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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, ...

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 of health and ...

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 ...

By Radosław Sikorski Browsing social media I have recently come across a map showing all the countries with GDP per capita higher than Poland’s back in 1990 and in 2018. ...

By Loukis Skaliotis Some time ago, I wrote in the Sunday Mail that US President Donald Trump’s policies instead of making America great again, would rather usher in the ...

Our president presented his promises for the remainder of his presidency on January 29. Of course I should say he re-presented his promises, since many of them were presented in his 100...

By Dannagal G Young It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second inaugural address. And so it is. The latest installment of that assertion ...

By Dee Ninis Greece’s government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island multiple times a day and sometimes only ...

By David J Galbreath The new US president, Donald Trump, has only been in office for a few days, but he has already changed his tune on the war in ...

By Branko Milanovic Almost never are witnesses to historical events aware they are observing or participating in a history-changing event. Often, the very protagonists of the historical events are unaware ...

By Savvakis C Savvides The recent debacle leading to the rush decision on how to proceed with the Larnaca marina project proves, yet again, that we never learn from our ...

By Loukis Skaliotis “Maybe the world isn’t ending after all. Or at least, not yet anyway.” The above would be a good summary of US President Biden’s (now ...

By Euripides Evivriades AI is not a distant challenge; it is already reshaping our economies, democracies and societies. However, the debate remains dominated by a few corporations amassing billions in ...

By Leontios Ierodiakonou Last week’s article ended on a pessimistic note, about six decades having passed since the first hostilities began. Many things have changed – the displacement of a ...