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I wrote a story years ago, broadcast by the BBC World Service, in which a man is driving to Limassol for the results of a cancer test, worried that his ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be careful what he wishes for.  Donald Trump has speculated that Rubio could be “the next president of Cuba” after the US overthrows ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has stopped about 20 per cent of global LNG supply from reaching markets and has sent gas prices about 50 per cent up from pre-war ...

Cyprus has seen its share of arrivals. The latest comes in the form of a “humanitarian defence agreement” with France. The term itself deserves pause. Words such as “humanitarian defence” ...

Eat your hearts out, Pablo Escobar, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzman and Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera Cervantes. The richest cartel by far is still the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (...

In recent years, the world has witnesses record investment in environmentally friendly renewable energy, rapid advances in battery technology and ambitious net‑zero commitments, all supported by sharply falling costs. ...

In the run-up to the parliamentary election on May 24, candidates have clashed on the ability of their political parties to manage the economy. In particular, in reaction to the policy ...

Ever mindful of defence contingencies, the EU has positioned itself to evolve into a defence alliance as well as an economic and political union by adopting a mutual assistance clause ...

It is a matter of chronic surprise that politicians, otherwise well-trained in saying just the right thing for the audience they are addressing, forget that whatever they say can be ...

April 24 is not simply a date. It marks a beginning and a warning.  In 1915, in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, Armenian intellectuals and community leaders were arrested in ...

There is very bad turbulence all around Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean that calls for wise leadership all round to steer Cyprus in a safe direction. Switzerland managed to stay ...

The global governance landscape in 2026 is increasingly defined by a “rule of law recession,” forcing a severe institutional reckoning within the Republic of Cyprus as well. While Cyprus maintains the ...

The courageous crew of the recent Artemis II mission felt what every astronaut before them has felt, awe at the fragile beauty of Earth, the desire to protect that spectacular ...

“We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single ...

Energy is one of the most critical sectors in Cyprus, impacting everyday life, the economy, industry and almost everything else on the island. And yet, it is one of the ...

Events in the Gulf war continue to attract global attention, despite the ongoing preoccupation here in Cyprus with our own Sandy-gate saga. President Trump has maintained a barrage of announcements, ...

Thirty years on, why revisit Professor Samuel Huntington’s seminal and widely debated book, The Clash of Civilisations and the Remaking of World Order, published in 1996? Not to celebrate a ...

In the EU, a significant number of existing high‑level research centres focus on empirical studies of issues of public economic interest. Such centres aim to support, in a practical ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos brag frequently about the successful performance and good management of the economy by citing the relatively rapid growth of GDP and the ...

Early on Easter Saturday a team of police officers raided the home of the well-known lawyer Nikos Clerides in Nicosia, armed with a search warrant issued by a judge shortly ...

The 2026 Iran War marks a turning point in modern geopolitics and shows how the West’s attempts to maintain dominance through military intervention destabilise the region, hastening the rise of ...

Power rarely collapses from weakness. It collapses from the consequences of misjudgement. The confrontation between the US and Israel with Iran may prove to be one of those moments.  My ...

In a previous article, we examined the concentration of power and erosion of democracy in Cyprus. This article advances that discussion, focusing on the 2025 Democracy Index from the Economist Intelligence ...

We don’t have to look very far to find a useful historical analogy for the current crisis in the Middle East. In 1967 Egypt closed the Strait of Tiran to ...