Onasagoras
Our national prince is under serious pressure, with half the crowd wanting him out of government and the other half insisting he stay at least until the next parliamentary elections. The truth is, in life...and politics...timing is everything. Let’s see which way the scales tip, when, and whether the bell will even ring at all.
Those who want him to stay are waving the flags of ministries and other perks of power, while the others are counting the cost of his endless… misfires. At DIKO, they had hoped for a big rebound thanks to the European presidency, but then videogate flipped everything on its head. Life has a funny way of doing that. Eight minutes and some change were enough to show that the king was, if not naked, certainly lightly dressed. With a fig leaf, no less.
“I canceled a meeting with Putin just to get some sleep.” — Nicos Anastasiades
“Security also starts at home. Protecting our democracies from foreign interference, disinformation, hybrid threats, and pressures on media freedom,” declared President Christodoulides in his European Parliament speech. Why did he have to throw in that unnecessary hint about hybrid war? The MEP from the former red, now refurbished, party couldn’t resist and publicly called him out in front of a stunned European audience. Calm down, people. What happens at home doesn’t need to go public… or to the European Parliament.
Something tells me the beef between Tsikini and Filippa isn’t going to end anytime soon. The perpetually online and furious Nikoletta, armed with her legal team—yes, she has a legal team, thank you very much—looks determined to take things to the extreme, pushing the First Lady to bring the case to court. Apparently, they think there’s only upside here. Let’s not be too sure; we’re on the island of surprises, especially in the courts.
On a TV show, Nicos Anastasiades made it very clear: nothing, and he means nothing, would ever disturb his midday nap. He once even canceled meetings with Putin and the President of China just to protect his siesta. That, apparently, was our top priority: siesta. Don’t read into it in Cypriot.
In another revelation, Nicos also admitted giving Christodoulides advice on how to handle the video crisis. Hmm… now a lot makes sense about why that went so well. NOT.
*Read the Greek version here.
