Energy: 2022 was a year like no other
The energy market was turned on its head; 2023 could bring further turmoil
By Charles Ellinas
What a year it was. 2022 was seismic in terms of global energy. Everything was turned ...
Taxpayers and depositors being taken for a ride
Between the government’s main focus being more and better paid public employees and banks’ passiveness and single-mindedness the economy only works for the few
President Nicos Anastasiades, Minister of ...
All I want for Christmas is … a micro-suicide drone
By Gwynne Dyer
Some lucky boys and girls are going to find micro-suicide drones in their stockings this Christmas! Get your orders in now!
I was idly scanning the website ...
Christodoulides Cyprob manifesto, a lot of noise signifying nothing
Recently, the promised details on the Cyprus problem of Nikos Christodoulides’ election manifesto were made public with great fanfare. I have carefully read the relevant text of some 2,000 words three ...
Our View: The only people exploiting our gas reserves so far are politicians
Cyprus was given another Christmas present this week, but alas it is a present it cannot unwrap and make use of any time soon.
The news of another gas find ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Farewell to a golden age with gift of new spiritual guide
ON THIS Christmas Day, all Christians of Kyproulla, including the non-believers, have been given the best possible present they could have prayed for, even though they would not have found ...
2022: the year when history began again
Historians will judge 2022 a momentous year. If when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 it heralded the end of history, by that logic Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ushered in ...
Our View: Those most in need won’t benefit from full CoLA
Private and public sector unions have united forces to push their unanimous demand for the full restoration of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA). After a meeting of their representatives on Thursday, ...
Our View: Authorities have made a total mess of the prison saga
The decision of Attorney-General Giorgos Savvides not to prosecute the chief of the Drug Squad, Michalis Katsounotos, for corruption caused a public outcry sparking claims of a cover-up and blatant ...
Tantrums to tinsel: why I love the festive tradition of the Santa photo
By Cherine Fahd
In April 1995, my uncle secured a lucrative job in Saudi Arabia. He and my aunt left their home in suburban Sydney and relocated to a western compound (...
Our View: No one would dare to rein in well-paid bank workers
Bank employees who left their jobs on the ultra-generous voluntary exit schemes have been complaining because the labour ministry has put their applications to collect unemployment benefit for six months ...
What is a goblin?
By Marguerite Johnson
The 2022 word of the year from the folks at the Oxford English Dictionary is “goblin mode”. Voted by the public and coming in at 93 per cent, “goblin ...
Five green wishes for the next president
The roadmap the next leader of the country should follow to protect and restore nature
This being the season for making wishes, here are some from me. Five things I ...
Our View: Poor turnout indicates indifference to church
It was a good thing that all the people of the Orthodox faith on the electorate were entitled to vote in the archiepiscopal elections, as the poor turnout illustrated the ...
Our View: It’s time for MEPs to show some support for constituents
The public is by now familiar with what has become known as the ‘Qatargate’ corruption scandal involving members and staff of the European Parliament, including the arrest of Greek MEP ...
University of Nicosia mourns the loss of Senior Vice Rector Emeritus Andreas Polemitis
Professor Polemitis was a pioneer of higher education in Cyprus
The University of Nicosia (UNIC) expresses its deep sadness on the passing of Professor Andreas Polemitis, who played a foundational ...
We must take advantage of our EU membership in solving the Cyprus problem
By Lakis Zavallis
The Eastern Mediterranean Think Tank is made up of ordinary civil society members who all have one thing in common: they care deeply about the future of ...
TC economy is far too exposed to and dependent on Turkey
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The key feature of the Turkish Cypriot economy (TCE) is its over-dependence on Turkey, mainly in terms of trade relations, financing of the ‘public’ ...
Nuclear Fusion: IN and OUT
Nuclear fusion, the ‘holy grail’ that would finally end all the world’s energy problems, has been receding into the future at the rate of about one year per year ...
Politically exposed persons cannot hide behind the personal data shield
I suspect that you are aware of the mega scandal that has recently erupted within the European Parliament and has led to the removal of Eva Kaili as vice-president. Eva ...
A tortured and deadly legacy: Kissinger and realpolitik in US foreign policy
By Jarrod Hayes
In 2023, Henry Kissinger will mark a century since his birth and more than 50 years of influence on American foreign policy. Kissinger’s centennial represents an important opportunity ...
Our View: Lack of consistency does not reflect positively on the presidency
As the day of his exit approached, President Anastasiades seems determined to leave office with his personal popularity on a high. This is an unrealistic objective for anyone who has ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: When pandering trumps principle
SUPREME ruler of the Dias media empire, Zeus Hadjicostis, I hear from a reliable source, has been on to Akel chief, Stef Stef, trying to persuade him to reach an ...
Prince Harry avenges death of Diana on Netflix
“They lied to protect my brother but did not tell the truth to protect us” is how Prince Harry summed up his gripe with the Palace in the latest Netflix ...