We must have no illusions about Turkey’s goals in the East Med
Turkey’s top priority is to consolidate its presence and its claims in the East Med, and it is doing so methodically under a plan By
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Scars of civil war mark Syrian family in Paphos
Eight-year-old Bilal needs surgery four years after Idlib bomb injury By Bejay Browne Over the eight years of Syria’s civil war, Bilal’s story has become
Prestigious funding award for young scientist
A summer internship at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics sparked an interest in the body’s immune system for Andrew Santiago-Frangos By Annette Chrysostomou
Why I can no longer attend the Queen’s birthday party
Letter to the British High Commissioner, Stephen Lillie I was invited and accepted your kind invitation to participate in the annual celebration for Her Majesty
Where religion and politics collide
From its name and design to who controls it, the grandiose Hala Sultan mosque is a symbol of the power struggle between the Turkish Cypriots
Cypriots are back in charge of the banks. We hope it’s different this time
By Demetris Theodorou This week was quite intense for Cypriot banks. The Bank of Cyprus announced a new CEO, appointed the pre-announced chairman of the
Monopolies, oligopolies and the state
Three elements which undermine Cyprus’ reunification prospects By Christos Panayiotides The growth of the Cyprus civil service since its inception in 1960 has been impressive,
Why I won’t be voting for Disy
By Marina Christofides A long time Disy voter will hold her nose and vote Akel next Sunday, here’s why Since the Cyprus problem is still
No citizenship applications received from Libya, minister says
Cyprus has not received a request from Libya asking the government not to grant citizenship to four of its nationals, nor were any applications made,
Nicosia ‘satisfied’ with Guterres report
Nicosia appears to be in general satisfied with the UN Secretary General’s report on his Good Offices mission in Cyprus – an unofficial copy of
Hotels catering to animal-loving tourists
Working with animal welfare groups to help improve lives of stray cats and dogs By Bejay Browne Hotels are catering to animal-loving tourists by teaming
Forget the Co-op debacle, let’s talk about the rain
The weather this winter has certainly been an excusable cause for comment, but why are we so obsessed with it? By Lizzy Ioannidou This newspaper
Book launch for Cyprus Mail political columnist
A book published last week by political commentator Christos Panayiotides will be officially launched on Tuesday at the Journalists’ House in Nicosia. ‘O Katantis’ has
Pitfalls of the velvet divorce
By Christos P. Panayiotides THOSE who talk about “the velvet divorce” as being the second-best solution to the Cyprus problem apparently have never gone through
Banking our DNA for future generations
The University of Cyprus has been awarded significant EU funding to expand its biobank, an important tool in fighting diseases By Annette Chrysostomou Biobanks, collections
Politicians won’t solve the Cyprus problem, but individuals can
By Alper Ali Riza Political leaders in Cyprus cannot agree the time of day let alone how to share a small island surrounded by a
Our View: US arms bill all part of president’s risky game
HOW paradoxical that as most opposition parties raved about the submission of the bill to Congress proposing the lifting of the US arms embargo on
Cyprus and Lebanon to negotiate gas exploitation agreement
Cyprus and Lebanon agreed to start negotiations on the exploitation of hydrocarbon reserves straddling the median line between their respective exclusive economic zones (EEZ), it
Happy birthday to Nato
Turkey is distancing itself from Nato just as Cyprus would finally love to join it By Alper Ali Riza Nato became 70 years old last