Our View: Time for Cyprus to prioritise sustainable growth
Cost of living data for 2025 show that Limassol is by far the most expensive city in Cyprus. This is not something we did not know, but it is different when ...
Artificial General Intelligence
Funny how science fiction keeps becoming reality
By Stelios Colocassides
What began as a business tool, then an everyday convenience, is now starting to resemble something far more unsettling: a force that may soon decide outcomes that ...
Our View: GDPR as a shield against transparency
It is extremely difficult to understand the rationale, if there is any, behind the opinion issued by the legal service, asserting that the disclosure of the names of the companies ...
Our View: Talks that go nowhere, again
The latest meeting of the two leaders in the presence of the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angel Holguin, turned out to be more of the same. More of ...
From decay to glory: Nicosia’s new face
By George Neokleous
The Cypriot capital is undoubtedly in a period of transition. Nicosia is currently re-defining itself, aiming to align with its European counterparts through a construction boom and ...
Our View: Is another Cyprus embassy in the Gulf necessary?
During his official two-day visit to Bahrain, President Nikos Christodoulides inaugurated the Cyprus Republic’s embassy in Manama on Monday. Cyprus now has an embassy in all Gulf states apart ...
Inflection Point?
It’s too early to be sure, but it seems likely that we have just seen ‘Peak Trump’.
Last week Donald Trump arrived at the Davos conference radiating power and ...
Our View: Why are police investigating claims of woman wanted for spreading fake news?
News that police were investigating allegations of wife-beating against Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos came as big surprise. This was officially confirmed on Monday morning by a spokesman of the police ...
Global political shift cannot be explained by Trump alone
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Western leaders were again confronted with Donald Trump’s “imperial” disregard for diplomatic norms. His remarks about Nato allied territory of Greenland becoming ...
The Cypriot art of being shocked by what we already know
Footage recorded by a hidden camera surfaces on X and spreads rapidly. It shows three Cypriot men discussing campaign financing and the alleged evasion of sanctions with apparent ease: a ...
All desalination should be powered by renewables
Cyprus suffered its worst drought in 2025 since 1901. The seriousness of the situation came to a head during the last two-months, propelling the government this week into a state of emergency.
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How does trust in institutions help the economy?
Citizens’ lack of trust in public institutions is increasing, especially in developed economies, including Cyprus.
The quality of institutions is a key determinant of prosperity, as highlighted, among others, by ...
For Trump how much is enough?
Economists have long tried to tackle the question of how much is enough without reaching any conclusive answer. This, of course, is no different from many other questions confronting our ...
Trump and Greenland: not a joke, but a US strategy all along
When President Trump first floated the idea of buying Greenland in 2019, the international response ranged from ridicule to satire. The notion of purchasing a vast, icy landmass from Denmark seemed ...
Fight for Greenland papers over a very murky past
To understand the geopolitical conundrum over Greenland you need a globe of planet Earth and a summary of the judgement of the Permanent Court of International Justice in Denmark v ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The problems of recognising Cyprus’ role of stability in the ME
MINI ME wasted no time in explaining to the dumb members of the populace why the invitation extended to our Prez to participate in President Trump’s Board of Peace ...
Our View: Hefty fines the only way to see households cut water use
Although there has been some rainfall in the last few weeks, it has been nowhere near enough to avert the water shortage crisis we have been facing for more than ...
Hamnet, Cyprus, and the child that never grew up
Political optimism cannot thaw what has frozen the Cyprus conflict for more than half a century. What holds the island back is not simply the geopolitics of failed negotiations. It ...
Israel has destroyed Lebanon’s orchards, wildlife habitats – raising troubling international law questions
By Mireille Rebeiz and Josiane Yazbeck
More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended active fighting, much of southern Lebanon bears the ecological scars of war. Avocado orchards are ...
Our View: Transparency claims that don’t add up
The controversy surrounding the independent social support body will not go away for as long as the government pretends not to understand what the issue is. The matter was discussed ...
Our View: Right call to skip Trump’s ‘peace board’
President Nikos Christodoulides made the right decision in staying away from the World Economic Forum in Davos and, most importantly, Thursday’s launch event for President Donald Trump’s ‘board ...
Our View: There should be no discussion on police working hours
It is difficult not to feel sympathy for the Chief of Police Themistos Arnaoutis, who appears to be on his own in his effort to change the working hours of ...
A profound sense of shame over EU response to Greenland threat
I am writing this because the issues of European credibility, dignity and territorial integrity are no longer matters for behind-closed-doors diplomacy. They are matters of survival for the European project.
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Should we look gift horses in the mouth?
Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Anyone who loves horses wouldn’t worry about its teeth, but rather the loving care it needed when old. Cruelty to animals ...
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