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Opinion

Reality or narratives?

Our perception of history is often misleading, especially when we fail to break free from the mind's knee-jerk reaction ...

Opinion

Alan Greenspan, the ''Maestro''

Alan Greenspan's tenure as head of the Federal Reserve became known as the "Great Moderation". This era was more than enough ...

Paris Demetriades

From dead end to one-way street

The distraction caused by our phone screens, which might not actually be so smart after all, has become yet another frustrating ...

Costas Iordanidis

The right side of history is never guaranteed

President Trump has a well-known fondness for grand, gold-trimmed settings, and he has openly expressed his admiration for ...

Onasagoras

Politics Blog: Europe gets hotter, politics gets stranger

We got the EU Presidency, and suddenly everything started moving at higher speeds—climate change included.

Opinion

Limited-liability pension reform

The government's focus for the rest of the year will be low pensions. The government's plan is to grant pension increases ...

Opinion

The report is only the beginning

The publication of the Independent Authority Against Corruption's findings has put Cyprus at a critical moment. The report's ...

Onasagoras

#PoliticsBlog: Exceptions, trolls, Avvakoum and leaks

Little Nikos (Nikos Christodoulides) greeted the latest Mafia State developments with visible discomfort, while his beloved ...

Costas Iordanidis

The real story begins the day after

The attack on Iran was planned and executed by two leaders alone: U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister ...

Opinion

Where are the Iranians?

Whatever happened to the Iranians who greeted the first American bombs with relief and celebration? They now stand alongside ...

Thanasis Photiou

A reality check for us Cypriots

Yesterday's report by the Independent Authority Against Corruption on the book *Mafia State* is a significant institutional ...

Onasagoras

Politics Blog: Mafia state, Nikaros and the Cyprus problem

The report on the so-called ''Mafia State'' affair and everything related to former President Nicos Anastasiades was released ...

Paris Demetriades

A German expat’s view of Cyprus is going viral—and it’s raising questions

''Hello, I’m Ben. Cyprus was never part of my plans, and this is my story,'' writes a German-born photographer and entrepreneur ...

Michalis Michaelides

Does money bring happiness?

A colleague’s question at the office came completely by chance just a few hours after I watched a video of Mehmet from Kato ...

Paris Demetriades

Popcorn entertainment and seriousness

From its formulaic treatment of the trauma of 1974 to references to landmarks that miss the mark, such as calling Nicosia's ...

Opinion

Cyprus and Europe's unfinished question

Jean-Claude Juncker has with Cyprus what he himself describes as “a long-standing friendship.” A relationship that dates ...

Opinion

Schengen membership, but how?

On January 15, 2026, President Nikos Christodoulides said that ''a huge effort is underway, and by the end of 2025 we will ...

Opinion

Addiction is nicotine’s greatest trick

“Quit before a doctor makes you quit.” Unfortunately, I stopped smoking only after it had already caused the damage doctors ...

Opinion

The population crisis hiding in plain sight

Europe is aging, and so are Greece and Cyprus. In all three cases, the average age of the population is rising while birth ...

Opinion

Veto or not?

Events are unfolding quickly. Germany is stepping up its push for major institutional reforms within the European Union, ...

Michalis Michaelides

Coffee shop conversations

In the coffee shops of the Cypriot countryside, the atmosphere is shaped by the conversation. Every time, in fact, it is ...

Opinion

What antisemitism really is

Racism is when “the well-known anarchist group, dressed uniformly almost like a militia, once again marched in formation ...

Opinion

Composure

The people have spoken, and true democrats are those who accept the will of the electorate without conditions. Democracy ...

Pavlos Xanthoulis

15 Years

President Christodoulides announced that he will seek a collective European response to the new legislation Tayyip Erdogan ...

Paris Demetriades

No more noise

With the rise of artificial intelligence, even the most convincing things placed in front of us are now viewed with suspicion, ...

Onasagoras

Bollywood, sheep and church drama: Cyprus never does boring

In India, our young Nikos turned up—and yes, he went dressed… as an Indian. As you can imagine, that sparked all kinds of ...

Paris Demetriades

Talking past the real issue

Mr. Uriel Kurtz said that besides the beauty of the landscape and the island’s proximity to Israel, he was also drawn to ...

Thanasis Photiou

Cyprus talks ''wake up'' again, but is a settlement really closer than anyone thinks?

Let me remind you that President Nikos Christodoulides, from the very first day of his election, threw himself body and ...

Opinion

Israel at Eurovision

Is it right for Israel to still take part in the international song contest taking place tonight in Vienna? Is it right ...

Dorita Yiannakou

Prudently & sparingly

The fact that the Cypriot economy is showing growth does not mean the government should be handing out money freely to everyone. ...

Apostolos Kouroupakis

On Trozena’s pitch-black ridge

Trozena is a Greek Cypriot village, while Gerovasa and Fasli are Turkish Cypriot ones. Small villages, forgotten villages, ...

Costas Iordanidis

Give peace a chance

In 2015, during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump said of the foreign policy he intended to pursue that “there’s something ...

Paris Demetriades

An election campaign with substance

Last week, nominations were officially submitted for the parliamentary elections taking place exactly two weeks from today. ...

Opinion

A new wave of European instability

Eleven countries are running deficits above 3%, with Romania, Poland, Belgium and France posting the weakest figures. Cyprus, ...

Onasagoras

Politics Blog: Wedding envelopes, roadblocks and political drama

You can accuse Fidias of many shortcomings, lack of education, knowledge, eloquence, and a few other things, but you cannot ...

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