More water with that?
By Richard Dickenson I live in an area which is on one of the main tourist migration routes of the island. For the most part...
Guest Columnist
80 years after 1939, Europe’s far right scents power again
By Peter Apps Last week, as Europe commemorated the eightieth anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two, the far-right Alternative for Germany became the...
The East India Company: The first global corporation was the worst
By Peter Thal Larsen Corporate excess is a common phenomenon these days. Chief executives whizz around in corporate jets while their giant salaries pile up in offshore...
Enough is enough
By Dr Dimitri Gonis I USED to think that the Greeks were drama queens. Always harping on about being stabbed in the back by the rest of...
Varosha is being held hostage by Turkey
The plight of Varosha and its lawful inhabitants for 45 years By Dr Kypros Chrysostomides Since 1974 the Turkish occupation army has created a monstrosity in Varosha, leaving it looted and...
Lara bay: Who benefits? Who pays?
Lara bay must be protected but local communities concerns are also valid By Glafkos Constantinides Lara bay in Akamas has once again become a battleground...
Once more unto the breach
By Richard Dickenson What on earth has happened to Brits? And how? And when? We Brits were not brought up to be like this. What’s...
Greek PM makes good but not perfect start
By Hugo Dixon When Kyriakos Mitsotakis met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin yesterday, the new Greek prime minister was able to point to a list of quick wins since taking office...
Will messy Gesy clean up its act?
Top officials have been quick to admit the new national health scheme has had a variety of teething problems, but can they all be resolved?...
Union interference over university places is the culmination of irrationality
By Dr Panayiotis K Mavros The relentless attack launched on the University of Cyprus and the Technological University by the school teachers unions Oelmek, Oltek...
We need to challenge climate change doubters before it’s too late
By Patricia Scotland Imagine a London where the entire subterranean region is engulfed with dirty water. Crammed train carriages that once barrelled along 249 miles...
Trump must choose between economy and trade war
By John Kemp The White House is becoming increasingly volatile and erratic in its pronouncements about the economy and trade as the internal contradictions between...
Ukraine: 28 years of struggle for Independence
By Boris Humeniuk ON AUGUST 24, the Ukrainian nation celebrated its main state holiday – Independence Day. On this very day back in 1991 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament)...
Conspiracy theories as a means to an end
Tactic risks becoming new currency of post-truth politics By Peter Apps On Wednesday, as wildfires ripped across the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian president took...
Amendment to EU directive strengthens fight against ‘aggressive’ tax planning
By Elena Christodoulou The European Union has added further impetus to its objective of enhancing transparency against harmful tax practices with the amendment to Directive 2011/16/EU,...
Thirteen leadership tips to manage apparent paradoxes
By Dimis Michaelides At the heart of innovation lie forces that simultaneously oppose and complement one another. Like yin and yang, each has its benefits...
Equal but side by side in a future Cyprus
By Ozay Mehmet Solving the Cyprus problem can only occur between equal parties, that is on equal political footing. Of course, no two individuals or groups...
Global economy is probably in recession
By John Kemp The global economy is probably in recession, with most cyclical indicators showing business activity is flat or falling. Recessions become obvious only once...
Network marketing, a viable job in an insecure world
Network marketing provides the opportunity for entrepreneurial-minded people to build a business with low start-up and overhead costs By Alexia Saleem “Network marketing. What is...
Freedom of the press
By Richard Dickenson It’s all a matter of priorities, and the vital process of prioritising is a feature that lots of us don’t seem too...