Our View: Social media better at weeding out nepotism than president is
Appointment fiascoes are becoming a habit for the current government. On Tuesday a teenage girl decided not to take up the post of advisor to the deputy minister of tourism ...
From Corona beer to the coronation, the crown is branding fit for a king
By John MT Balmer
As a fashion statement or piece of art, crowns are distinguished by their beauty, containing rare jewels, precious metals and velvet in deep, rich colours. As ...
Our View: Has Disy been taken over by populist right?
The result of the elections at Disy was seen by one political analyst as a victory of the ‘populist right.’ The new deputy leader Efthymios Diplaros prevailed comfortably over his ...
Proper use of AI can empower China’s high-quality development in new era
Many industries want to make full use of AI 1.0, but it costs a lot to collect and label data, and the processed data sets and models are isolated from each ...
Spiralling rents in Cyprus unprecedented and alarming
The housing situation in Cyprus has become a matter of great concern, with rental prices soaring to unprecedented levels. While the reasons for this situation are multifaceted, it is evident ...
Time for a Cyprus University Challenge?
Any chance Cyprus might get its own version of University Challenge now there are so many universities and colleges on the island?
Dr Michael Paraskos, Lemba, Paphos
Energy crisis and changes in the EU policy framework
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
Humanity has made remarkable progress in dealing with the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. However, a lot remains to be done. ...
Letter from Athens: complex process for Greek elections
By Christos Panayiotides
A lot of friends have asked me questions about the new Greek voting system, which they are struggling to understand. Here is my response in a nutshell, ...
From ‘Rottweiler’ to queen – the reinvention of King Charles’ wife Camilla
By Michael Holden and Sarah Mills
After years of being depicted as the most hated woman in Britain, Camilla, the second wife of King Charles, was crowned queen on Saturday, ...
As a German I know what a divided country means
Since 1976 I have been interested in Cyprus and travelled several times to this beautiful island since 1977, and recently also spent a few days in the north to get to know ...
Israel is a powder keg waiting to blow
By James Sunderland
The death in custody on May 2 of Khader Adnan, the first Palestinian to die of a hunger strike for more than 30 years, sparked mass protests in Gaza ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cake for the parasites, crumbs for the rest
THE NEW general-secretary of Pasydy, the public parasites union, Stratis Mattheou seems a much nicer guy than his obnoxiously arrogant predecessor, Glafcos Hadjiklamouris, who believed he owned our Kyproulla and ...
Our View: Reynders visit should be seen as a wake-up call for Cyprus
The theories advanced by some lawyers with regard to the sanctions imposed by the United States and Britain were laid to rest by the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, ...
Coronation a symbolic ritual of a king that never dies
The coronation of King Charles III on May 6, 2023 was a public celebration of his succession to the throne but it also symbolised the demise of the crown to the next ...
As ocean heats up, we see how many unknowns there are
There is a fever raging in the ocean. Last month it was worst off the eastern coast of North America, where the sea surface temperature was as much as 13.8 degrees ...
Our View: Oev gave up on economic rationality
The executive council of the Federation of Employers and Industrialists, Oev, on Thursday decided to accept the mediation proposal on CoLA submitted by the labour minister Yiannis Panayiotou, citing the ...
Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder
By Darren Ray
Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months?
That’s a question ...
Our View: The administrative nightmare of zero VAT
The VAT cuts on seven categories of products go into force today. This is a measure taken by the government, as a way of helping people cope with the surge ...
Social media scatters your brain
By Matthew Pittman
Social media can be mentally draining. And when mentally drained, you are more likely to be influenced by a high number of likes on posts – even to ...
Columbia Sun on Lady’s Mile: your only coastal destination
Columbia Sun welcomes the summer season offering visitors a unique and unforgettable seaside experience. Located on the dreamy beach of Lady’s Mile in Limassol, Columbia Sun consists of two, ...
Our View: Latest Varosha episode prompts familiar reaction
Every few months a news story breaks about the fenced area of Varosha. This is given extensive coverage in the media, the politicians express concern about the matter and the ...
Another round in Thailand’s quest for genuine democracy
There have been occasional violent episodes in Thai politics and one recent massacre (2010), but the struggle for a genuine democracy has usually been relatively restrained. Maybe that is why it ...
Our View: May 1 messages could have thanked capitalism for increased quality of life
The usual platitudes about protecting workers’ rights, labour peace, the widening gap in incomes and ruthlessness of the markets were recycled by the political parties for their May 1 messages. It ...
April and Easter, freedom and death
THE WAY THINGS ARE
For Cyprus, Ireland and Palestine, Easter and April carry ongoing significance, their history still a living thing because of unresolved political issues. Cypriots and Christian Palestinians ...