Shifty paradigms: Black Lives Matter uncovers US’ false assumptions
By Nicholas Karides When the American physicist and historian of science Thomas Kuhn identified the notion of the Paradigm Shift in the early 1960s, he...
Guest Columnist
Coronavirus: The long journey home
Cypriot citizen Valerie Michaels describes the tortuous process of her repatriation on June 16 from the United States to Cyprus amidst coronavirus precautions For family...
Why electoral reform is so necessary
The need for independence and cooperation of the executive and legislative powers By Demetrios Hadjihambis Reading the article written by my fellow Famagustan and...
Recession economics a recipe for disaster
Denial economics is the practice of pretending that pumping money into the economy will fix the recession caused by the pandemic By Savvakis Savvides Many...
Dawn of a new era for international investment agreements
By Kriton Dionysiou IN RECENT decades, the world has experienced an exponential increase of international investment agreements (IIAs). According to the World Investment Report issued...
The silent heroes of a great effort
The successful management of various aspects of the pandemic was the result of the self-sacrifices of many people By Constantinos Ioannou, Minister of Health After...
No more Byrons: the Parthenon Marbles
The marbles are indeed part of world history and heritage, but they remain central to a nation’s story and identity By Dimitri Gonis Each time...
Coronavirus has exposed economic inequalities
The coronavirus and the efforts to combat its devastating impact have brought into sharper focus the inequalities, fragilities and structural weaknesses of the economy By...
Coronavirus: What we know about the origins of the pandemic
By David Stanway Scientists are turning a spotlight on China’s version of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic as they scrutinise everything from the virus’s...
Glimpses into life and history
Nicos Rolandis looks at the journey, the universe, the beginning and the end It was summer of 1952. I was 17, a graduate of the...
Solar power: egalitarian, cheap and fair
For the first time in its history, Cyprus has the chance to be energy independent, and it’s not from gas By Constantinos Christofides Down through...
Teflon presidents: it started with Ronald and should end with Donald
By Nicholas Karides On Friday July 12, 1985 President Ronald Reagan was due to have a polyp removed at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. That...
‘Be not afeared of vision-blocking clouds’
On May 21, the 13th National Committee of the People’s Political Consultative Conference started the annual session, which was followed by the annual session of...
Building the future we owe our children
In the May 14 issue of the Sunday Mail, former president George Vassiliou argued that the economic impacts of the coronavirus will be felt way...
Do we take the world back to where it was?
By Muhammad Yunus The extent of damage that the coronavirus pandemic is causing the world is just mind-boggling. However, despite this massive damage, it offers...
Rekindling our flirtation with France will lead nowhere
The shortest road to our security and prosperity is solving our problems with Turkey By Makarios Drousiotis THE AMBASSADOR of the Russian Federation Stanislav Osadchiy,...
Coronavirus: Former president says economic impact will be worse next year
From natural gas to tourism, the worst is yet to come By George Vassiliou, former president of Cyprus The French Minister for Europe and Foreign...
Our island is abundant. Now is the time to support local producers
By Marleen Zambartas Brouwer In a time of crisis our first reflex is our safety and wellbeing. Our family, our friends and our direct community...
Forging history in a pseudo-historic manner
By Stanislav V. Osadchiy WE read the article by US Ambassador, Ms Judith Garber, about the 75th anniversary of the end World War II. First,...
The story of good and evil in financial services law
By Dimitris Papoutsis THE storyline in the narrative of literary works or films is commonly built around a raging battle between ‘good’ and ‘evil’ in...
