Tales from the coffeeshop: Why would anyone want to be an MEP?
WHY WOULD someone want to be elected to the European Parliament (EP)? For an ambitious politician it means staying on the margins of the domestic
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Brit-bashing bandwagon rolls into town
THE DESTABILISATION of the Eastern Mediterranean was not a matter of concern only to Cyprus, but would have repercussions that would also affect Britain, Prez
Tales from the Coffeeshop: EEZ and the words signifying nothing
HAVE CHANCES of President Erdogan withdrawing the Fatih drillship from the Cypriot EEZ increased now that our national council has called for the “immediate end
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Delayed resignations and all-round nastiness
RESIGNATION by public demand premiered last week, with Justice Minister Ionas Nicoalou grudgingly stepping down in order to silence the crowd demanding his head over
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Parasites have no shame
THE MISERABLE leader of the public parasites, Glafcos Hadjiklamouris, felt so hurt by the barrage of well-deserved abuse levelled against his blood-sucking members, after the
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Conflicts of interest abound in pay cuts saga
THE HIDEOUS general-secretary of the parasites’ union Glafkos Hadjimourmouris looked like a man who had just won the Lotto jackpot on Wednesday at the 56th
Tales from the Coffeeshop: a feast for the East Med Draculas
THE LEECHES of the public sector, affectionately known as the public parasites, were handed another legal victory over the state by the administrative court which
Coffeeshop: Naughty Turkey’s big incentive to behave
THE WAY the tripartite summit, with the ad hoc participation of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, was reported by some you would have thought the
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Sacrifice on Prez Nik’s own terms
IN THE END, despite his defiant assertion that he would not sacrifice Iphigenia, also known as Harris Georgiades, the finance minister, Prez Nik did exactly
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Co-op low trumps gas, royalty high
OUR GOVERNMENT has found out in the last 10 days that there was a lot of truth in Harold Wilson’s claim that “a week is
Tales from the Coffeeshop: When creativity means doing nothing
I HAVE decided I will not go into retirement quite yet even though the gas find announced by ExxonMobil was valued by some newspapers as
Coffeeshop: The politics of halloumification
IF ANYONE was wondering why the European Commission has left our application for the registration of halloumi/hellim as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) to
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Wild goose chase instigated by prez who only speaks the truth
PREZ NIK can always be relied on to introduce some new excitement and suspense to the Cyprob as soon as he senses that his ‘I
Tales from the coffeeshop: Schools and army redefine students
SPOTTY teenagers defied headteachers, parents, the education ministry and the rain on Thursday morning to go on a protest march to the ministry to express
Coffeeshop: Macron of France meets Macron of Kyproulla
PREZ NIK and his associates were on a high, their pride and joy levels hitting red on Tuesday when they played hosts to the Southern
Tales from the coffeeshop: Dynamiting the climate for talks
HAVING escaped arrest for his illegal visit to the pseudo state, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had the nerve to give a news conference alongside
Kyproulla: where sadly, justice has perfect vision
WHEN a few weeks ago, lawyer Nicos Clerides, the brother of the attorney general, wrote in social media that “our courts are controlled by the
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A new year of not too much political equality
HAPPY NEW year to all our customers, who, like all of us, will be praying that 2019 will be the year when our country will
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Birth of the EastMed sacred cow
THE BIRTH of another Kyproulla sacred calf was announced on Thursday at the Cyprus-Greece-Israel trilateral summit, in Beer Sheva in the Negev desert in Israel