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Away with the fairies (the full meze)

January 16th, 2019 THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette Ni Reamonn Ioannidou A Dublin pal and I meet occasionally for coffee and a chat. We’re sci-fi fans and share a fondness...

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We are not like lambs to the slaughter

January 13th, 2019 By Christos Panayiotides I have the impression that Cypriots are greatly discontented with their political, religious and economic establishments...

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The cost of deriding political equality

January 13th, 2019 By George Koumoullis Hearing our politicians discuss the Cyprus problem, you come to the conclusion that many of them are either ignorant of the precise...

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Justice should manifestly be done and seen be seen to be done

January 13th, 2019 By Alper Ali Riza My old friend and fellow barrister, Nicos Clerides, is taking on the legal establishment of Cyprus. After being asked to justify...

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A case of Brexit chicken: who will blink first?

January 13th, 2019 By Gwynne Dyer There’s no need to practise bleeding, as the soldiers say, but the British government didn’t get the message. On Monday, it paid 89...

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Orthodoxy: the New Great Schism

January 9th, 2019 IF YOU live long enough, almost anything is possible. It is now possible, for example, to hear the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill,...

Property

Property demand and prices

January 6th, 2019 Investing in real estate in Cyprus is worthwhile for foreign and local investors for all types of property. The reduction in the prices due to the economic...

Opinion

Negotiating for partition is unconstitutional

January 6th, 2019 By Alper Ali Riza Despite rumours to the contrary Nicos Anastasiades is not secretly negotiating the partition of Cyprus. Dealing with Turkey directly even...

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Bangladesh: end of democracy

January 4th, 2019 IT ALWAYS looks bad when the ruling party jails the opposition leader just a few months before the election. If only Khaleda Zia, the leader of the Bangladesh...

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An end to moderation and the rise of exclusivity

December 30th, 2018 By SM Farid Mirbagheri ‘Populism’ is on the rise, so they say. Elections in Brazil and Spain in October and December respectively are just the...

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Nicosia casino: like lambs to the slaughter

December 30th, 2018 By George Koumoullis IF a cost-benefit analysis had been carried out for the recently opened casino in Nicosia, the conclusions would not have been very...

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Business as usual in 2019: realpolitik and betrayal

December 30th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza As the year draws to a close and the usual reviews and predictions for 2019 are in full swing, it is easiest to single out a few pivotal...

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Opening the doors of the universe

December 30th, 2018 By Gwynne Dyer Want to be cheered up at the end of this benighted year? Okay, how’s this? It’s starting to look like interstellar travel may...

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Away in a manger

December 25th, 2018 THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Christmas causes much diversity in human emotions. For some it is a gaudy, money-spending...

Opinion

Letter from Japan

December 23rd, 2018 By Christos P. Panayiotides Distressed by Cyprus rolling down the road of partition, I decided to disappear for a short while, as far away as possible, in...

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Climate: some progress in Poland

December 23rd, 2018 By Gwynne Dyer Global warming is physics and chemistry, and you can’t negotiate with science for more time to solve the problem: more emissions mean a...

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Keep calm as UK and EU approach cliff edge

December 23rd, 2018 In the sixteenth century, English tradesmen doing business in the Ottoman Empire adopted a pragmatic approach to life as immigrants. Some were even known to...

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Sri Lanka: A fairy-tale ending or new crisis?

December 21st, 2018 YOU could write a heart-warming fairy-tale about the turbulent events in the island nation of Sri Lanka in the past two months. It would involve a conniving...

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When a bishop says Earth is the only planet, our schools agree

December 16th, 2018 The response to the bishop of Thessaloniki’s recent comments have highlighted yet again the sorry state of religious education in schools By George...

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Europe has haunted British politics and its leaders since the 1970s

December 16th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza Margaret Thatcher was having dinner at the Élysée Palace when the mice in Westminster scurried to remove her from power in 1990. She had...

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Man City win group as Sane double sinks Hoffenheim

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Australian Open: Day 4 highlights

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Federer fends off British 'mirror' Evans to advance

Nadal spins his way into third round with near flawless display

Restaurant review: Bemba, Nicosia

Bar review: Finnigans Irish bar, Larnaca

Restaurant review: Honey at Ibrahim’s Khan, Paphos

Bar review: Bono Bar, Limassol

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Film review: Second Act **

Film review: Mary Poppins Returns **

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