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NOTHING seems to be going well for Prez Nik these days. Just when the noise surrounding the passports business had died down, the Israeli spy...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: When Nicos met Mike… and John and Wess and Francis and Nikki
FROM THE coverage given to foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides’ visit to the US last week by the state broadcaster Rik, you would have thought he...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Prez Nik getting ready for another ‘loose’ TV show
WE ARE all waiting anxiously for Tuesday night when Prez Nik will unveil his latest Cyprob delaying tactic to TV audiences. The Prez will address...
Still loving the Coffeeshop
I was disappointed to read that the author of the Coffeeshop is in bother with his bosses. I do not subscribe to Facebook but would...
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...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: High diplomacy at our ministry of foreign delusions
THE SACRED cow of Cyprus politics, goody-two-shoes negotiator, Andreas Mavroyiannis, displayed his true self, at Wednesday night’s panel discussion in Washington, organised by the Atlantic...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The bloodless battle for the moral high ground
THE CYPROB is not just an issue of invasion and occupation as our enlightened rejectionists always like to remind us. The farcical row of the...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Tis the season for some folly
IN ITS 25 years of existence, I do not recall the Coffeeshop ever being open on Christmas Day, but there is always a first time....
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Keeping the negativity in the family
THE ETHNARCH must have been smiling up in heaven, assuming the Almighty forgives liars so there could be some politicians and lawyers in the mix...
Coffeeshop: Tales from the Fear Factory
THREE CHEERS for our good friend the Rector of the University of Cyprus (UCy) Constantinos Christofides (CC), for being the only member of our cowardly...