Guest Columnist Archives

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New challenges for Europe in the Black Sea-Azov region

November 14th, 2018 By Boris Humeniuk ON February 2014 Russian armed aggression against the Ukrainian people began, this wasn’t recognized by Moscow yet. What is done by...

Opinion

The workings of a loose federation

November 11th, 2018 By Ozay Mehmet If meant sincerely, ‘loose’ federalism, otherwise confederation, is emerging as the latest template for settling the long-standing Cyprus...

Opinion

The time worrier: what a difference an hour makes

November 11th, 2018 By Selma Karayalcın The recent talk about EU members scrapping daylight savings time has made one woman very nervous. As a Turkish Cypriot teacher at the...

Guest Columnist

How a Democratic US House could alter foreign policy

November 8th, 2018 By Patricia Zengerle Democrats will use their new majority in the US House of Representatives to reverse what they see as a hands-off approach by...

Opinion

British High Commissioner answers expat questions on Brexit

November 4th, 2018 By Stephen Lillie, British High Commissioner Thank you once again for the questions received around Brexit. We received lots of questions this week...

Opinion

Christianity and the elephant in the room

November 4th, 2018 By Johan Adler A US Grand Jury report released during August exposed more than 300 predator priests and uncovered over a thousand of their victims in...

Opinion

Embrace Disruption: The paradox of change and continuity

October 28th, 2018 By Dimis Michaelides The experience of change can be enriching, rewarding and beautiful as well as uncomfortable, costly and painful. I have been an...

Opinion

Want to learn the queen’s English? Good luck with ‘tha’ (sic)

October 28th, 2018 Expat View by Clive Turner A while back a Russian lady asked me to recommend a teacher who could teach her to write and speak “Her Majesty’s English”....

Opinion

In defence of citizenship-by-investment programmes

October 28th, 2018 By Bruno L’ecuyer The Investment Migration Council (IMC) understands the motivation behind the OECD’s recent analysis and guidance regarding the...

Guest Columnist

How will Brexit affect me? Ask the High Commissioner

October 21st, 2018 By Stephen Lillie, British High Commissioner Thank you to those of you who wrote in on the back of my first column last week and raised interesting...

Opinion

Khashoggi case shows America's collapsing Mideast clout

October 21st, 2018 By Peter Apps When it comes to defining America’s quandary on Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump’s description is mercenary in the extreme. If...

Guest Columnist

Will Khashoggi case bring down Saudi’s crown prince?

October 18th, 2018 By David Andelman Saudi Arabia and especially its young crown prince – who has been variously portrayed as naïve, venal and blood-thirsty – appear to...

Property

Annulment of fraudulent transfer

October 14th, 2018 Actions for the alienation of movable or immovable property made by a debtor aiming to defraud a creditor are considered as fraudulent acts and as such they...

Opinion

How Khashoggi’s disappearance could change Middle East politics

October 14th, 2018 By Maysam Behravesh The disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has cast a long shadow over Saudi Arabia’s global image. If...

Opinion

The brutal new world of espionage and repression

October 14th, 2018 By Peter Apps From unconvincing alibis on visiting cathedrals to highly public revelations of their personal details, a new generation of Russian and other...

Opinion

Property questions: How to stop neighbour’s water run off?

October 7th, 2018 My neighbour has raised his entire land by a metre or so, the result of this means water now runs off his land and comes into my land whenever he waters his...

Guest Columnist

Greek Cypriots seem blithely unaware of risks in a non-solution

October 7th, 2018 By Esra Aygin As the deadlock in Cyprus negotiations continues, much is being said and written about the possible impacts of a non-solution on Turkish...

Guest Columnist

Flexibility and choice, the hallmark of a US college education

October 7th, 2018 By Kathleen Doherty Do you know that a rising young Cypriot composer has been awarded a full scholarship by a prestigious US university for a PhD programme?...

Opinion

Good reasons why energy giants are eyeing the East Med

October 7th, 2018 By Charles Ellinas Interest in the East Med has increased during the last ten years with the discovery of major gas fields such as Tamar, Leviathan and more...

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