Cutting off our nose
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Liberty, equality, fraternity, a lovely thought to wrap around any flag. How many democracies live up to that? Liberty? Still mostly in evidence. Equality and fraternity? ...
Aphrodite ‘where art thou’? Chevron likely to stick to its proposal
Chevron is probably prepared to negotiate around its proposed FDP, but it will probably be on the details rather than the substance
It finally happened. Cyprus rejected Chevron’s updated ...
Viva Espagna campeones del Mundo
Sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss
By Alper Ali Riza
When the history of women’s football comes to be written it will be Spain’s 1-0 World ...
Trump could be banned from the office of president
The 14th Amendment could be used without a criminal conviction for insurrection
After last week’s column about world leaders facing criminal charges there have been developments in the Donald ...
Privacy and the unwanted
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Some in Cyprus won’t say they have adopted a baby, perhaps from the need to protect the child’s assumed identity or their private business. ...
Cyprus plan to reduce emissions unclear
Τhe EuroAsia Interconnector and Cyprus’ 2030 Energy Plan
Cyprus issued its draft updated National Energy and Climate Plan, 2021-2030, (NECP) for public consultation on July 21 and to the European Commission (EC) ...
Trump: the mills of the gods grind slowly
“The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine,” wrote Sextus Empiricus, a Sceptic philosopher who lived mainly in Athens and Alexandria almost 2,000 years ago. Justice may ...
Trump among top world leaders charged with high crimes
The much-indicted septuagenarian former US president Donald Trump is running for president against the incumbent octogenarian Joe Biden in the 2024 race to the White House proving there is still life ...
Cyprus: the price of abuse of political power
It hurts the economy, society and the environment
Under the democratic system of Cyprus the executive and legislative branches of government are elected by the people to serve the people. ...
Who decides who is a Cypriot?
The Cyprus Supreme Court: The applicants were born in Cyprus on either side of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus of July 20, 1974 and are descended from parents who are of mixed ...
Are you a boiling frog?
THE WAY THINGS ARE
For those who can’t afford hours of expensive aircon, the heat is hell. Are you a ticking pollution time bomb adding to climate crime? Mediterranean ...
Aphrodite getting closer
Even though the final results of the successful appraisal drilling of the Aphrodite gasfield earlier this year have not yet been formally announced, development of Aphrodite appears to be getting ...
El Salvador and ‘the world’s coolest dictator’
“It’s not perfect, but it’s good. We’ve done something really good here,” said El Salvador’s vice-president, Felix Ulloa, defending the government’s no-quarter war against the ...
Sweden and Denmark should ban burning of Quran
Burning the holy Quran or any other holy book is a violent expression of hatred of believers by setting fire to the symbol of their faith and not a lawful ...
It’s not the end of democracy in Israel, just the liberal version
The protesters in Israel came out every week for seven months to fight what they saw as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s assault on democracy, but they lost. On Monday ...
Do Israeli judges need reasonableness in their toolkit?
Courts in Israel have developed it beyond the confines of absurdity
The political turmoil in Israel came to a climax last week when its parliament, the Knesset, passed a controversial ...
The way things are going
THE WAYS THINGS ARE
Maari, hyperventilating, called from her retreat on Troodos. She’d been in her garden having a smoke, when a soundless, fluid presence passed through her plants ...
Our new-found interest in energy…again
The best chance since 2013 that Aphrodite may actually resurface – maybe
One of our big problems is that governments often talk about developing our gasfields as if they are in full ...
Cyprus: policies to narrow inequalities
An enforceable tax on wealth, a serious clampdown on tax evasion, combatting the public sector payroll and improving the minimum pay system are all crucial
Income inequalities are dominated by ...
Spanish election: Franco’s ghost?
“Europe is threatened by anti-European mobs who destroy police stations, burn libraries and stab babies,” explained Santiago Abascal, the leader of Spain’s far-right Vox Party and the bogeyman in ...
In praise of summertime
Those songs of summer say it best
These days the heat of the summer months is too much for anyone to venture out while the Sun beats down at temperatures ...
The right to privacy is sacred
But in the UK it has been a long road to get there, and could only help Huw Edwards as far as his conscience allowed
Huw Edwards was the unnamed ...
Home and hatred
THEWAY THINGS ARE
Going to her parked car, a teacher overheard a boy talking to pals, not about the usual social media trends but politics, and she could see where ...
Israel: mowing the lawn again, but with malice aforethought
The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first glance like just another example of ‘...