouris, who believed...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Businesspeople outspend the crowds
IN THE end, Prez Nik II bowed to public pressure and rather belatedly obeyed the law about the publication of contributors to election campaign. On...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Premature end to honeymoon period
THE SANCTIONS, imposed by the Yanks and Brits during Holy Week on 23 Cypriots and 20 Cyprus-based companies, may have brought the honeymoon period of...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: No foundation stone left unturned
A WORD of sympathy for the former permanent secretary of the foreign ministry Kornelios Korneliou, whose humiliating demotion by the new government, has become a...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Sustainability: coming for your BBQ
MOKAS, which is known in English as the ‘Unit for Combating Money Laundering,’ is one of those state organs that was set up for the...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: What a relief our country is in capable hands
ALTHOUGH our establishment had never been a big fan of our newly-elected prez, its bored members decided that Nikos II should be given a chance...
