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Everyone agrees reform is vital so why do we need a referendum? By George Koumoullis In order to restore the mental balance of those that may have been worried about ...

From politicians’ sources of wealth to the search for a solution, we should be looking at well-planned construction By Christos P Panayiotides Those of you who happen to be architects ...

By Gwynne Dyer “If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the ...

By Alper Ali Riza In Mark Twain’s story The Prince and the Pauper, a boy crown prince switches roles with a pauper of the same age and appearance to ...

The region, and Cyprus, need a new energy narrative going forward. Borrell’s plan, with the US in support, may offer a way. Under the onslaught of Covid-19 the economies ...

We’re safe from Iran’s nuclear weapons which never existed anyway, but what about the others? First, the good news. The United States and Iran had talks in Vienna ...

The rules must be jointly formulated by the two federated states while their enforcement would be up to the constituent states The issue of a “decentralised” federation has been preoccupying ...

Not since the 1930s and World War II have states arrogated to themselves such wide powers impinging on human rights and fundamental freedoms as they did in 2020-21. Governments contemplating ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Maari contacted me recently, incandescent with fury, to let off steam about her ‘foreign’ neighbour who ‘Threw his dachshund’s sausages over the ...

Heads of state, top politicians and the media have been quite right to liken the health crisis caused by Covid-19 to “a war against an invisible enemy”. Military and war ...

The non-violent democratic resistance in Myanmar is living through terrible times, but statistics are on its side: most non-violent movements eventually win. But it’s hard to stay non-violent when ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Inflation is generally regarded as a key macroeconomic indicator because of its negative impact on incomes, but also due to its adverse side effects ...

Our relations with the Soviet Union and Russia have rarely proved beneficial Two days after Cyprus’ independence, the new state was formally recognised by the Soviet Union on 18 August 1960. The ...

It was TS Eliot who wrote “April is the cruelest month… mixing memory and desire…” in his most famous poem The Wasteland, but it is also what many of our ...

By Richard Dickenson The very devil of a problem is facing the human race. And no, I don’t mean the global warming crisis, though for some that’s crisis ...

“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts,” ...

A look at the country’s energy mix and policies indicates its East Med moves are about geopolitics By Charles Ellinas It has often been said that Turkey’s aggressive ...

By Gwynne Dyer In the early decades of the Cold War, this was the season when Nato defence chiefs would announce their spending plans for the next year, and they ...

If we truly love our country, we must choose the difficult, uphill path of reconciliation and forgiveness By Christos P Panayiotides Certain Greek Cypriots appear to be suffering from paranoia. ...

But Turkey’s tightrope diplomacy may have its uses By Alper Ali Riza Love or loathe them, you have to hand it to the Turks when it comes to tightrope ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Change isn’t always easy and isn’t always for the better, but adaptability has been key to the survival of humankind ...

Cyprus’ official stance on the negotiations has just been undermined by the very man who was supposed to be defending it A “very harmful act” was the description given by ...

It is a system which appears to be compatible with different political perceptions By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The socio-economic challenges of the 21st century are universal in nature ...

It was nationally too sensitive to let the European Commission procure vaccines for EU states To protect from the virus or from the vaccine, that was the question in Europe ...