Downgrading England’s Ivory Towers
The marketisation of English higher education: exorbitant fees for inflated grades? By Louis Karaolis Higher education in England might just be a racket. A recent review...
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Cyprus’ public sector governance model needs urgent modernising
By Cleopatra Kitti CYPRUS has been in the spotlight in the Financial Times and other international media these past few weeks this week because of...
Cyprus’ public sector governance model needs urgent modernising
By Cleopatra Kitti Cyprus has been in the spotlight in the Financial Times and other international media these past few weeks this week because of...
Coal communities and the demonisation of Thatcher and Obama
By John Kemp Mine closures and employment losses have left deep economic, social and political scars on the main coal-producing regions of the United States...
Dogs and Cats
By Richard Dickenson I have been good friends with several dogs. There was Sausage, our first ever, a mixture of Cyprus pye-dog and good luck...
Hong Kong protesters have no interest in democracy and freedom
By Huang Xingyuan, Ambassador of China to Cyprus RECENTLY, I was approached by some readers of Cyprus Mail about the reports on the current situation...
The passport sales that boosted construction are now in decline
By Les Manison In the period 2003-2008, the Cyprus economy experienced a bank-financed construction/property boom which contributed significantly to the subsequent financial crisis of 2012/2013....
Why it’s so hard to impeach a president
Only four US presidents have ever faced articles of impeachment By James Deferalist On September 24, speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi...
Significant legal issues arise from latest Orams case development
By Dr Kypros Chrysostomides This week’s development of a case involving a Brussels recast linked to Cyprus law is important for the Republic due to...
Faith: it’s not fair
By Richard Dickenson Why should atheists be singled out? In this enlightened century why are atheists an oppressed minority? Our numbers are increasing in much...
Clinton does Democrats no favour reviving Russia conspiracy talk
By Peter Apps As a contender for the US presidency in 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was besieged with opposition rumour and conspiracy...
Counteracting extraterritorial sanctions – by which means?
ELIE HATEM, Attorney at the Paris Bar and with the International Criminal Court, argues that the International society is in a chaotic situation due to...
Turkey’s EEZ incursion an ‘act of aggression’ punishable by the ICC
Dr Kypros Chrysostomides According to the stipulations laid down by the Montego Bay Convention on the Law of the Sea and delineated between the Republic...
Making American taxes great again
By Edward Hadas Two Frenchmen want to make American taxes great again. Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman are students of Thomas Piketty, whose tome on...
CAR-acteristics: it’s easy to stereotype
By Richard Dickenson National character sure shows in motorways, cars and driving habits? What could be more Teutonic than a Merc on the Autobahn? Or...
Unfettered by advisers, Trump’s presidency gets even less predictable
By Peter Apps On Monday, having effectively and unexpectedly given the green light to a Turkish military incursion against America’s sometime Syrian Kurdish allies, US President Donald...
The heat is (still) on
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The Irish Times’ columnist in France Lara Marlowe had a house in my hometown, just up the road...
Dominic Cummings: Master manipulator or out of his depth?
By James Deferalist Up until the accession of Boris Johnson to No 10, very few people knew who Dominic Cummings was. Eccentric, resourceful, innovative and...
Thorns in the Flesh
By Richard Dickenson Several things have proved puzzling and even irritating these past few weeks. In no particular order they include the way the Brexit...
Good economy helps with climate change
By Edward Hadas Climate change is an urgent concern for heads of state who gathered at the General Assembly of the United Nations this week. As young climate...
