Iran: a long nuclear fuse is lit
Maybe it was the fact that we were coming up on the tenth anniversary of the treaty Donald Trump destroyed that prompted him to start issuing threats to Iran again.
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Cyprus provides, and we should thank her
I have been writing many articles which look into the darker side of our humanity, and challenging relevant authorities to do better. As spring blossoms with its natural energy and ...
Istanbul mayor persistently harried by the judiciary
Turkey is in turmoil after Istanbul mayor and candidate for president Ekrem Imamoglu was charged with offences of bribery and corruption, which sparked sustained protests against the rule of President ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: If you want to meet Cyprus president, just block the highway
KYPROULLA will not contribute any troops to a European task force that would maintain the peace in Ukraine in the very unlikely event that Russia agreed to a ceasefire deal, ...
Our View: Cyprus’ international role no comfort to those struggling to make ends meet
President Nikos Christodoulides spends an awful lot of his time abroad, attending councils, conferences, exhibitions. Last week he was in Geneva, before flying to Brussels for a European Council, while ...
To avoid a Cyprob deadlock, it’s time to change tack
By Andreas Theophanous
On March 17-18, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chaired another five-party conference in Geneva on the Cyprus problem. President Nicos Christodoulides, the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ...
Our View: Europe must not waver on Russia sanctions
European leaders made the right decision in Paris on Thursday. More than two dozen heads of state and government unanimously agreed that sanctions on Moscow should remain until “peace has ...
Our View: Scaremongering should not shape education policy
“Shock at education committee: even rumours about human trafficking between students,” read a click-bait headline on a news website on Thursday. A newspaper was even clearer with the headline about ...
Our View: We need fewer, more productive civil servants not more of them
A bill to unfreeze 977 positions in the civil service this year was discussed at the House finance committee on Monday.
Several thousand positions had been frozen during the economic crisis ...
Those who do nothing are complicit
My early impressions of Cypriots were formed by friends introduced to me by my late husband, Andreas, a very good man, therefore the friends he chose were good people and ...
European optimism rises on the back of Trump’s erratic moves
US President Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking has given Europe an unexpected spur to action, but any sense of “Europhoria” about the region’s chances of turning this moment into ...
Our View: President set a bad precedent bowing to hunters’ demands
What happened on the Nicosia-Limassol highway on Sunday was beyond belief. Some 2,000 members of the Movement of United Cypriot Hunters (Kekk) blocked the Limassol-Nicosia highway in both directions for a ...
Electricity prices must come down
Given its importance to Cypriot consumers and industry, I am returning back to the burning subject of electricity prices. These must come significantly down now and not just wait for ...
Slow-moving EU may finally be waking up from its slumber
Most assessments of the developments and prospects of the EU are unfortunately negative. The EU is increasingly criticised for its inflexible policy decision making framework, excessive bureaucracy, inability to play ...
Construction halt the best way to save water
Swimming pools use relatively little water as they simply circulate the water that’s already there, but putting a cover on pools to stop evaporation in mid-summer would help. Irrigation ...
Bottled water still a rip-off
Recently travelled from Larnaca airport. The new regulations on water bottles are 60 cents for a 500ml bottle. When we got there all bottles were now 750ml for €1.90 and hiding at ...
Just give it to a committee
I saw the ‘diplomats’ all descending on Geneva, including the past president – who really didn’t want a solution when he was president. All having a good time at taxpayers’ ...
The priority in securing a ceasefire in Ukraine
It would be an exaggeration to claim that US President Donald Trump’s two-hour telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday was a failure, but by now I ...
Months’ wait for death certificate
The Famagusta district office has informed grieving families who applied for the issuance of the death certificate for their loved one that they had to wait until July to be ...
Of course journalists have morals
The Sunday Mail’s March 9 review of the movie Nightcrawler your reviewer writes: “A journalist with no morals, you say? Is there any other kind?”
Yes, there is.
I found ...
So many tragedies can be avoided if authorities acted responsibly
In 2016 – nine years ago – I was part of a campaign with experts and dedicated volunteers from Cyprus and abroad urging the authorities to implement specific measures to prevent tragedies like ...
West talks ceasefire in Ukraine, says nothing about Gaza
A stunning silence has greeted Israel’s deadly breach of Gaza ceasefire deal
There was an operational meeting in London last week of commanders of the so-called coalition of the ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: President Christodoulides, the smartest kid in the classroom
THE MORE I see Prezniktwo in action the more he reminds me of an insecure schoolkid constantly seeking the approval and praise of the grown-ups by boasting about his perfect ...
Our View: Geneva talks set modest goals, but will they deliver?
Everyone appears to have left Geneva relatively happy on Tuesday. It may be more accurate to say ‘not unhappy’ – anything else would be stretching it – because the anodyne outcome of ...