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In late August 2026, former President Nicos Anastasiades delivered an address over the state-run Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation that fundamentally unsettled the country’s political landscape. Ostensibly arranged as an elder statesman’...

Last Sunday night I woke up sweating at around 1am after a particularly bad nightmare. Usually, I cannot get back to sleep easily, but this time I was so deeply ...

Prince Harry and his family returned to UK from California last Wednesday after a six-year absence. Their arrival was welcomed by royalists and cavaliers and the king himself.  Rumour has ...

By Dina-Perla Portnaar I’ve moved into the house that was sold to me as fully renovated, only to discover that it’s been one thing after the other. It ...

On the advice of UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres, the leaders of Cyprus’ two main communities are getting ready for talks in Cyprus, hoping to find enough common ground to ...

 In recent years, mainly due to the mild climate, quality of life, adequate digital infrastructure and a favourable business environment, Cyprus has been attracting an increasing number of digital nomads ...

Recently, we went out to dinner with a large group of cousins at one of Nicosia’s tavernas. The deserted August streets made the journey there almost a pleasure, rather ...

The Mecca Agreement, signed on August 7 by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, matters less for the alliance it creates than for the Middle East it may foreshadow. Turkish Foreign Minister ...

As Cyprus enters the run up to the 2028 presidential election, energy is perhaps the biggest economic challenge the next administration will inherit. From electricity prices and energy security to natural ...

“I think that there’s a strategy to divide and conquer and to create a very contrived confusion,” said Samuel Okuzeto Ablakwan, Ghana’s foreign minster. “We denounce and totally ...

Professor Jason Arday, the black academic at the centre of the Cambridge plagiarism controversy, was found dead at his flat in Battersea in South London last Friday, August 14. Sadly and ...

The first hurricane to hit Hawaii in 34 years. The Mediterranean on fire from Spain to Greece. ‘Heat domes’ one after another for months on end in Europe and North America. ...

When Antonio Guterres crossed the Green Line on July 28, on his first official visit to Cyprus as secretary-general, the question that occurred to me was not what he had come ...

The phrase “war on the young” is a prominent concept popularised by professor Scott Galloway of New York University, outlining how modern economic, political and social systems profoundly disadvantage younger ...

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is a populist politician in the same way that Nigel Farage of Reform UK is populist and, although the PM would vigorously deny the comparison, ...

Few relish holidaying alone. I met Freida, who did, at a mutual cousin’s home in Ireland, who was thrilled I was living among Greeks. A love of Greek and ...

A political order represents an overarching framework extending far beyond routine election cycles. Within its architecture, a dominant vision of political economy dictates how state authorities and private actors perceive ...

‘Artificial intelligence’ based on Large Language Models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea Bubble. After the Crash, some specific functions of ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) has entered a new phase. The recent decision by French infrastructure investor Meridiam to become the project’s 66 per cent majority shareholder has renewed confidence ...

The geopolitical landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean is undergoing a fundamental transformation, driven by escalating regional conflicts and shifting energy alliances. Nearly a decade after the collapse of the 2017 Crans-Montana ...

The years 2025 and 2026 were marked by intense geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, with adverse worldwide effects on the cost of living and economic growth. The policy responses of EU ...

The disruption caused by Donald Trump’s presidency continues to reverberate far beyond the United States. Whether in foreign policy or domestic governance, his instinct to dismiss inconvenient facts rather ...

The UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres paid a historic visit to Cyprus last week and promised to convene a 5+1 meeting. To achieve results he asked the parties to prepare adequately ...

By Dina-Perla Portnaar There’s unity in what women feel but have been conditioned to dismiss as personal failure, namely the ongoing exhaustion, which is political, structural and by design. ...