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Michalis Persianis

When economic reality collides with political reality

The electoral cycle, with societies becoming increasingly polarized and divided, makes the situation even more difficult. ...

Opinion

House prices are rising. Are we building homes people can afford?

The 8.5% rise in house prices in the second quarter of 2026 is a figure that rightly draws attention. For buyers, however, ...

Thanasis Photiou

Makis’ cashbox and the government’s two voices

A party leader who supports the government is publicly clashing, and in unusually strong terms, with a minister from the ...

Onasagoras

PoliticsBlog: Averof, the prince and Churchill

Churchill described the modern Cypriot political scene rather vividly when he said, ''Political opponents are merely people ...

Panayiotis Rougalas

Let them eat sponge cake

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, urged the poor of France to eat cake because they had no bread. And every now and then, ...

Onasagoras

PoliticsBlog: Averof, the Cyprus problem and the turncoats

Averof essentially announced his candidacy for 2028 yesterday. Of course, he said he would run only if this week’s news ...

Opinion

Cyprus returns to an A rating, but what happens next matters more

After 15 years, the Republic of Cyprus has once again secured an A rating from S&P. This achievement closes a major chapter ...

Pavlos Xanthoulis

Prestige, now and forever

The similarities in the way Mrs. Vassiliou has spoken about “prestige” suggest that her political education has, sadly, ...

Paris Demetriades

Substance and nomenclature

I am not saying that presidential elections are unimportant, or that it is unnatural for political discussions and ...

Dorita Yiannakou

Cyprus cannot afford another pension reform fiasco

When the government decides to introduce a new pension system almost half a century after the major reform of 1980, it has ...

Michalis Persianis

It’s alive!

When Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic and former OpenAI employee, resigned noisily on X, he warned that artificial ...

Opinion

Cyprus has reached the moment of truth with Turkey

The tragic events of 1974 unquestionably and fundamentally changed the realities of what has long been described as the ...

Athanasios Ellis

Why Chris Pappas’ Senate bid matters to Greece and Cyprus

In today’s world, one of the most important force multipliers for the Greek world is its presence and political influence ...

Opinion

GSI: Inside President Christodoulides’ mind

The entry of French company Meridiam as the majority stakeholder in the consortium behind the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) ...

Onasagoras

#PoliticsBlog: The limousine, the spin, and AKEL

Things really started to go off the rails with Christodoulides' classic Cypriot line. It was a bit reminiscent of Artemakis ...

Thanasis Photiou

Political fireworks and the reality of the British Bases

Following the drone strike on RAF Akrotiri on March 2, 2026, the President of the Republic chose, through his public statements, ...

Michalis Persianis

The evidence behind ‘sudden deaths’

Just as in Ireland, the courts in Cyprus will eventually have to prove their resilience as well. Few careers in journalism ...

Paris Demetriades

Why is Nepal drowning?

limate justice activists, environmentalists and scientists around the world have been warning us for years, apparently to ...

Thanasis Photiou

Buckle up, we’re gaining momentum!

Last May, the news was cause for celebration. So much so that, for a moment, you could almost believe that somewhere, in ...

Paris Demetriades

A little silence

How mature and sensible is it to take a position and form an opinion, sometimes a strong and forceful one, against the attitude ...

Opinion

Artemion, the Holocaust and the Israelis' title deeds

Any Jew who set foot in Cyprus was subject to immediate execution. No questions asked. The law was clear and absolute, and ...

Opinion

Listening to Europe, building its future

Once I was elected President of the European Council, I decided to visit each member state every year, to meet bilaterally ...

Onasagoras

PoliticsBlog: Foulis plots, the lights go out and Cyprus faces another ‘critical week’

While AKEL is revving its engines for 2028, with the party’s horses—thoroughbreds and otherwise—taking their places at the ...

Opinion

Hangovers are officially passé

The other day, dear reader, I found myself studying statistical maps that attempted to chart the drinking habits of the ...

Andreas Andreou

Should bad tenants have a ''Credit Score''?

Over the many years I have worked in the real estate sector, I have seen the Cypriot property market go through all kinds ...

Thanasis Photiou

When the Rule of Law becomes the real issue

The “Santis” case was flawed on structural, substantive and journalistic grounds. The investigative work was inadequate. ...

Onasagoras

#PoliticsBlog: Averof, Annita, Christodoulides and the lifeguards

At this time of year, as everyone slowly starts coming back from vacation, our thoughts keep drifting to young Nikos. He ...

Paris Demetriades

Can the sea be bought?

On summer mornings this year at Limassol’s urban beaches, among women doing water aerobics, teenagers playing football on ...

Onasagoras

Keep pushing and you’ll turn Drousiotis into a folk hero

''Cypriot justice cannot show inexcusable negligence and sluggishness in some cases, while displaying excessive haste and ...

Apostolos Kouroupakis

New faces, old problems at welfare and culture

In the recent Cabinet reshuffle, which tested both the patience of sensible citizens and the endurance of journalists, President ...

Opinion

Orson Welles, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Nolan’s Helen

Nolan’s film would have been received very differently during the decades of cultural revolution than it is today, at a ...

Opinion

A presidency falling short of the moment

So what’s the problem with the President? He does everything humanly possible to undermine exactly what he himself proclaims. ...

Opinion

Electricity: The lost opportunity

A healthy electricity market requires a sustainable electricity grid as basic infrastructure for the safe, reliable, and ...

Alexis Papachelas

Europe faces one shock after another

Europe is confronting enormous, almost existential, threats. Where do you even begin? Illegal migration has reached alarming ...

Thanasis Photiou

No fault, no accountability

As expected, there were those who wasted no time turning the incident into an opportunity for political point scoring. Apparently ...

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