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Onasagoras

Who set Troodos on fire? Spoiler alert: It wasn’t the trees’ fault

Let me kick things off with two completely unrelated questions: When exactly are all 13 mobile desalination units finally ...

Onasagoras

''All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others'' -George Orwell

Our young Nikos is a career diplomat, which means he’s developed a handy little skill: telling everyone exactly what they ...

Paris Demetriades

The right to disconnect

For a necessary and profoundly human break from the frenzied rhythms of daily life, in an era where the eight-hour workday ...

Onasagoras

Politics blog: Buckets, bribes, and black hoods

There was a big protest yesterday along Limassol’s seafront. Makes sense; our beaches are still (hopefully) among the few ...

Onasagoras

When trolls howl, democracy trembles

The President called for harsh criticism of the State’s handling of events, and he was absolutely right to do so. Only through ...

USA 1 – EU 0

Just days before the August 1st deadline, the U.S. and the EU managed to strike a new trade deal, prompting sighs of relief, ...

The wildfires and the “information” about a possible arsonists’ plot

Even before the destructive wildfire in the wine villages was fully extinguished, news was leaked to the media that the ...

Marina Economides

One apology, twelve measures but no resignation

President Nikos Christodoulides delivered an emergency address in a bid to calm the growing public backlash over the deadly ...

Onasagoras

Fire risk? In July? Send our Wildfire Chief to Australia!

"Now is not the time for blame," declared the Minister of Justice and Public Order, Marios Hartsiotis. But when has it ever ...

Shemaine Bushnell Kyriakides

Justice Minister: ''Now is not the time for blame'' -- Actually, it is.

Another summer, another wildfire, and once again, the Cyprus government seems utterly unprepared.

Onasagoras

Politics blog: The law commissioner, the police chief and Erdogan

I’m the Law Commissioner, and I’ll call the Chief of Police. That’s what Ms. Louiza Zannetou allegedly said after struggling ...

Apostolos Kouroupakis

51 years on, and the picture’s still blurry

Fifty-one years after the coup and the invasion. Half a century has passed, and the island remains divided, its northern ...

Opinion

The crisis in our classrooms

Someone will shout. Someone else will mock, bully, or record a video “for laughs.” These incidents are no longer isolated. ...

Onasagoras

We agreed to keep talking, because that’s what we do

They came, they saw, they departed. They talked, they ate, they left. In the end, everyone was satisfied, just like in the ...

Onasagoras

Victory or vanity? Reflections on New York and the Cyprus talks

We Have Triumphed! That’s how I feel after New York. Some ingrates will sneer, “a mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse." ...

Paris Demetriades

Reflections in the sand: How our beaches mirror our culture

It’s hard for me to imagine, in the island country we live, any other place where almost every social layer meets, coexists, ...

Onasagoras

Friends, foes, and snakes: A Cypriot snapshot in honor of World Snake Day

Yesterday was World Snake Day and our Anita is advised to be on her guard. Her enemies may be out to get her, but just as ...

Marina Economides

Prosecutors’ arrogance fuels public outrage in Cyprus

Something deeper, and far more troubling, than whether Savvas Angelides would resign or not was revealed in the press conference ...

Reducing the cost of living through digital solutions

Life is becoming increasingly difficult for households today. The gap between those who are financially comfortable and ...

Onasagoras

Casper the Friendly Ghost claims responsibility as Cyprus enters the age of amateur terror

Until now, we knew July 9th as the dark day in 1821 when the Ottomans hanged Archbishop Kyprianos for his involvement in ...

Dorita Yiannakou

Gen Z wants more than just a paycheck, and they're not wrong

Young people these days don’t put up with much, and frankly, good for them.

Opinion

Nicosia, the neglected relative

Nicosia has structural issues. Where other cities have the sea, Nicosia has the Green Line. By its very nature, its development, ...

Shemaine Bushnell Kyriakides

Fidias interviewed Tatar, and I’m glad he did

What’s all the hullabaloo about? That’s what I found myself asking after watching MEP Fidias Panayiotou’s interview with ...

Panayiotis Rougalas

Tourism revenue soars, but Cyprus still serves up too much ''junk'' on the plate

According to the latest Traveller Survey, Cyprus brought in €304.2 million in tourism revenue this April, marking a 39.9% ...

Opinion

Cyprus is being bought, and the state doesn’t seem to know or care

About a year ago, I met with the top state official responsible for land and property issues in Cyprus. I won’t name names. ...

Opinion

A Mediterranean University for a shared future

In a world increasingly defined by fragmentation and crisis, education remains by far the most powerful tool to connect ...

Paris Demetriades

The real emergency isn’t antisemitism...it’s Gaza

A provocative comment by AKEL Secretary-General Stefanos Stefanou during the party’s recent 24th congress has ignited public ...

Onasagoras

From ''Together we make history'' to pyromaniacs and red lights: A week in Cypriot politics

Our young Nikos found himself in America, where he wrapped up his speech with the grand finale: ''Together we make history.'' ...

Onasagoras

Nikaros, Varosiotou, Strovolos and the one billion

“The DISY party was not created to serve anyone’s personal ambitions!” When that comes out of Nikos Anastasiades’ mouth, ...

Opinion

One in four students leaves primary school with critically low skills

The dust has long settled on the issue. After a period of obsessive opposition and a kind of cat-and-mouse resistance to ...

Onasagoras

Of patriots, politicians and souvlakia: Cyprus in all its glory

The ''Never-Surrender'' Tornaritis is aiming for double digits with his new movement, ''Rise Up.'' And he’s absolutely convinced ...

Onasagoras

Trump, the Brazilians, and the Cyprus Problem

An agreement to end the war in Iran, an agreement between APOEL and the Brazilian investors. All on the same day. Coincidence? ...

Yiannis Ioannou

This isn’t just a war, it’s the Middle East reaching a historic breaking point

The unfolding confrontation between Iran and Israel is unlike anything we’ve seen in recent decades.

Paris Demetriades

''Being human is not hard because you’re doing it wrong. It’s hard because you’re doing it right.'' -Glennon Doyle

If we consider the 2008 financial crash as the starting point of a grim era, one where the term "crisis" became a permanent ...

Onasagoras

President on the move… again

“Wait, the president’s off on another trip? Honestly now, does he only come to Cyprus for vacation, or when a foreign official ...

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