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Politically exposed persons must shed their clothes At last! The Georghadjis List has been published. It is a list of politically exposed persons indebted to the “institutional” banks operating in ...

NOT many people know that Chrysostomos is one of Mozart’s many names. His full name is Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. The current Archbishop of Cyprus is also a ...

This week’s demolition of listed buildings in old Nicosia proves yet again that the Church reigns supreme THE ILLEGAL and arbitrary demolition of the listed buildings in Nicosia’s ...

Qatar and ‘Arab Quartet’ deal may prove too thin a piece of paper to cover major regional cracks After three-and-a-half years of hostility between Qatar and the ‘Arab Quartet’ – Egypt, ...

China’s Xinhua news agency tactfully described the Burmese army’s seizure of power on Monday as a ‘cabinet reshuffle’. This suggests a possible new approach for Donald Trump’s ...

By Richard Dickenson We generally seem to think of things like chlorine, phosgene, cyanide and neurotoxins such as novichok as the world’s dangerous chemicals. But I’d like to ...

By Baroness Warsi Britain and its allies in the West have always been stronger when exhibiting a common front in the face of internal disagreements. In the face of Brexit, ...

Developments show the vulnerability of Cyprus which continues to push projects for perceived political purpose Hydrocarbon exploration activities around Cyprus remain at a standstill, partly due to the continuing impact ...

The system of governance in Cyprus is based on the 1960 constitution and is meant to be a presidential (as opposed to a parliamentary) system. The system, originally introduced under the ...

They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence programme in Prague this month, to mark the invention of robots (or at least the idea of ...

A distinction without difference? Is there a difference between a two-state solution and ‘TRNC’ recognition? A webinar organised by the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations last week addressed this impossible ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou January swept in coquettishly pretending to be April, the warmth enticing roses to unfurl. Then, when the brute had us all fooled ...

By Gwynne Dyer When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Sunday after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB domestic spy agency, the regime-friendly ...

The evidence is found in the president’s embrace of a two-state solution By George Koumoullis In political science, the term ‘democratic deficit’ refers to a deficient level of democracy ...

The people have the right to know By Christos P Panayiotides I have had diametrically opposed reactions to my article of last Sunday with some readers enthusiastically supporting my views ...

By Alper Ali Riza Inauguration Day in the US is the living embodiment of the American constitution, which I proffered as a model for Cyprus last week. A model is ...

After a four-and-a-half year hiatus, Turkish and Greek representatives are set to meet again in Istanbul this Monday, for the 61st round of ‘exploratory talks’ between the Aegean neighbours. Yet, ...

By Dick Richards ‘Oy,’ he shouted up the stairs. ‘Sounds as though Caesar Augustus has got his knickers in a twist again. He’s had another of his bloody brainstorms, ...

Joe Biden is thrice blessed. Not only did he win the Democratic nomination and then the presidential election, but as a result of the events of January 6 he takes office ...

By Andreas Charalambous Based on current evidence, the next months are expected to be extremely challenging. The return to normality will still take some time and facing up to the ...

The world is moving on, a new US government, the EU green deal, Greece-Turkey relations, but Cyprus is stuck in the same refrain THE departure of President Trump and the ...

The Greek Cypriot leadership must come to its senses. The time for acrobatics is over In my article on Sunday, December 20, I said: “I dare to predict that in February ...

Hardly ever has a head of state or government in the Western world experienced the kind of political trauma that President Trump has been going through. On occasions, it has ...

An electoral college adapted to Cyprus would allow a political dynamic between Greek and Turkish Cypriots to develop The UN Secretary-General complained there is no agreement on the model for ...