Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cyprus leaders embrace pen-pal diplomacy
EFFORTS to prevent a settlement of our Cyprob have entered a new sphere, which involves an old methodology – letter-writing. The two leaders have now...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: The political ideology of promising all things to all people
THE MASS mourning of the previous week was replaced by mass indignation on Friday when Politis broke the story about the attempts of a senior...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A lack of perspective is part of our DNA
PERHAPS I have become a grumpy old man, no longer able to fight my innate conservatism and completely out of touch with the times. This...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Halloumi identity crisis awaits another half-baked solution
MY FRIEND Costas Christofides made the big leap last Sunday, announcing his candidacy for the presidential elections to a full house at the Pallas theatre...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Refining the art of nuisance diplomacy
PREZ NIK has been taken over by a Turk-bashing mood in the last couple days, reinforcing my unjustified suspicion that he is considering seeking a...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Mr Perfect’s image takes a heavy blow
THE PUBLIC Service Commission (PSC), which appoints and promotes public employees, according to the diktats of the government and political parties, is one of Kyproulla’s...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Dreamer is all things to all people
HAVING sweet-talked his way into the hearts of as many voters as he could, on Thursday he finally decided the time was right to come...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Anti-British sentiment, like the tourists, is back
MY FRIEND who called to ask whether he was going mad or the world around him had gone mad was given a scientific answer to...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: ‘Russia is just a victim of Western conspiracies’
A FRIEND, I had not heard from for months called me on Thursday saying he needed psychological support, because “I do not know if I...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Presidential candidates for all seasons
PEOPLE with a brain, the minority among the voters, must have breathed a collective sigh of relief on hearing that the efforts for a Diko-Akel...
