The gas crisis and its implications
Europe has been left exposed to the vagaries of extreme weather Europe is going through a natural gas crisis, partly self-inflicted. The spectacular increase...
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‘Pothen esches’ is a mathematical equation
I am reverting on the subject of my article of last Sunday because it is an issue of the highest national importance. As I have...
After Merkel
Much commotion but not much change as the most trusted politician in Germany steps down Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in...
A candidate named Achilleas: a breath of fresh air
The announcement in an article in the Cyprus Mail last Sunday by the human rights lawyer Achilleas Demetriades that he may run for president of...
Economics and the real world: time for the twain to meet
By George M. Georgiou and Les Manison The financial crisis of 2007–2009, referred to as the Great Recession, which afflicted most of the advanced...
The economic dimensions of the German elections
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Considering its dominant position but also the departure of current chancellor Angela Merkel, a politician of strong international standing,...
Like a hidden vault
The likelihood of seeing meaningful capital statements published in Cyprus is slim On Monday, September 13, the statements of wealth of members of parliament...
Boris Johnson’s Global Britain on the case
The new cabinet does not have the intellectual and political heavyweights that Britain needs to carve out her new role after Brexit. Government reshuffles...
Mummies and baddies?
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette Ni Reamonn Ioannidou My Irish cousin Thomas is nearly a century old and dementia has laid claim to his...
Auto-eugenics in America
Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the ‘least fit’, often by measures like compulsory sterilisation or,...
Drilling about to start…again
Are we finally going to make it big? Sadly no With ExxonMobil planning to drill an appraisal well before the end of the year and...
Commercialising innovative academic research – a highly desirable goal
I recently had the pleasure of attending an event sponsored by Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos...
One more nail in the coffin of a bicommunal Cyprus
What hope is there if cannot even bear to teach the history, culture and language of the other community Excising references to Kemal Ataturk, the...
It didn’t change the world forever
By Gwynne Dyer ‘Changed the world forever’ is the most hackneyed phrase in journalism, and if you can get through this week (the 20th anniversary...
Cyprus needs an honest leader with a vision and lots of courage
The first and most important lesson from Akis Tzohatzopoulos’ life is that power corrupts By Christos P Panayiotides On August 27, Akis Tzohatzopoulos passed away,...
Keeping the elephants away
Afghanistan withdrawal has strengthened rather than ended the West’s delusional thinking that led to the misbegotten adventure in the first place By Gwynne Dyer...
Theodorakis: friends and fellow travellers
In the music for the film Zorba the Greek, Mikis Theodorakis, who died last week aged 96, produced a masterpiece that married music and character...
F(l)ixated on Netflix
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I needed a break from faithfully following the (literal) blood and guts of The Good Doctor so I...
Oil and gas facing new realities
Capital markets and the insurance sector are becoming increasingly reluctant to fund and insure fossil fuels The oil and gas sector is undergoing permanent change...
Varosha opening aims at causing maximum human pain
But revoking Cyprus passports of Turkish Cypriots was not the answer In a recent article of mine, I made the following important points concerning...