Tales from the Coffeeshop: The art of diplomacy for public consumption
YOU COULD not help but share the genuine anguish of Dr Eleni Theocharous about our weakened defences, “ at a time when Cyprus is being...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Virus fears extra-high among the chronically lazy
I HAVE never been a great socialiser and the older I get the more reclusive I become, something my friends would testify to, given the...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Half-baked half measures against virus don’t add up
THE TEMPORARY closing of four checkpoints by our government, in order to protect us from the spread of the coronavirus, came with an official certification...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Bad loans and non-performing MPs
MALE chauvinism may be in decline in this remote corner of the EU, but the House of Representatives still flies the flag, from time to...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Doing a lot to get nowhere fast
BOOSTED by the success of the informal dinner with the UNSG in Berlin, which received rave reviews, Prez Nik’s government made another revelation to illustrate...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Palace tries some Humpty Dumpty PR
ALL IS NOT well at the presidential palace, where Prez Nik seems to be permanently in a foul mood that he reportedly takes out on...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Major progress as leaders become ‘quite focused’
SPEAKING on Trito on Saturday morning, education minister Costas Hambiarouis said he was shocked to hear about the Muslim student that was sent home by...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Kyproulla’s new sacred cash-cow
THE NATIONAL health scheme Gesy is the new sacred cow of Kyproulla, having overtaken auditor-general Odysseas as the institution that must be religiously respected at...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Wanted: new ‘bad demon’ after Brexit
IN THE END, our irrepressible foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides secured the maximum punitive measures the EU was willing to take against Turkey, which, were not...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Starters, main course, two states, dessert
THE CYPROB is obviously not a hot topic of conversation at social dinners any more. In fact, it may have gone completely out of fashion...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Big win for clichés in Euro elections
THE DARLING of the pro-solution peaceniks, Niyazi Kizilyurek, whom they declared a sacred symbol of peace and unity, secured the MEPs big fat salary last...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Parasites have no shame
THE MISERABLE leader of the public parasites, Glafcos Hadjiklamouris, felt so hurt by the barrage of well-deserved abuse levelled against his blood-sucking members, after the...
Coffeeshop: Naughty Turkey’s big incentive to behave
THE WAY the tripartite summit, with the ad hoc participation of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, was reported by some you would have thought the...
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...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Was the collapse of the Co-op a conspiracy theory?
WAS THE collapse of the Cooperative Central Bank (CCB) a well-plotted conspiracy aimed at boosting the size of Hellenic Bank? This is what a skettos-drinker...
Coffeeshop: Buttering up the parasites is a slippery slope
HE MIGHT be a hot-headed populist, he might not be feared like emperor Odysseas, but his public shit-stirring is highly entertaining, even if it is...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A new international niche for Kyproulla
MANY people will have thought the report that Kyproulla’s international construction company J&P was in such deep financial trouble it had not paid its staff...
Coffeeshop: Another fine mess but no Yanks to the rescue
STATE broadcaster CyBC raised everyone’s hopes when it reported on Tuesday that the “US presence in the Mediterranean is strengthened, with an aircraft carrier in...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Our Cyprus: purges, Dikheads and the spoils of power
THE POETIC clichés continued even after the ‘festival of democracy’ ended on Sunday evening and almost three quarters of registered individuals exercised the ‘sacred right...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Saudi visit eclipsed by EEZ blunder
STUDENTS and ministers who had gathered for the presentation of Prez Nik’s masterplan for the next five years were getting rather twitchy on Tuesday waiting...
