Sahel region poses a real challenge for the EU
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The Sahel zone is located south of the Sahara desert and it stretches from the west coast of Africa to the east coast by ...
How Congress might look for Biden post midterms: The good, bad, and the ugly
By Jeff Mason, Richard Cowan and Heather Timmons
The midterm elections in the United States on Nov. 8 will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control each house of Congress, and the ...
Where are the policies?
Where is the real political marketing, where are the women in the elections?
By Irene Demetriou
When Margaret Thatcher ran for Britain’s most sought-after political position, modern political marketing ...
The PR industry is changing
Purpose Communications 9+1 PR trends coming in 2023
By Dimitris Ioannides
Over the past three years PR professionals across all industries have had to adapt, evolve and pivot to get their client ...
‘They’re making money off tragedy’
By Michele Ruyters, Greg Stratton and Jarryd Bartle
Netflix’s recent series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has stirred controversy over its apparent glamourisation of a serial killer and perceived ...
‘Killer robots’ will be nothing like the movies show – here’s where the real threats lie
By Toby Walsh
You might suppose Hollywood is good at predicting the future. Indeed, Robert Wallace, head of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service and the US equivalent of ...
Tatar’s request for a separate agreement with Unficyp: A legal reply
By Dr Andrestinos Papadopoulos
The statement by Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu published recently in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, could be characterised as an ultimatum. He was giving a ...
Football violence: A social curse
By Dr Panayiotis Mavros
The football match at Nicosia’s GSP stadium two weeks ago between Apoel and AEL resulted in violent incidents between the fans of the teams, who ...
Latest UN vote shows world wants Ukraine war to end – but can’t agree on how
By Stefan Wolff
Each time the United Nations gathers to debate and vote on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it becomes more obvious that the vast majority of the international ...
The Cyprus problem is characterised by conflicting goals at various levels
By Ioanna Achilleos Zavitsanaki
We so often hear the Cyprus issue being expressed in terms of a status quo, with the implication that we are faced with a static situation. ...
Turkey’s pursuance of an unusual economic policy
By Andreas Charalambous Omiros Pissarides
Largely due to its size and geopolitical factors, the Turkish economy continues to attract the interest of economic analysts.
The recent decision of the Turkish ...
Very few turtle nests at Lady’s Mile amid increasing human activity
It is possible for people and turtles to co-exist
By Panagiotis Georgiou
Lady’s Mile is a 5km long beach with exceptional ecological value, that supports a plethora of plants ...
Bilingual education: we need to be able to talk to each other
By Dr Panayiotis K Mavros
The permanent division of our country is in sight and it is our utmost duty to strive hard to unify Cyprus, turning it into a ...
Outpouring of anger shows Iranian woman’s death not in vain
By Special Correspondent
The killing of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s ‘morality police’ on September 16 has triggered a massive wave of national protest ...
What Italy’s Giorgia Meloni would mean for Europe
By Luigi Scazzieri
Italy’s election on September 25th is likely to result in a right-wing coalition government made up of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, Matteo Salvini’s ...
Bank of Cyprus bid makes case for lender buyouts
By Liam Proud
Banks usually make for tricky private equity targets. Turnoffs include demanding regulators and high leverage, which stops buyers from piling on further debt. But when prices are ...
The endemic Pinna nobilis is at risk as never before
Saving this fan mussel of significance in the region requires urgent action
By Valentina Fossati
The fan mussel Pinna nobilis has been an emblematic species of cultural and dietary importance ...
Gloomy outlook leading Turkish Cypriots to leave the island
A crashing economy is leading to a growing sense of hopelessness with many not being able to see a way out reports Esra Aygin
“From now on, the struggle for ...
Russia’s history of imperialism continues
By Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland
The outbreak of the Second World War, which began on September 1, 1939 with the invasion of Poland by the Nazi Third Reich, ...
Has the UK benefited from Brexit?
By St. John Coombes
Much of the reason for Brexit was for the UK to ‘take back control’ of borders, money and laws. The reason, so the argument went, was ...
China will not tolerate hollowing of the One-China Principle
Ambassador Liu Yantao explains how China’s complete reunification will be fulfilled
Recently, in disregard of China’s stern warnings, some forces hostile to China’s development made provocative visits ...
Brand audit clean-up: holding companies accountable
By combining people power with scientific data evidence, brand audits are a great tool for pressuring companies over their role in plastic pollution
By Victoras Pallikaras
Brand audit is a ...
Central banks up the odds in the fight against inflation
By Ioannis Tirkides
In a previous article, we published in these pages, titled, ‘A new era of monetary policy is just beginning’, we discussed the changing monetary landscape in the ...
Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict – interpreter
By Andrew Osborn
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was shocked and bewildered by the Ukraine conflict in the months before he died and psychologically crushed in recent years by ...