We must have no illusions about Turkey’s goals in the East Med
Turkey’s top priority is to consolidate its presence and its claims in the East Med, and it is doing so methodically under a plan By
CM Regular Columnist
Application for the liquidation of a company
By George Coucounis EVERY member of a company expects its officials will act with due diligence and in good faith in order to serve its interest,
Great powers, endless wars and the path to insanity
By Gwynne Dyer “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech last February, but he was
Monopolies, oligopolies and the state
Three elements which undermine Cyprus’ reunification prospects By Christos Panayiotides The growth of the Cyprus civil service since its inception in 1960 has been impressive,
The tyranny of EU democracy
By Alper Ali Riza Democracy under the rule of law is not just a cliché. It is enshrined in the Treaty on European Union and
War in the Gulf?
DONALD Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. Indeed, it is one of his most attractive characteristics. But his
Need and greed are a fraudster’s paradise
Manipulation and fraud are now reaching epidemic proportions. Here’s how they work By Andonis Vassiliades In George Bernard Shaw’s play ‘Man and Superman’, Act III,
Cyprus’ EEZ: consensual compliance and equitable sharing
By Alper Ali Riza People can argue over Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) until the cows come home but that does not solve the need
Fears of a global recession and we’re not over the last one yet
Donald Trump is playing hard-ball with China over trade, and the worry-warts are fretting that he’s going to start a real trade war by accident.
Letter from Athens: the seven plagues of Greece
GREECE is well into the European and the municipal election process while warming up for the national elections anticipated to take place in the autumn.
Need and greed are a fraudster’s paradise
Manipulation and fraud are now reaching epidemic proportions. Here’s how they work By Andonis Vassiliades In George Bernard Shaw’s play ‘Man and Superman’, Act III,
The Sea
THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou When you grow up in a fishing community the sea is ever present, whether contemplating it on
Likely gas sharing deal is not to Cyprus’ advantage
By Charles Ellinas Cyprus natural gas: business as usual? After a relatively short lull, following the excitement created by the discovery of Glafcos gas-field
How the ‘deep state’ operates at the CyBC
Why doesn’t our state broadcaster ever interview atheists and Muslims or ask ex-Eoka fighters tricky questions about the people they killed? By George Koumoullis WHAT
Who polices the police? Oxana tragedy was a lost opportunity
One can only imagine the desperation that leads migrant women to end up as resident domestics and cabaret artistes in servitude to poseurs and pimps
The last temptation
THE TITLE of today’s article has been borrowed from another story, which has as its subject-matter the Resurrection of Christ. This was also the theme
European Union populist breakthrough falters
For the second time in a month, a member country of the European Union has NOT voted a populist into power. Could it be that
A funeral in Ireland
ON WEDNESDAY the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, and Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom, both showed up
Ukraine: when you have nothing left to lose
Ukraine has a new president, and he’s a comedian! Oh, wait a minute, that’s not such a big deal. Guatemala was the first country to
Sudan’s flirtation with democracy doomed. The army will return
By Gwynne Dyer It’s moving fast now. For three months the protesters in Khartoum got nowhere with their demand that “the people want the fall of