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THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The governing coterie of Boris Johnson has repeatedly side-stepped political propriety under his lack of leadership. Their list of misdemeanors grew until ...

There was nothing surprising about the decision to remove him; it was as ruthless as it was principled British premier Boris Johnson was overthrown last Thursday July 7, 2022 in a very ...

Be wary of listening to influencers in the election campaign I believe that the mission of an honest, competent columnist is to evaluate public figures and their actions and to ...

The island could have played a major role in this had its own LNG project at Vasilikos been allowed to proceed The Memorandum of Understanding between the EU, Egypt and ...

Another 15 million people joined the Nato alliance on Tuesday. Finland and Sweden, formerly neutral countries but near to Russia, gave in to Turkish blackmail, and that cleared the way for ...

Two main topics must be addressed by the three main candidates in election campaign Possibly for the first time in the contemporary history of Cyprus, the political scene seems to ...

Unlike their leaders who love grandstanding on the world stage, most people are not prepared to pay any price in support of Ukraine Being the British prime minister has its ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou She had been on my mind, so I messaged my former boss at CyBC’s English language department, respected journalist and author ...

There was a rare moment of grace in Israeli politics last Monday, as Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced they would dissolve their extraordinary coalition and ...

Should we not re-evaluate, calmly and unemotionally, the possibility of expressing an interest in admission? Undoubtedly, the prospect of Cyprus joining Nato is an emotionally charged issue for those who, ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides During the last decade, important structural changes occurred in the labour markets of advanced economies. These were reinforced by ongoing developments during the prolonged ...

Given that consumer prices will continue to rise over the coming months with increases in incomes falling far behind, even lower middle-income households are likely to experience financial problems With ...

In all my years in the law, I have never come across such cock-and-bull reasoning as the one propounded by the majority in the US Supreme Court On Friday, the ...

Botched-up policies in the implementation of renewables are not helping Cyprus electricity prices have been escalating since last year and there does not appear to be an end in sight. ...

Dear Mr Mavroyiannis, I have very carefully read your speech from last Tuesday, in which you announced your candidacy for the presidency of the Republic of Cyprus. I confess that, ...

The rule of law means individuals can do as they like unless there is a law that says they can’t, whereas government can do nothing unless there is a ...

How would we know if the United States is deliberately starving Ukraine of weapons in order to force it into a compromise peace settlement that leaves some Ukrainian territory – maybe ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The Irish haven’t always been, still aren’t, good at appreciating their talent. Strangers with clout seem to fare better in ...

By Gwynne Dyer ‘Cad.’ ‘Scoundrel.’ ‘Rotter.’ The words that members of the British public used to describe Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the aftermath of last weekend’s failed attempt ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides With the focus on the war in Ukraine, the public often overlooks other crises, especially in regions whose impact on global food supplies and ...

In a secular state the Church cannot relinquish its spiritual role for cheap politicking I have been led to the conclusion that there is no God by Archbishop Chrysostomos, with ...

There is no such animal as an ideal prime minister I was woken up by the earthquake on Friday morning and decided to stay up in case there was another ...

The government’s budget estimates for 2022 now look way out of line The cost of living crisis afflicting households and businesses in Cyprus and most other countries is deepening as ...

“Ninety per cent of ice flowing to the sea from the Antarctic ice sheet, and about half of that lost from Greenland, travels in narrow, fast ice streams measuring tens ...