Onasagoras
At a well-known tavern in Strovolos, coincidentally and symbolically near the Presidential Palace, when the lights went out due to a power cut, the waiters lit candles, creating a warm (47 degrees Celsius) and very romantic atmosphere. Let’s give credit where it’s due in energy management so the pro-government trolls don’t get upset. Personally, all I ask is for the Electricity Authority to warn us in advance so I can eat the ice cream from the fridge before it melts.
It is, however, entertaining to watch the hordes of trolls battle it out on the marble threshing floors, especially on X. Most blame poor Nikos, holding him responsible for everything, even climate change. Okay, he’s at fault for many things, but not everything. Calm down.
The rest, more fanatical and usually anonymous, well-known unknowns with a notorious coordinator, praise the President day and night, crediting him with every positive event on the planet, from the arrival of Santa Claus to the coming of spring, often with exaggerations that provoke involuntary laughter. Let’s all calm down, folks, because the overstatements, from both sides, are getting tiring.
Catalonia has found an original, though age-old, way to protect itself from wildfires. They let herds of goats roam freely to eat dry grass and shrubs, creating firebreaks! Meanwhile, we argue over firefighting helicopters, when the solution is right in front of us: goats and more goats, my children. We just need to hire more shepherds!
According to AKEL, DISY is busy wearing itself down with contradictions. One week the party seems to want a bizonal federation, the next week it doesn’t. So tell me, comrades: is it 'No' this week just to cement a 'Yes' next week? That’s not strategy, that’s schizophrenia.
Sorry to dredge up this painfully tragicomic story from the past, but my AKEL friends, another proverb fits you perfectly: my grandmother’s favorite: “Now it’s your firewood to chop.”
The deputy government spokesperson got angry and labeled as Fake News a newspaper headline saying “Champions in Corruption, Laggards in Justice.” In the end, however, he had confused the studies and indeed the picture of our country in these areas was disappointing, according to a European Commission study for the first half of 2025. This forced the Journalists’ Union to issue a statement urging politicians not to “curse, label, and abuse journalists.” Oh, we’ve reached the point of begging for the obvious. And with the newly emerging capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, Fake News is expected to flourish, leaving reputable journalists, yes, there are still some, so support them, as our last hope to learn some truths.
I don’t know how much of a pillar of stability we are in the region, but the pillars supplying us with electricity are certainly not known for their reliability. We will therefore have rolling blackouts. A key phrase that will be very fashionable this year: from a rotating presidency to rolling power cuts, and let’s hope not to rolling water cuts.
The fact that a thirteen-year-old in a youth facility left and crossed into the occupied territories without anyone noticing, not even the checkpoint police, shows that we have a long way to go before becoming a proper state. But hope dies last.
