Our View: Was cause of Larnaca fire human stupidity?
At the start of every summer a lot of reassuring words are spoken about Cyprus’ preparedness for fire season. More…
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The illusion of the unitary state and the inevitability of federation in Cyprus
The decades-long effort to resolve the Cyprus problem has reached a definitive turning point. Years of frozen diplomacy…
Read at the original source →Our View: Is it a good idea to host other countries internal politics?
MEP Fidias Panayiotou has called for a ban on third countries from conducting election campaigns in Cyprus after a…
Read at the original source →Adaptive federalism: a new constitutional design for Cyprus
As the United Nations Secretary General prepares to visit Cyprus, perhaps the most important question is not simply…
Read at the original source →Energy may be Cyprus govt’s biggest economic challenge
With the energy sufficiency problems and power cuts that Cyprus is currently facing, energy will be one of the defining…
Read at the original source →The truth about Cyprus’ forgotten war crimes
There is a Turkish Cypriot saying that goes, ‘The one who told the truth was driven out of nine villages’. Perhaps no…
Read at the original source →Cyprus government policies are mean and unfair
Article 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus states that “Every person has the right to a decent existence…
Read at the original source →Federalism teaches that diversity is not a problem to solve
By Christoph Burgener In this excerpt from his speech, at the reception for the Swiss National Day, Ambassador of…
Read at the original source →Berlin’s wake-up call to Europe and Cyprus
The recent announcement by the coalition government of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding the ‘Revitalisation…
Read at the original source →All roads lead to Donald Trump
I have been writing this column twice a week for a long time, so I have a finely developed a sense for when the…
Read at the original source →Politics ain’t what it used to be
There were no tanks in Whitehall, the King is still on his throne and the BBC is not broadcasting putschist propaganda,…
Read at the original source →Tales from the Coffeshop: Proof our Nik has no interest in a Cyprus settlement
WARNING: If you are bored of the Cyprob, stop reading now. PREZNIKTWO was in defiant mood at the presidential place on…
Read at the original source →What Cyprus gets right about summer heat
By Dina-Perla Portnaar My phone almost exploded recently because of all those alarming weather reports in the Dutch…
Read at the original source →Our View: Power cuts expose years of neglect
Every year, at the height of the summer, we face the same problem. The Electricity Authority’s power stations had great…
Read at the original source →The Commonwealth’s greatest prize lies beyond the Games
By Gaston Browne Today, Glasgow will once again become the meeting place of the Commonwealth, as athletes and…
Read at the original source →Our View: Pragmatism replaces energy fantasy
Energy Minister Michael Damianos said that energy programme was proceeding according to the schedule, and the first…
Read at the original source →Our View: No delay in dealing with illegal campers
On Tuesday, on the instructions of the interior minister, trucks, accompanied by police, were sent to the beach front…
Read at the original source →Our View: Supervision of investment firms a delicate balancing act
The Peer Review Committee (PRC) European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) noted the progress made by the Cyprus…
Read at the original source →Trump and the threshold of pain
It would be so easy for Donald Trump to escape from the trap he has built for himself in the Persian Gulf. Just declare…
Read at the original source →Our View: World Cup final: the beautiful game turns ugly
In the end, the eagerly awaited World Cup final, between two footballing powers, turned out to be a very disappointing…
Read at the original source →Andy Burnham bets political future on remaking Britain’s centralised state
Andy Burnham, Britain’s next prime minister, is staking his premiership on a goal that has eluded most British leaders:…
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