Turkey, Israel and our perceptive analysts
By Loucas Charalambous WHAT was this latest calamity to hit us? Israel and Turkey have restored their relations. And they will co-operate, according to the...
Loucas Charalambous
CyBC’s absurd, selective patriotism
ON JUNE 9 the CyBC announced a ‘national’ achievement. It decided not to show the adverts of Turkish Airlines (THY) during its broadcasting of the...
A glimpse into the ethical past of ‘clean hands’ Lillikas
By Loucas Charalambous GIORGOS LILLIKAS, the leader of the Citizens Alliance, speaking during the submission of the candidatures last Wednesday made the following impassioned plea:...
If only we could bring back the Annan plan
By Loucas Charalambous The more I hear our political demagogues cursing the Annan plan and pompously declaring that they would secure a better settlement, the...
Non-revelations from a pseudo-patriot
By Loucas Charalambous WHAT surprises is not the pseudo-patriotic bravado of EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos but that President Anastasiades and his associates sounded so surprised...
Criminal squandering on defence, as hospital waiting lists spiral
I HAVE dealt with the infamous issue of defence and arms spending many times in the past pointing out three things. First, with the way...
DISY’s original high ideals have been sullied
By Loucas Charalambous For some time now, there has been an anomaly in DISY that angers people like myself who were involved from the start...
Shameful truth behind SGO ‘national wealth’
By Loucas Charalambous A DAY rarely goes by without some report about the staggering squandering of public money in semi-governmental organisations. These organisations, which our...
Tax evasion and its protectors in high places
By Loucas Charalambous On July 1 President Anastasiades announced that the cabinet had just approved “sweeping tax reforms”. Speaking on the same day before a...
Political simpletons are letting Greek Cypriots down
By Loucas Charalambous EVERY DAY that passes, with the talks procedure in the balance – mainly because of our side’s tactical manoeuvres – reinforces the...
