Cyprus can’t bury this problem
Cyprus is built on history, right?
Construct a hotel, and you uncover an ancient amphitheatre. New roads unearth mosaics. Excavate anywhere from Polis to Pernera and you’ll likely hit ...
AI is already inside retail finance
There is a version of the AI-in-finance story that is almost entirely reassuring. Algorithms that make markets more accessible. Platforms that give ordinary investors tools once reserved for institutions. Personalisation ...
What ultimately determines whether a compliance programme succeeds or fails?
By Kyriaki Stinga and Dorina Mastora
Most professionals would point to effective controls, robust governance, adequate resources, regulatory expertise or technological sophistication. All of these are important. They also share ...
Lessons for Cyprus from Armenia
A lot has been written about the parliamentary election that took place here in Cyprus three weeks ago. I will not attempt to add to that as I have nothing ...
The cash you may no longer use
From next month, a category of ordinary, lawful payment between two consenting adults becomes illegal to settle in cash in Cyprus. That category is rent. The change is arriving with ...
Surrounded by liars, Mr Anastasiades?
By Dimitris Xenofontos
In his recent podcast appearance with Marinos Nomikos, Nicos Anastasiades repeated his familiar narrative: Turkey, he argued, was not ready to abolish the unilateral right of intervention ...
Scope for fiscal stimulus is limited amid energy crisis
The global economy is facing a serious, but not unprecedented, energy crisis. The transportation of oil and natural gas has been negatively affected, mainly due to the closure of the ...
The Cyprus tourists see, and the Cyprus locals live
By Dina-Perla Portnaar
What I’ve come to understand, now that I live in Paphos, is that Cyprus functions as a condensed mirror of the modern world. What many outsiders ...
Cyprus has too many politicians and too little government
By Yiannakis Kaponi
A constituent telephones a newly elected MP in Nicosia. There have been repeated serious road accidents on a dangerous stretch of road in their area. Residents demand ...
From ‘likes’ to liability: influencers through the lens of the law
By Antonis Glykis and Christina Avgousti
In a world where social media influencers have become demigods and authority figures for millions of consumers, it seems that questions of legal accountability ...
The new Guterres initiative and what it means for Cyprus
By Nikolas Xenofontos
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, after the last Christodoulides-Erhurman meeting on May 8, appears to be placing the new initiative on the Cyprus problem after the parliamentary elections and ...
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it
By Gavin Jones
Demagogues have a tendency to appear, thrive and seduce the public with their populist messages which tend to focus at most on two or three major topics. ...
The EU is not a middle power, but it is not a big power either
By Maria Demertzis
Mark Carney’s call for an age of middle powers in the World Economic Forum this year has left European capitals in an awkward place. For Canada, ...
Cyprus’ geology may be the key to its tourism future
By Konstantia Achilleos
Sun, sea and sand has dominated Cyprus’ tourism identity for decades, but although it has had a titanic impact on the economy, it remains incomplete. It overshadows ...
A behavourial scientist explains why Trump went to war
On February 11 this year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House with one objective: to persuade President Trump to join Israel in a major military operation against Iran.
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Who cares about the people?
In the past couple of weeks, we have witnessed the results in two European elections that will change the way the EU will be moving forward. In Hungary, the 16-year ...
Every missing Cypriot counts
The tragedy of missing persons in Cyprus is one of the island’s deepest and most enduring wounds. It is also one of the few areas where meaningful bicommunal cooperation ...
Cyprus’ social media ban is really about digital identity
By Andreas Shialaros
On Thursday, President Nikos Christodoulides announced that Cyprus will ban social media for children under 15, joining Greece, and potentially Turkey, in a wave of similar measures sweeping ...
The obstacle is no longer Turkey – it is Christodoulides
By Nikolas Xenofontos
Nikos Christodoulides recently stated that “the EU has the tools to demonstrate the benefits of a solution to Turkey, which holds the key to solving the Cyprus ...
Brussels’ open door — and who’s walking through it
By Sébastien Laye
Cyprus holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a moment when Brussels’ much-celebrated openness is facing a test it has so far ...
A solution without identity is not a solution – it is a postponement of collapse
By Nikolas Xenofontos
In Cyprus, we have learned to view the Cyprus problem through the lens of history, justice and international law. We speak of invasion, occupation and violations of ...
Who do we blame for our parcel anxiety?
It begins as a typical morning. Sunlight warms the kitchen table while you finish your breakfast with a cup of coffee in your hand and look at the local newspaper.
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Can intellectual property outperform gold or land?
By Ramona Livera, Kyveli Antoniou and Anastasios Kostekoglou
At critical stages of growth, businesses look outward for capital, to scale operations, enter new markets, strengthen infrastructure or remain competitive.
In ...
Request for a clear public position and parliamentary initiative on wildfire preparedness
An open letter to President Nikos Christodoulides from fothkia.com
We are also addressing the media because we believe that prevention, accountability and the protection of human life are not ...