The cult of self-congratulatory business awards
By Nicholas Karides Last month the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm bestowed its international award, the Nobel Prize, on economists, physicists and chemists...
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Changing priorities threatens viability of EastMed gas pipeline
With Europe no longer needing gas supply diversification and its sharpened green focus, is the pipeline more of a pipedream? By Charles Ellinas After a...
Many legal deficiencies in Napa rape claim trial process
I have been following the media reporting on the prosecution of the teenager from Derbyshire on a charge of public nuisance. I must state, in...
EEZ tensions to rise in 2020
Greece’s EEZ dispute with Turkey stokes fears of tension By Elias Hazou This year may prove extremely dicey in the eastern Mediterranean, worse even than...
Homophobic bishop most-read website story in 2019
Most of the top 10 viewed stories of 2019 on the Cyprus Mail website were predictable: you would expect the reports of Cyprus first known...
Why I visit the occupied part of Cyprus
By Christos Panayiotides Many people ask me why I occasionally visit the occupied part of Cyprus. There are many reasons. Most importantly, I go because...
Winter in the garden
We are so lucky that there are many plants that grow well in our gardens during the winter months which started life in the southern...
Should Cyprus nominate the ECHR for the Nobel Peace Prize?
I refer to the report by Nick Theodoulou which was published on your newspaper’s website on December 18. I wonder whether the decision to nominate...
Our View: we need a sense of perspective over EastMed pipeline
THE POLITICAL celebrations that followed the signing of the agreement for the construction of the EastMed pipeline were understandable. Not only had the doubters of...
Cyprus justice in the dock
Proper procedures would have protected both suspect and police in Napa rape claim case By Evie Andreou The guilty verdict this week of a young...
2019 – On bees and bats
What do bees and bats have in common, and why does the subject deserve to be what is the most important story I would like...
EastMed deal to be signed on January 2
Cyprus, Greece, and Israel will be signing an agreement in Athens on January 2 for the construction of the EastMed pipeline, seen as a response...
Cyprus, Germany discuss strengthening cooperation
Cyprus and Germany on Wednesday discussed cooperation between the two countries and explored ways of bolstering it on bilateral and European levels. Relations between the...
A system that serves the few at the cost of impairing the real economy
By Savvakis C Savvides The political scientist Joseph Schumpeter put forward the concept of ‘creative destruction’ which has become core in neoclassical economic thinking. It...
Future of gas in Asia, and what it means for Cyprus
By Charles Ellinas This is a follow-up to the article I wrote two weeks ago about the future of gas in Europe and its impact...
The inherent contradictions in the Greek Cypriot positions
By Christos P. Panayiotides I HAVE identified a number of inherent contradictions in the positions taken by the Greek Cypriots in seeking a solution to...
Auditor-general’s interference in ombudswoman’s office an infringement
Stern message issued by 14 European ombudsmen during Nicosia conference Cyprus runs the risk of being exposed to the Venice Commission of the Council...
Turkey-Libya accord bodes ill for Cyprus
There’s a very good reason why the EU response has been so lukewarm By George Koumoullis I SUSPECT the broader public has not realised how...
Greece says Libya-Turkish deal invalid, in bad faith
Greece has lodged objections to the United Nations over an accord between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries as a violation of international law,...
