Disenchanted: Disney attempts to break stereotypes of motherhood only to reinforce them
By Vanessa Marr Mothers in fairy tales have a way of being absent, typically through untimely deaths (think Cinderella, Snow White or Beauty and the...
Opinion
Our View: Local government reform is not worthy of the praise heaped upon it
EVERYONE who spoke at the AGM of the Union of Municipalities on Tuesday praised the reform of local government that was voted through last April...
Joni, Cyprus and the ‘ra’
THE WAY THINGS ARE Back in the Sixties, the immaculate voice of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell drew fans to her in droves. Her songs were smart,...
Obituary: ‘End of an era’, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies at 96
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday...
Our View: Christodoulides’ narrative knocked by ‘Diko memo’
It is very difficult to understand why Diko took such offence over the publication of a memo it had supposedly drafted in which it set...
Our View: Swinging from a brutal regime to a utopia in prisons has not worked
The statement by the attorney-general on the state of the Nicosia central prisons was quite shocking given that the goings on at the facility have...
Innova Challenge: students create product for smart cities
Marinos Papageorgiou’s November 16th article “Environmental education: A necessary tool” is spot-on. If we do not engage and educate the next generation about environmental challenges and...
Hyper-nationalism and the problem with Turkey
By Dimitri Gonis Hyper-nationalism is predicated on the notion of ‘specialness’. At its core lies an intrinsic hostility towards anything and anyone that challenges the narrative...
When in Rome do as the Romans do
Equality means that when in Qatar we do as the Qataris do This World Cup 2022 is full of surprises not the least of them...
Our View: Christodoulides is not the right candidate to deliver a Cyprus solution
In a speech he made on Thursday, independent presidential candidate, Marios Eliades raised an important issue about the forthcoming elections that most candidates have been...
