By Judith Garber
On my very first walk around Nicosia two years ago, I passed a group of young Cypriots creating posters calling on their fellow citizens to take bold ...
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
For most countries defence spending constitutes a percentage of their GDP which is not negligible. As a case in point, during 2020 the five nations ...
The Cyprus LNG plant and the East Med pipeline under the spectre of the Turkish ‘blue homeland’ in the East Med’s energy game
By Panayiotis Tilliros
The geopolitical and ...
The time to make a difference is now
By Elisa Fereira
They say that greatness is forged in crisis. If so, today the forge is working overtime: the worst pandemic ...
But it comes with both risk and opportunities for business
By Antigoni Pafitis
In the past few years there has been a great deal of interest in the concept of ‘...
By Faisal J. Abbas
There has been widespread uproar at what was seen as misogynistic and insulting treatment meted out by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to European Commission President ...
By Andrew Shouler
There’s something pretty rum about the events of the past year, rendering it well beyond a global health story. Besides its impact in terms of individual ...
By Les Manison
In attempting to find mutually agreed arrangements on the Cyprus problem at the forthcoming meeting chaired by the United Nations many issues are likely to be raised
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By George Georgiou
Most will have heard about the crashing of the vaccine portal soon after it opened on Wednesday for those over 61.
First of all, what genius decided to ...
A look at the possible liability of ministers for wrongful acts
By Achilleas Demetriades
My effort today relates to examining the obscure point of possible liability under tort of government ...
You know things are serious when supermarkets start locking away baby formula. Over the past year, 28,000 people in Turkey might have died of Covid-19. But what is affecting people more ...
Turkish Cypriots know only too well the fate of their hellim/halloumi. They fear it will join a long list of other products the government of the Republic gets to ...
China’s Ambassador to Cyprus, Liu Yantao, talks about the policy of poverty alleviation in China which he took part in
Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his 2021 New Year speech, ...
From car emissions to polluting factories, the state is failing its people
By Charalampos Theopemptou
People often ask me which is the biggest environmental problem that we face. My answer ...
Dealing with it requires the mobilisation of many civil society groups, government departments and tougher penalties
Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras
More and more people are finding the courage to report ...
By Sophia Papastavrou
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has shown that by strengthening women’s meaningful participation in peace talks, transforming decision-making power, and bridging local conflict analysis ...
Landmark case highlighted rampant discrimination against female officers in the National Guard
By Elena Riga, Maria Kozakou and Christina Anastasiou
On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianidou Lottides, ...
How the Russian law enforcement agencies are undermining successful entrepreneurs and anti-corruption activists
By Nicholas Anderson
In February 2019, Michael Calvey, an American investor in the Russian market, was arrested along ...
By Ambassador Liu Yantao
The National People’s Congress as China’s top legislature has approved by overwhelming majority a decision to improve Hong Kong’s electoral system. It is ...
The Covid-19 restrictive measures are illegal and unconstitutional
By Yiannos Georgiades
In Cyprus, since March 2020 the health minister has been issuing decrees by invoking Article 6 of the Quarantine Law (CAP. 260) [...
By Dr Yiorghos Leventis
On Tuesday, March 2, Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked to Emmanuel Macron on a videocall. Listening to the conciliatory, if not amicable, address of the Turkish president to ...
By Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras
Half of the Aegean Sea and the maritime area up to eastern Crete are part of Turkey’s ‘blue homeland’ concept, maintained, supported and promoted ...
In January, the National Bioethics Committee issued an opinion on the mandatory vaccination of the entire population against Covid-19
By Marina Vassiliou
Τhe whole population is living with the Sars-CoV-2 ...
The director of BirdLife Cyprus says controlled hunting can be compatible with wildlife conservation
Conservationists and hunters should talk more, but dialogue with the hunting lobby is not my favourite ...