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The death of Archbishop Chrysostomos II in context By Alper Ali Riza Never underestimate the importance to Greek Cypriots of the Church of Cyprus. The death of Archbishop Chrysostomos II ...

Elon Musk is that rarest of things, a benign sociopath, and therefore a person of considerable value to the world. He has just made a mistake that could ruin his ...

As the European Commission is finding out, interfering with markets creates unintended consequences and eventually backfires The oil and gas companies cannot get it right, can they? They have been ...

Uncontrollable immigration is closely linked to the lack of a solution “The knot has reached the comb” is a cry that it is often heard outside Kokkinotrimithia, near Nicosia, where ...

For Britain, the Ukraine war is one event that has scuppered Brexit Brexit, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a kamikaze mini budget have brought Britain to her knees. ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The Sahel zone is located south of the Sahara desert and it stretches from the west coast of Africa to the east coast by ...

WHAT HAD been shaping up as an acrimonious divorce, with a custody battle and a legal row over the ownership of the house and furniture, rather disappointingly degenerated into a ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE The storm cracked across the sky like a brutal artillery barrage just as the Adventure Club group had decided to make camp by the lake. The ...

The Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have had major socio-economic repercussions reflected in slower eco-nomic growth and rampant inflation together with a related severe cost of living crisis in ...

Israeli voters are indefatigable. The election on November 1 will be the fifth in just three-and-a-half years, and yet the turnout is still likely to be around 70 per cent. That’s ...

But it’s great Britain has appointed an Indian as PM I laughed aloud when US President Joe Biden called Britain’s first Indian Prime Minister Rashid instead of Rishi ...

MPs are desperately trying to fiddle with their proposed statements of wealth On Tuesday, October 25, Andreas Pasiourtides and Pavlos Mylonas, both members of the House of Representatives’ institutions committee, appeared ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Within the context of the upcoming presidential elections, various topics related to pensions are at the forefront of the public debate in Cyprus. These ...

Draft legislation by MPs threatens the fight for clarity over the sources of wealth of politically exposed persons You have probably heard that, in the past week, effectively all the ...

The Conservative party’s collective nervous breakdown began with Brexit By Alper Ali Riza Boris Johnson is the ultimate Come Back Kid. Hasta La Vista Baby indeed! Who would have ...

No more vague statements: Presidential candidates must clearly and loudly declare their positions so voters can make a real decision By Christos P. Panayiotides In Cyprus, we have a unique ...

Government more interested in pleasing credit-rating agencies than citizen welfare By Les Manison In presenting the government budget for 2023 to the House of Representatives the minister of finance, Constantinos Petrides, ...

ONE THING I discovered watching the debate of the presidential candidates on Sigma TV on Monday night was that self-regarding, presenter Yiannis Kareklas has changed his hair colour. This may ...

By Andreas Charalambous & Omiros Pissarides The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SA) is an example of a state, whose economic and foreign policies have traditionally centered around its natural wealth. ...

By Alper Ali Riza I hated going on prison visits. Too much clanging of gates and clinking of keys and razor barbed wire. Too many walls and doors and dogs ...

The reports about Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva’s impending comeback as Brazilian president verged on the ecstatic in the week before last Sunday’s vote. He was after ...

The Turkey-Libya MoU increasing tensions with Greece After a quiet year in 2021, perhaps as a result of Covid-19, we are back to the perennial problem of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) ...

In an interview with Alper Ali Riza, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar explains why it is time the international community should think outside the federal box Lunch at Buyuk Han ...

By Andreas Charalambous Omiros Pissarides Largely due to its size and geopolitical factors, the Turkish economy continues to attract the interest of economic analysts. The recent decision of the Turkish ...