Impressions, assumptions, drunks and queues
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou In a queue at a Nicosia hospital (pre Gesy) a woman made an enquiry of the person registering
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Freedom of the press
By Richard Dickenson It’s all a matter of priorities, and the vital process of prioritising is a feature that lots of us don’t seem too
Old boys and older girls
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou It was an Irish ladies’ night out, ladies without male companionship, widowed or divorced, so the chat eventually
To begin at the beginning
By Richard Dickenson It seems that when the universe first appeared, and there is, as yet, no firm evidence that it was on a Monday
From the mouth…
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Living in a women’s hostel in the UK gave this small town girl who had left Ireland at
Decisions, decisions
By Richard Dickenson Isn’t life just full of them? Every last one of them important decisions. Do you support Liverpool or Spurs? Were you rooting
Ranting and raving
By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Facebook can be a pleasure or a pain. I love keeping in touch with people I don’t see often or people
The days of the drones
By Richard Dickenson Despite what some readers may think not all British drones are to be found living it up within the confines of the
Sri Lanka: A fairy-tale ending or new crisis?
YOU could write a heart-warming fairy-tale about the turbulent events in the island nation of Sri Lanka in the past two months. It would involve
Candidates reinforce idea that politics is about transactions
INTEREST in the presidential elections is very low with only a few weeks left before the vote. Apathy rules, with the public disengaged and the
Cycling is no longer safe, unless attitudes change
THE tragic death of the 13-year-old boy Damianos Pachy, who was hit by a car while cycling with friends on a country road on Wednesday,
Coffeeshop: Of mice and men: the best plans for financial cover-ups
AFTER years of foot-dragging and lame excuses by the parties, the eagerly-awaited law that would allegedly introduce transparency and combat corruption by forcing our
Whistleblower mayor Phedon Phedonos has got it right
PAPHOS Mayor Phedonas Phedonos knows very well how to stir things up. He has done it on several occasions, since first elected, to good effect.
Too much hype over drillship’s activities
THE arrival of the West Capella drillship in Block 11 in the early hours of Wednesday and the reaction of the Turkish government have dominated
‘Strategy for youth’ is out of place and out of time
“A COMPREHENSIVE strategy for the young that was designed by the young themselves, was approved by the Council of Ministers today,” reported the Cyprus News
Our View: Is Ross the only one who sees a benefit from Brexit?
WILBUR ROSS, the main shareholder and vice chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, saw an opportunity for Cyprus that was created by Britain’s decision to
Our View: Testing period for EU, as Britain in uncharted territory
IN THE end, the majority of Britons decided to take the big leap into the unknown, voting to leave the EU and, as Brexit campaigners
Politics makes ‘loving’ bedfellows
By Steven G. Traylor TODAY’S times have changed; or have they really? The world, and especially eastern Europe, is familiar with the famous photograph of
Legal opinion does not bode well for Cypriot depositors case (Updated)
EU courts have no jurisdiction to hear actions for annulment against the Eurogroup statement of March 2013 or the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as neither
Our View: Ambelopoulia stunt a clever bit of campaigning?
WITH parliamentary elections only five months away – assuming they are not postponed because of the Cyprus talks – parties have already begun the hunt