Tales from the Coffeeshop: Self-pity is the latest vote-winning technique
I ALMOST shed a tear reading the report of Nicos Christodoulides self-pitying speech at an election gathering in Polemidia, where he took on the role...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: The sacred cash-cow has its first martyr
THE DEVOUT churchgoers and Orthodox fanatics, who have been living on myths spread by monks (also known as prophesies of the holy fathers) about the...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Will the kids take over? Radical, nonsensical ideas for education
EVERY few years someone decides it is time to make a fuss about the corruption and sleaze plaguing the government’s Service for the Administration of...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Giving Marie Antoinette a run for her money
GIVEN the borderline lawful way in which he has been leeching off the taxpayer, you dread to think what the Diko-Edek independent candidate Nikos Christodoulides,...
Odysseas overdosing on ecstasy following report on passports
ATTENTION-CRAVING auditor-general Odysseas will have experienced heights of ecstasy unknown to ordinary mortals in the last week, during which he was the only story playing....
Tales from the Coffeeshop: No sign of love among the bleeding obvious
THE RESTORATION of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel are not directed against Cyprus and do not affect relations between Cyprus and Israel, government spokesman...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A regional hub for lack of perspective
BEING a deeply religious man and an avid churchgoer, you would have thought the independent Diko-Edek candidate, who remains a Disy member, and will bring...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Third-term dreams and the Gesy Antichrist
YOU READ it here first that Prez Nik had not given up on the possibility of a third term. This claim, as I admitted at...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Presidential TV debate was a welcome surprise
COULD it have been a brave disregard for their personal safety that made the two so-called independent candidates turn down the proposal of the police...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Patriotic islanders find new cause to stand behind
WITH OUR beloved Cyprob dead and buried, despite our noble efforts to keep it alive, the great and the good of our society have been...
