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By Dimitri Gonis Friedrich Nietzsche once quipped that ‘God learnt Greek when he wanted to become an author’. On the April 14, 2025 Unesco agreed with him, formally recognising Greek as “the ...

By Miranda Xafa In 1944 the victorious countries of World War II were invited to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to decide the postwar world economic order and the architecture of the ...

By Miranda Xafa Trump’s tariffs dominate discussions about the global economic order and the outlook for the global economy at the IMF’s Spring Meetings. Existing rules are being ...

By Joshua McElwee As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive non-Italian pontiffs, to give the papacy ...

By Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades Cyprus is committed to reducing the number of fatal and serious injury car accidents. This is the primary objective of the Road Safety Council, which ...

A review and the way forward By Andreas Theophanous When Cyprus joined the EU, there were high expectations in all aspects. First and foremost, there was the belief that the ...

By Charalambos Charalambous In today’s fast-paced world, where stress is often a daily companion, healthy nutrition and regular exercise are not optional luxuries – they are essential pillars for a ...

By George M. Georgiou “By spending more on defence, we will deliver the stability that underpins economic growth, and will unlock prosperity through new jobs, skills and opportunity across the ...

Donald J Trump is reinstating protectionist rhetoric, using tariffs (taxes on imports) as a tool for reindustrialisation, political pressure and wealth redistribution, while the American elite continues to support him, ...

April to June are the months where students and parents alike go through the hellish exam period in schools and universities. This year, it is a no less testing period ...

By Loukis Skaliotis The cat is finally out of the bag. April 2,2025, ‘Liberation Day’ as Trump called it will go down in history as the day America broke up with ...

By Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol More integrated EU defence policy implies greater foreign-policy integration and a larger role for the European Parliament to provide accountability.  The current debates about bolstering the European ...

By Loukis Skaliotis During the four years that President Donald Trump was out of the White House, he spent them not only in planning his return, and the retribution he ...

By Andreas Theophanous On March 17-18, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chaired another five-party conference in Geneva on the Cyprus problem. President Nicos Christodoulides, the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ...

By Charalambos Charalambous Many people associate physical fitness solely with exercise or sports. However, it is much more than that – it is the key to longevity and a life full ...

By Andreas Theophanous When Russia launched its attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the US, the EU and other Western powers had a strong reaction. Russia soon became “the most sanctioned ...

By Tim Kremer  Residents of Cyprus who have invested in solar energy are growing increasingly frustrated as their solar systems are frequently shut down by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (...

By Loukis Skaliotis I watched with dismay the press conference appearance of President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday, March 12. Like his other TV appearance last January, it was another polished performance, ...

By Loukis Skaliotis Worrying as world events have been in the last few days, at least they will prove useful in putting to rest the totally irrelevant, on and off ...

By Tim Potier It has been another bad week for the western world. Many have already commented on the argument in the Oval Office. I do not know whether a ...

By Maria Demertzis The need to accelerate defense spending is now inescapable. This is both feasible economically and will boost domestic demand in the short run, which will help the ...

By Loukis Skaliotis There is growing realisation in Europe that relying on itself for its defense is a top priority. President Trump’s “America first” policies have not taken long ...

By Andreas Theophanous When it was first announced that Nikos Christodoulides would run for the presidency, expectations soared. Yet, as time passed, doubts about his candidacy began to surface, revealing ...

By Kerry Abbott The round table meeting on Cyprus due to take place next month may be postponed. The reason has been heard before: no common ground. In a previous ...