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By Craig Jackson The resignation of Conservative MP Neil Parish has left many people wondering what could possibly lead someone to think it acceptable to watch pornography in their place ...

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jennifer Rigby For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose or down their throat to test for Covid-19 has become a routine and ...

The far-reaching geopolitical effects are unfolding By Dr Andrestinos Papadopoulos The end of the Cold War following the dissolution of the Soviet Union left a situation based on promises, but ...

By Antonis Antoniou The United States expelled Turkey, a proven unreliable US ally, in 2019 from the F-35 air-fighter programme because it bought the Russian S-400 missile system. Now the Turks ...

By Maria Demertzis and Francesco Papadia When Europeans imposed sanctions on Russian firms and authorities, they did not sanction Gazprombank. This was necessary or European companies would not have been ...

By Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland Almost one year ago, as Poland marked the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of May 3, Warsaw was visited by the ...

By Liu Yantao What is the Global Security Initiative? At the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 on April 21, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The ‘Green Deal’ and the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy constitutes a top priority both at EU and global level, leading to new ...

Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has cast Russia as a pariah. How long before Russia might be readmitted to the community of civilised nations? What will it all ...

By Maria Demertzis The war in Ukraine has brought an end to a 60-year period in which Europe has enjoyed a peace dividend, an amount released by reducing defence expenditure ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The developments in Ukraine are of concern to all of us. Invasion, war, daily human tragedies on all fronts. The need to halt all hostilities is unfortunately ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Emmanuel Macron is still expected to win the presidential election in France, this Sunday, April 24, but it will be a tight run according to polls, and French ...

By Andreas Papadopoulos In today’s fast changing business environment, tremendous forces are radically reshaping the workplace. The bad news is that making decisions for our people and organisations has ...

By Kathy Tzilivakis Often there’s a spark of inspiration or a flash of insight. Whatever it is, these ‘Aha!’ or ‘Eureka’ moments have led to some of the world’...

By Matthew Flinders After months of dodging the issue, it appears that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did in fact break his own emergency laws during COVID restrictions. The police ...

By Alicia Garcia-Herrero The unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine will devastate its economy, but the extent of the severity partially depends on ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The new generation is facing huge changes, at home and abroad. In an ever-changing world, it becomes more imperative to answer the following questions: Is education at ...

A tourism expert explains why the decades’ old dream of a tourism upgrade has no chance of success By Victor Mantovani I am not very fond of Sundays. As a ...

By Judith Garber, US Ambassador to Cyprus This year for Women’s History month, in Cyprus, the United States, and around the world we recognised the achievements of women and ...

By Ioannis Tirkides The war in Ukraine and the sanctions will have profound effects on the Russian economy itself, will cause a geopolitical shift, and will certainly have serious macroeconomic ...

Evolving economic models must be based on pragmatism as well as ideological perspectives By Andreas Theophanous During the eurozone crisis Germany imposed its own philosophy of strict austerity in addressing ...

By Andreas Charalambous Russia’s recent decision to invade Ukraine and the immediate, coordinated and unprecedented reaction of its Western allies are creating global economic turmoil and intensifying the climate ...

Such a tax for the wealthy would ensure a fairer better serviced society and limit the prevalence of family dynasties By Emily Yiolitis Warren Buffet is not a believer of ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The Russian invasion of Ukraine is at the forefront of the international scene with the world’s attention turned, with grave concern, to what is happening there. ...