Embracing the New Moon in June
On June 6 around 2:40pm, the New Moon graced the sky in the sign of Gemini. This celestial event holds profound significance for all of us.
June is barely a few ...
Our View: Centre parties now stand for nothing
The biggest losers of Sunday’s elections for the European parliament were the parties of the so-called ‘centre’ – Diko, Edek and Dipa – which saw their total support almost halved since 2019, ...
Following everyman Fidias on an unknown path
By Emily Petrou
Populism is a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
The best way to ...
Our View: Young influencer who swept the floor in Cyprus’ EU elections
Fidias Panayiotou, the 24-year-old, proudly apolitical YouTuber and TikToker with a natural talent for self-publicity, completely dominated Sunday’s elections for the European parliament. His independent candidacy, which offered literally ...
Europe’s far right seeks policy influence to match seat gains
Europe’s nationalist parties capitalised in the European Parliament election on voter disquiet over spiralling prices, migration and the cost of the green transition and will now seek to translate ...
Ignorance cost us half of Cyprus and put the rest at risk
During the negative political climate that followed the rejection of the Annan plan in 2004, a politically idiotic soundbite became very popular, calling for the “end of the policy of the ...
Time for change – radical change – in awarding tenders
It is clear from the spectacular failure of almost all major high profile projects this year that the whole system of tendering and awarding such projects is in disrepair and ...
A myth that freedom and democracy are under threat in 2024
President Joe Biden was in Normandy in France this week for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6 in which he gave a speech that drew a parallel ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Heatwave produced a whole lot of media hot air
THE BIGGEST news story over last few days has been that it was very hot. As if anyone in Kyproulla had not felt the scorching heat and had to be ...
Simple habits can save lots of water
After coming to live in Cyprus quite a few years ago, my husband and I decided that we would ‘do our bit’ to help with saving water! (In England, we’...
Our View: How real is the far-right threat to the European Union?
There is only one issue in today’s European parliament elections. How strong will the nationalist parties of the far right emerge? This has been the main talking point of ...
No one accepting responsibility for dangerous trees
I’ve lived in Cyprus for many years and own a property in Paphos. My income is a pension that goes straight to a Cyprus bank and I am a ...
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, dead in plane crash
By Peter Cooney and Steve Gorman
Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed “Earthrise” photo during Nasa’s ...
Cities contain pockets of nature – study shows which species are most tolerant of urbanisation
By Joseph Curti and Morgan Tingley
The Earth is losing animals, plants and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the planet is entering its sixth mass extinction. ...
European elections at a crossroads
By Ioannis Tirkides
This moment in the European elections is very different from the last one, five years ago. The starting conditions are different, the challenges are different. The priorities ...
Our View: Christodoulides lacks Cyprus problem plan, will blame Tatar
It was surprising the Cyprus News Agency correspondent in New York reported that the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin would continue her mission in Cyprus for another ...
Our View: Banks that are reluctant to lend are not good for the economy
The European Central Bank (ECB), as had been widely expected, reduced interest rates in the euro zone. It was a small reduction of 25 basis points, bringing the ECB’s key ...
Who really was Mona Lisa?
By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski
In the pantheon of Renaissance art, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stands as an unrivalled icon. This half-length portrait is more than just an ...
Pope Francis
Pope’s friends, observers try to make sense of homophobic PR disaster
Francis is a pope of many firsts: the first to use that name, the first from Latin America, the first from the Jesuit religious order. Since last week, he’s ...
Our View: Migrants in buffer zone are now Unficyp’s problem
Pressure on the government to take in the 27 migrants trapped in the buffer zone for close to a week is being stepped up by Unficyp and the UNHCR. On Wednesday, ...
Artificial intelligence or active intrusion?
This once-teen devoured sci-fi novels and it’s revelatory to watch as what knowledgeable and imaginative writers predicted becomes reality. Applications then lacked tech innovation, but with time, AI has ...
Our View: If private company was in charge, Nicosians would have a pool by now
The Nicosia municipal swimming pool will be closed for the fifth consecutive summer season in 2024. This is because the public bodies are singularly unable to manage a project with a ...
A little hope on climate change
It was technology that got us into this global climate crisis, and it will be technology that gets us out of it. Specifically, technology that lets us go on living ...
Our View: Teachers are at the heart of ‘human-centred’ schools
One of the key adjectives the president and his ministers routinely use to describe their policies is ‘anthropocentric’, or human-centred. It is one of those words, loved by the current ...