Our View: Only one decision was ever going to be taken on Akinci proposal
Was there ever the slightest doubt that the party leaders and the president would have rejected Mustafa Akinci’s proposal for setting up a joint committee
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Will new Greek Premier change anything?
On (new) Greek PMs planned visit to Cyprus later this month… This is an established tradition since 1960 without any political importance. It’s just a
From the mouth…
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Living in a women’s hostel in the UK gave this small town girl who had left Ireland at
Our View: Parties’ vote on foreclosures amendments recklessly irresponsible
THE reckless irresponsibility of our political parties when pandering to voters is a real danger to the country. But nothing else matters if they believe
Afghanistan: giving it a ‘decent interval’
THERE is movement towards peace in Afghanistan – or at least towards an end to the American military ordeal there, which has lasted for almost
Featured Obituary: Alexis Galanos was not your average Cypriot politician
Alexis Galanos, who died aged 78 on Monday, was not the average Cypriot politician. A truly public-spirited, generous and honest man, he liked to joke
What about the ‘illegal’ aerial masts?
On a minor point, Diko demanding an investigation into the compliance with RoC law of licences held by specific mobile telephony providers looks rather close
Does anyone really believe that EU sanctions will force Turkey to withdraw ‘Fatih’
A very well written and accurate CM editorial which once again highlights, as if we need further confirmation, the superficialities, amateurish antics, lack of vision
The word for leaving Europe
By David Aitken I HOPED – we all hoped – it would have a short shelf life, a not-too-distant sell-by date. And that it would
The real refugee problem
By Gwynne Dyer Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination.
Our View: Anastasiades has lost control of the EEZ situation
THE CYPRUS government appears to have invested a great deal of time and effort in persuading our EU partners to impose punitive measures on Turkey
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Wanted: new ‘bad demon’ after Brexit
IN THE END, our irrepressible foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides secured the maximum punitive measures the EU was willing to take against Turkey, which, were not
The inexplicable pardons that led to events of 74
By George Koumoullis On July 15, 1974 the biggest crime since the establishment of the Greek state was committed. Yet the moral instigators and those
More misdirection from the interior ministry on Pissouri
The Cyprus Mail reported (Thursday, 04 July 2019) an article in the British newspaper The Daily Mail relating to the landslide in southeast Pissouri. When
Our View: It shouldn’t have taken three years to achieve mobile phone connection
IT TOOK three years to achieve interoperability of mobile phones between the two sides. This was not because of complex technical difficulties that needed three
It is not by accident that “ hypocrisy” happens to be a greek word.
It is not by accident that “ hypocrisy” happens to be a greek word. Everybody can have an opinion about “ business”with the other side.I
We have to stop blaming others for the choices we willingly make.
I used to become quite cross at the strident voices demanding governments ‘do something’ to: stop people smoking, drinking too much alcohol, taking illegal drugs,
Our View: An education policy designed by committee
IT IS often said by critics of the workings of committee, with ample justification, that a camel is a horse designed by committee. In Cyprus,
Decisions, decisions
By Richard Dickenson Isn’t life just full of them? Every last one of them important decisions. Do you support Liverpool or Spurs? Were you rooting
Our View: Tough EU sanctions unlikely to be put on Turkey
COREPER, the body of the permanent representatives of EU member-states, failed to agree on Wednesday on the measures the Union would take against Turkey for