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History will be made in Ireland when the leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, becomes first minister as leader of the largest party in the Northern ...

‘Fascism is on the march everywhere!’ shrieked the headline on a recent think-piece by my least favourite foreign affairs commentator (who must remain nameless because I don’t want to ...

Israel was ordered to take all measures to prevent all genocidal acts, punish inciting genocide and allow humanitarian aid In a landmark ruling on Friday, the International Court of Justice (...

THE WAY THINGS ARE ‘It wasn’t just the pain of violent penetration when I was dry and ignorant of what was happening, it was also constant fear when he ...

Not all that long ago, attacking another country’s territory was still seen as a big deal. It was, in legal terms, an ‘act of war’, liable to have unpleasant ...

The plan to switch to gas-fired power generation seems subject to even more delays with consequent EU fines I was in the middle of writing this article when the Auditor ...

There were protests outside the British Sovereign Base Area (SBA) at Akrotiri in Cyprus last Sunday about its use in military operations against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and its ...

The two sides have had their day in court – one day each, actually. The seventeen judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have now retired to consider what interim ...

A new announcement by Special Representative Colon Straightup of Ununited Nations Farce Institute of Cyprus (UNFICYP) By Fahri Zihni Cypriots have a proud history of extraordinary théâtre de la ...

Freud’s famous observation has always been evident in the Cyprus problem. The new UN envoy will have her work cut out Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar was officially named last ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Old Cypriots say the youth have lost their traditional friendliness, heads in phones. Hope lives. While food shopping my card blanked, so I separated necessities and ...

Global energy will continue to be driven by security concerns in 2024, ahead of climate goals, as wars, conflicts and threats to supplies continue. Renewable energy systems (RES) will carry on ...

Israel is withdrawing some troops from Gaza, because the reservists who were called up for the fighting amount to 10-15 per cent of the country’s workforce and the economy ...

A busy couple of weeks for Israel’s legal minds It was an eventful New Year weekend for the legal community in Israel. Her judiciary managed partly to restore her ...

On Sunday, the last of 12,000 United Nations peacekeeping troops left Mali, ordered out by the military regime that seized power after two successive coups in 2020 and 2021. They leave behind them 310 ...

This year (2023) has probably been the hottest in the past 10,000 years – but everybody agrees that 2024 will be even hotter. That’s because we are now entering El Niño, the ...

Deaths in ongoing wars have resulted from the mistakes of a handful of politicians. When will they ever learn? Alper Riza’s review of 2023 Reviews of the year are obviously ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE You’ll read some articles relating to the celebrations around December 25 that include a health warning. Not just don’t overeat or drink but the F ...

Natural gas will continue to be part of the energy mix for some time to come, giving the island breathing room to sort out the challenges it faces COP28, the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The issue of climate change remains at the forefront of global attention. States, businesses, civil society organisations and experts met, under the auspices of ...

The political elite implements policies favouring the business elite, while cementing their own status and power Political capitalism broadly defined is an economic system in which the business elite and ...

We needed real commitments, but got greenwashing instead By Antrea Panagiotou The COP28 climate summit concluded with the main promise being to “transition away” from fossil fuels. Although the deal ...

The poet Horace foreshadowed the COP28 climate summit by more than 2,000 years when he wrote “Mountains will labour. What’s born? A ridiculous mouse!” A mouse that couldn’t bring ...

The aerial bombardment of civilians in densely populated cities began in earnest when Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany came to the assistance of their fellow fascists in Spain and bombed ...