Which way will Brics go in changing world order?
Indonesia’s recent accession to the Brics coalition highlights the ongoing and ambitious efforts of its member countries to create a rival to the G7, the alliance of the world’...
Taking Trump seriously but not literally is the only way
Walking back statements the Trump makes as president is keeping the White House busy
How to judge US President Donald Trump’s plan to resettle the Palestinians of Gaza and ...
Our View: Cyprus has no good solutions for its water crisis
The news that yet another golf course, Limassol Greens, will be opening this summer isn’t shocking in itself, but the timing is unfortunate.
Golf courses are notorious water guzzlers – ...
Trump’s plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza won’t dampen Palestinian resistance
Maha Nassar
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US should “take over” Gaza, displace its current population and turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East” is ...
Our View: Hooliganism is symptomatic of something deeper
Football hooliganism is back in the headlines with the cabinet approving a new bill allowing the government to take “decisive” action, including banning away fans from football matches.
The recent ...
Our View: Passing the buck on airbags scandal not going to cut it
Hands up anyone who thinks there will be full accountability for the Takata airbags scandal that has resulted in the deaths of two young people that we know of and ...
Our View: Cyprus pushes solar power then wastes it
Cyprus is throwing away more and more renewable solar energy every year as production increases through the unprecedented proliferation of PV parks and government home schemes but with nowhere to ...
Trump’s Gaza stunner builds on his expansionist aims, from ‘America first’ to ‘America more’
President Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping statement that he would like the U.S. to take control of and redevelop the Gaza Strip might have sounded like it came from nowhere, ...
However foolish, Trump is real threat to Canada
US President Donald Trump’s imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian exports to the United States, which has been temporarily suspended, cannot be justified by the false claim ...
Our View: Why don’t we care about destruction of our heritage?
In the end, the outcry over the demolition of an iconic and beautiful 1930s building in the centre of Nicosia last weekend wasn’t just a social-media outcry.
The Cyprus ...
Our View: Political point scoring over crossing points
With UN Assistant Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo due to visit Cyprus within a week, it is not clear yet whether the two Cypriot leaders will have a second meeting beforehand on ...
Debunking myths about gas to Europe
As the development of Cyprus gasfields gets closer, so the claims about their importance in supplying Europe’s gas needs get louder, totally oblivious to whether Europe needs such gas, ...
Cyprus has been the testing ground of every unproven idea
By Kerry Abbott
The UN counts on a rules-based order, bereft of most means of enforcement. In Cyprus there are good offices, a peacekeeping force and numerous peace efforts by ...
The devil is in the details
I watched on Wednesday the speech of President Nikos Christodoulides about the government’s action plan for 2025. It was a masterful performance outlining the myriad targets that his government is ...
President’s address: empty economic and social policies
In presenting his ‘State of the Republic’ address on Cyprus on January 29, President Nikos Christodoulides stressed that the goal of the policy actions to be taken in 2025 would be “to ...
80th anniversary of the banality of evil
Last week was the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945 when the true horror of the Nazi crimes against the Jewish people was exposed as the ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: End of the road for Cyprus’ darling ‘Gold Bar Bob’
KYPROULLA was back in the international news last week but not under its new brand as a squeaky-clean regional pillar of safety and security, but as the base of the ...
Our View: Parents’ groups simply helping teachers dumb down public schools
There is no other country in the world in which parents’ associations of schools and teaching unions dictate the admissions policy and the courses of public universities. Union mentality is ...
Harsh anti-immigration policies put in place by rich countries won’t last
By Alan Hirsch
Donald Trump, America’s new president, has cut back massively on US commitments to asylum seekers, blocked all asylum processes and started to remove irregular immigrants.
Trump’...
Our View: Government silence on Israeli security presence raises concerns
The government’s failure to deny reports about the presence of Israeli security personnel at the perimeter of the Larnaca Airport fence and in the air traffic control-tower was not ...
Our View: Christodoulides’ speech heavy on promises, light on substance
There was an election character to President Nikos Christodoulides’ televised presentation of his government’s plans for 2025. He had invited ministers, state officials, senior civil servants and party representatives to ...
When does an actor stop, and AI begin?
By Amy Hume
The Brutalist has drawn attention this week for its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to refine some of the actors’ dialogue. Emilia Pérez, a musical crime ...
Our View: Lack of landlord protection a major reason for empty properties
Under pressure to tackle the issue of high rents, the government took two bills to the legislature which it hopes would increase the supply of housing and push down prices.
‘...
Where do you come from?
Once, when this question was asked, it was out of interest and the person being asked need not take fear it actually translating into ‘You don’t belong/come from ...