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The system of governance in Cyprus is based on the 1960 constitution and is meant to be a presidential (as opposed to a parliamentary) system. The system, originally introduced under the ...

They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence programme in Prague this month, to mark the invention of robots (or at least the idea of ...

A distinction without difference? Is there a difference between a two-state solution and ‘TRNC’ recognition? A webinar organised by the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations last week addressed this impossible ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou January swept in coquettishly pretending to be April, the warmth enticing roses to unfurl. Then, when the brute had us all fooled ...

By Gwynne Dyer When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Sunday after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB domestic spy agency, the regime-friendly ...

The evidence is found in the president’s embrace of a two-state solution By George Koumoullis In political science, the term ‘democratic deficit’ refers to a deficient level of democracy ...

The people have the right to know By Christos P Panayiotides I have had diametrically opposed reactions to my article of last Sunday with some readers enthusiastically supporting my views ...

By Alper Ali Riza Inauguration Day in the US is the living embodiment of the American constitution, which I proffered as a model for Cyprus last week. A model is ...

After a four-and-a-half year hiatus, Turkish and Greek representatives are set to meet again in Istanbul this Monday, for the 61st round of ‘exploratory talks’ between the Aegean neighbours. Yet, ...

By Dick Richards ‘Oy,’ he shouted up the stairs. ‘Sounds as though Caesar Augustus has got his knickers in a twist again. He’s had another of his bloody brainstorms, ...

Joe Biden is thrice blessed. Not only did he win the Democratic nomination and then the presidential election, but as a result of the events of January 6 he takes office ...

By Andreas Charalambous Based on current evidence, the next months are expected to be extremely challenging. The return to normality will still take some time and facing up to the ...

The world is moving on, a new US government, the EU green deal, Greece-Turkey relations, but Cyprus is stuck in the same refrain THE departure of President Trump and the ...

The Greek Cypriot leadership must come to its senses. The time for acrobatics is over In my article on Sunday, December 20, I said: “I dare to predict that in February ...

Hardly ever has a head of state or government in the Western world experienced the kind of political trauma that President Trump has been going through. On occasions, it has ...

An electoral college adapted to Cyprus would allow a political dynamic between Greek and Turkish Cypriots to develop The UN Secretary-General complained there is no agreement on the model for ...

THE WAYS THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I met Dub in a store before Christmas, she on the high-price aisle, me poking through the discount bargains opposite. Her hyacinth ...

Triage is always crude and messy, and there are always mistakes, but the goal is to save as many lives as possible in an emergency where there are not enough ...

The mass media will ensure the talks fail A modern society without mass communications is inconceivable. Television, newspapers, radio and the internet are the main sources of information the world ...

‘Lockdown losses have cost Lebanon 20 per cent of its current GDP’ Lebanon has just entered its fourth Covid-19 lockdown since the pandemic began. Skyrocketing numbers have forced the Lebanese government ...

Disy’s deputy chairman has some explaining to do over his recent opposition to a federation An article written by Harris Georgiades, Disy’s deputy chairman, entitled ‘The new realism’ ...

By Les Manison The state budget is the main instrument for allocating resources geared to meet the government’s policy objectives and reforms. And with the devastating impact of the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The Agreement for Trade and Cooperation between the EU and the UK was achieved virtually at the last moment after difficult negotiations. It mainly ...

If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the ‘crisis of American democracy’ and what it means for the world, I’m going to retch. The last straw ...