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Alex Jones and Boris Johnson – pioneers in the new politics

August 14th, 2018 By John Lloyd Two men of influence – the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the politician Boris Johnson – now face media bans and/or ridicule for what...

Our View

Our View: Cyprus’ fears over migrant scheme are justified

August 14th, 2018 GOVERNMENT reservations over Cyprus being included among EU member-states where processing centres for refugees and migrants arriving on Union soil would...

Coffeeshop

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Early release for Tricky Ricky

August 12th, 2018 RIKKOS Erotokritou, the former deputy attorney-general also known as Tricky Ricky, has been released from prison where he was doing time for corruption and...

Opinion

The investigation of murder is a human right

August 12th, 2018 Thanks to the guts and professionalism of the journalist Mihalis Theodorou of Politis we now know that the perpetrators of the murder of ten Turkish Cypriots...

Our View

Our View: Teachers have declared war. The government must win

August 12th, 2018 THE INTENTION of teaching unions to stage an indefinite strike from the start of the new school year is a declaration of war. This can no longer be classed as...

Opinion

The rise of democratic authoritarianism

August 12th, 2018 By Andonis Vassiliades There is a crisis facing democracy but it is not new. For far too long, democratic governments have been consistently reneging on...

Opinion

Twenty years max to stop Hothouse Earth

August 12th, 2018 It would be churlish to ask what took them so long. Let us be grateful, instead, that the climate scientists are finally saying out loud what they all knew...

Opinion

Calamities and divine justice

August 12th, 2018 A big uproar – not only among intellectuals, but also among ordinary people – greeted the comment by the Greek bishop that the recent killer fires in...

Opinion

The ruling class’ lukewarm approach to reunification

August 12th, 2018 FOR SOME time now, I have been struggling to understand why the ruling class in Cyprus on both the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot side is lukewarm to...

Cyprus

LNG back in the limelight

August 12th, 2018 By Charles Ellinas With Noble, Delek and Shell requesting to renegotiate their Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with Cyprus, and particularly the formula...

Letters

Doing what Brits abroad do best

August 12th, 2018 The British retire to Cyprus for a quiet life, sitting on their porch they quickly become bored and look for something to occupy their time, and the devil...

Our View

Our View: If shopkeepers are depending on passing cars for trade they should move

August 11th, 2018 THE OWNERS of shops along Limassol’s Misiaouli and Kavazoglu Street are once again threatening action, in an attempt to stop the municipality’s re-design...

Opinion

The battle of Arginusae and the president’s dilemma

August 11th, 2018 By Stelios Orphanides THE Athenian victory over Sparta in the sea battle of Arginusae in 406 BC was decisive. It could also have allowed Athens to emerge...

Guest Columnist

The Iranian regime threatens the region

August 11th, 2018 By Sammy Revel DURING the trilateral summit between Cyprus, Greece and Israel in May 2018, the leaders of the three countries expressed their commitment to...

Opinion

Our View: State’s plan for ‘a little privatisation’ of Cyta is doomed to fail

August 10th, 2018 A FEW WEEKS ago, we wrote that the takeover of the MTN operations in Cyprus by Monaco Telecom SA should sound alarm bells at state-controlled Cyta and for all...

Our View

Our View: State should accept Archbishop’s offer to axe religious school holidays

August 9th, 2018 PERHAPS the motives of Archbishop Chrysostomos were vengeful – embarrassing protesting teachers - in suggesting the abolition of five religious holidays from...

Our View

Our View: Finance Minister’s CCB role deals his reputation a blow

August 8th, 2018 Finance minister Harris Georgiades has not exactly improved his standing with his handling of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, which was under his authority for...

CM Regular Columnist

1918: history on the turn of a coin

August 7th, 2018 On 8 August 1918, one hundred years ago on Wednesday, it finally became clear who was going to win the First World War. Nine Canadian and Australian...

Our View

Our View: Journalists making absurd claims over glossary

August 7th, 2018 JOURNALISTS are not prepared to allow the issue of the controversial Glossary for Journalism in Cyprus to be forgotten. They insist on keeping it alive even...

Guest Columnist

Cyprus economy in wonderland

August 5th, 2018 By Savvakis C Savvides Politics in Cyprus reminds me of the dialogue between the Cheshire cat and Alice, in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", when...

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