Energy security in the East Med
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine global energy geopolitics and trade flows have undergone massive realignments. With the Western embargo on Russian oil and gas, Europe has ...
Two-state policy in Cyprus is not an opening gambit but the end game
But it would never work because the RoC would have to relinquish sovereignty over areas not under its effective control, which is just not going to happen – not now, not ...
Yom Kippur: a short war 50 years ago
In 1973, 50 years ago on Friday, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, coincided with Ramadan, the Islamic lunar month of fasting. But nobody raised an alarm in Israel ...
Double hit for workers as inflation depresses real wages and drives taxes up
Short-term patchwork government measures to deal with cost-of-living crisis and persistent inequalities are not enough
By Les Manison
A report by the OECD on “taxing wages” reveals that the increase ...
A woman Chief Justice is a big deal
The appointment of Sue Carr last week as the first Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales is another first for the Conservative party. Chief Justice Carr was appointed by ...
Nasty men and women who admire them
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Yet another famous man is hitting headlines for alleged lewd, predatory behaviour towards women. Russell Brand wowed audiences with his audacious style – not for him the ...
Oil, diesel, petrol prices – it will get worse
As demand grows around the world, two top producers have cut output
Oil, diesel and petrol prices have only one way to go over the next few months: up. Brent ...
Hands off the Refugee Convention
In a speech in the US last week, UK interior minister Suella Braverman floated the idea that the definition of refugee under 1951 Refugee Convention needed to be tightened to stop ...
So Hard to Choose: Canada or the Quad?
First Prize: Two Fabulous Days in Beautiful Delhi! Second Prize: Four Days in Delhi!
Having to wait an extra two days in Delhi after the G20 while the Canadian armed ...
Access to justice in Cyprus at last
In England this happened in 1999 and in Cyprus this month so it was about time
The administration of civil justice in the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has a brand new ...
Cyprus’ digital quality of life
In the latest edition of the ‘Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index 2023’, Cyprus improved its ranking by six places to 31st worldwide in 2023, from 37th in 2022 and 35th in 2021 and 2020. ...
Oil industry faces ticking clock
Guyana is not a ‘hellhole country’ of the sort Donald Trump complained about when he said he wanted immigrants to come to the US from white places like Norway instead, ...
We must upgrade our electricity grid
This has now become a top priority for Europe, but for Cyprus too. Kadri Simson, the European energy commissioner, raised the stakes early September in an op-ed in the FT. ...
Finding life on other planets: both a triumph and unsurprising
By Gwynne Dyer
This week’s real news is the discovery of life on another planet. As Cambridge University’s Nikku Madhusudhan said in the first sentence of his report: “...
Armenia is making a mistake
The Armenians are a people of great antiquity – the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC – but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been ...
Extreme weather will have severe effect on economy
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The Cypriot economy depicted a satisfactory performance in the first half of 2023, including the tourism sector, despite the summer outbreak of weather phenomena and ...
Violence on refugees in Europe: a flaw in human nature
European leaders are torn between the human rights of refugees and the fear of local people of being swamped by refugees
The racist attacks on refugees in Limassol and Paphos ...
Cutting off our nose
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Liberty, equality, fraternity, a lovely thought to wrap around any flag. How many democracies live up to that? Liberty? Still mostly in evidence. Equality and fraternity? ...
Aphrodite ‘where art thou’? Chevron likely to stick to its proposal
Chevron is probably prepared to negotiate around its proposed FDP, but it will probably be on the details rather than the substance
It finally happened. Cyprus rejected Chevron’s updated ...
Viva Espagna campeones del Mundo
Sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss
By Alper Ali Riza
When the history of women’s football comes to be written it will be Spain’s 1-0 World ...
Trump could be banned from the office of president
The 14th Amendment could be used without a criminal conviction for insurrection
After last week’s column about world leaders facing criminal charges there have been developments in the Donald ...
Privacy and the unwanted
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Some in Cyprus won’t say they have adopted a baby, perhaps from the need to protect the child’s assumed identity or their private business. ...
Cyprus plan to reduce emissions unclear
Τhe EuroAsia Interconnector and Cyprus’ 2030 Energy Plan
Cyprus issued its draft updated National Energy and Climate Plan, 2021-2030, (NECP) for public consultation on July 21 and to the European Commission (EC) ...
Trump: the mills of the gods grind slowly
“The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine,” wrote Sextus Empiricus, a Sceptic philosopher who lived mainly in Athens and Alexandria almost 2,000 years ago. Justice may ...