Cypriot presidents: Missed opportunities and bad choices
A new book on the island’s leaders says the first president was incapable of taking decisions that did not have general and universal acceptance Poor...
Makarios
Coronavirus: Paediatrics head brands complaining parents ‘spoiled’
Children are very cooperative when it is explained to them why they need to wear a face mask, head of the Makarios hospital’s paediatrics clinic...
Makarios was right to call the coup a Greek invasion
By George Koumoullis Archbishop Makarios’ speech at the UN Security Council, exactly 46 years ago, on July 19, 1974, was completed at 4.30pm New York...
Makarios of Kenya launches Nairobi food distribution in wake of pandemic
Metropolitan Bishop of Kenya, Makarios, has launched a campaign to distribute food to those affected by the economic crisis in the wake of the coronavirus...
Churchill and Nelson were not slave merchants
By Alper Ali Riza I never heard of Edward Colston, the 18th century slave merchant, Bristol MP and benefactor, whose statue was desecrated and dumped...
Makarios: a charismatic but destructive leader
By Christos Panayiotides Could it be, almost 40 years after his death, that the time has come to reassess Archbishop Makarios in an unemotional and...
Our View: Greece takes responsible approach with toned down rhetoric
Back in the days of Archbishop Makarios, when Greece’s government refused to follow his scheming or back his political brinkmanship, unflattering reports would appear in...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Foreclosures highlight we are the eternal victims
I CANNOT say I understood the half-baked solution the legislature came up with on Friday regarding the row with the president over foreclosures, but will...
Sirens sounded to mark coup anniversary
Sirens sounds at 8.20am on Sunday to remind Greek Cypriots of the start of the 1974 coup against President Makarios 44 years ago, which led...
Disciplinary inquiry into civil defence official’s coup praise
A civil defence officer is facing a disciplinary inquiry after he uploaded a post on his Facebook page praising the July 1974 coup against president...
