Tales from the Coffeeshop: Don’t panic, Kyproulla will save the day
I HAVE to say that what is going on in our region is rather scary. From some parts of Kyproulla apparently you could see the missiles flying in the direction ...
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Tales from the coffeeshop: Could Odysseas finally attain martyrdom?
THE DECISION to investigate the sacked auditor-general Odysseas for alleged contempt of court came as a major surprise, considering charges of contempt are very rare indeed.
Although my memory is ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Putin’s useful idiot Fidias
ON COMPLETING a year in the European Parliament, MEP and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou appears to have gained promotion from the role of entertaining village idiot to that of tedious useful ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Self-congratulatory frenzy as EU recognises its Cyprob role
WE WERE subjected to a new bout of hysterical, government self-congratulation, just few weeks after the last one, when the office of the president of the European Commission announced that ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Dictatorship of the desk job
THE PREZ, the House Prezita, party leaders and a host of ministers were at Pasydy’s annual congress on Tuesday to pay their respects to our parasitic labour aristocracy and ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Old foes come back to haunt us
WHILE Preznikone was appearing before the investigative committee set up by Anti-Corruption Authority dismantling, in his words, fake news and slander, a foe from the past also put the boot ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Water diplomacy means Cyprus won’t go thirsty
THE ORGY of self-congratulation in which the government engaged because the United Arab Emirates kindly offered to send us some mobile desalination units to help us avoid the looming water ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Claws are out for Cyprus’ very own Princess Di
THE PICTURE of House president Annita Demetriou squatting in a saintly pose by the grave of an Eoka hero on April 1 and staring forlornly ahead was iconic political kitsch. It ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: If you want to meet Cyprus president, just block the highway
KYPROULLA will not contribute any troops to a European task force that would maintain the peace in Ukraine in the very unlikely event that Russia agreed to a ceasefire deal, ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: President Christodoulides, the smartest kid in the classroom
THE MORE I see Prezniktwo in action the more he reminds me of an insecure schoolkid constantly seeking the approval and praise of the grown-ups by boasting about his perfect ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The endless farce of the multiple pension scandal
THE FARCE about the multiple pensions seems set to play and play, with the House finance committee discussing the matter inconclusively every Monday, although deputies are determined to introduce a ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Is Geneva meeting a threat to Cyprus talks deadlock?
DESPITE his burning desire to secure resumption of the talks, Prezniktwo is doing his best to ensure that the UN does not come up with any silly idea for bridging ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Who needs brains when we have bureaucracy?
I HOPE that we have not disappointed all those people who had thought our establishment had closed down and that Patroclos had gone into retirement so he could concentrate on ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: End of the road for Cyprus’ darling ‘Gold Bar Bob’
KYPROULLA was back in the international news last week but not under its new brand as a squeaky-clean regional pillar of safety and security, but as the base of the ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Is the joke now on President Christodoulides?
WHAT a joker Prezniktwo is turning out to be. His best prank so far, which he has been staging for more than a year, had the Cyprob at its centre ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Government fall-guy gets cemented in scandal
IF HE WAS not such a union-pandering communist, we could have felt a bit of sympathy for Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou, after he was hung out to dry by Prezniktwo, ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Emirates, Israel and the delusions-of-grandeur handbook
OUT OF THE BLUE on Wednesday it was announced that the Israeli President Isaak Herzog would be visiting Cyprus the next day for a meeting with Prezniktwo. The visit of ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: 2025: The Year of the Political Saviours
2025 appears destined to become the Year of the Political Saviours. Just a few days into the New Year, a third pretender has stepped forward offering to save Kyproulla from corruption, ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Kyproulla under Prezniktwo: a world leader headed by true statesman
BEING in holiday mode in the last week, vegetating in front of the box, binge-watching TV series and munching only things with excessive amounts of sugar or salt, after big, ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Prez buffs his battered crown with Christmas present from the banks
THE TWO big banks gave Prezniktwo the Christmas presents he was asking for to improve his public image, after the battering it received from the comrades and other social justice ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Betting on debts, bad creditors and big dreams
WE ARE deluding ourselves big-time if we believe that the abolition of the treaty of guarantee would automatically make our Kyproulla a normal country, as our politicians have been claiming ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Martyrdom a family business
ODYSSEAS’ employment at the Michaelides family business, also known as the public service, may have been unjustly terminated but I am thrilled to see that his equally unhinged sister, Thoktor ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Kyproulla’s load of hot air spiralling out of control
YOU DO not have to be a Kyproulla-weary cynic to have a laugh whenever you hear our wise leaders talking about their grandiose energy plans which all have one thing ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: No US president can rule the world, without the support of Cyprus
I OFTEN ask myself whether I have developed a Prezniktwo obsession, given the amount of space I give to the guy in our establishment every week. After many hours of ...