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Opinion

Saturday night in Nicosia: A tale of two worlds

Saturday night, and Eleftheria Square in Nicosia was bursting with life, migrants from every corner of the globe soaking ...

Opinion

Mediablog: When journalism gets buried by the algorithm

A story involving minors, and all the consequences for their families, was treated like the trailer for a new reality show ...

Paris Demetriades

Tourist gentrification

Abundant Mediterranean sunshine and the enticing sea have, over the years, served as the driving forces behind our tourism ...

Onasagoras

Scandals, short circuits, and citizens paying the price

Whoa! Looks like this week is ending with plenty of suspense. According to Alpha TV, the Anti-Corruption Authority will ...

Onasagoras

The President, the hunters, and the Greens’ arrows

The President feels he’s co-governing with nearly every party except AKEL and ELAM. He even claims he’s fully following ...

Opinion

Consulting the outside world and other matters

The Ministry of Finance, implementing the governance program of Nikos Christodoulides, has put six tax reform bills out ...

Apostolos Kouroupakis

I know some history, shall we take a little stroll?

While it would be enough for anyone genuinely interested in learning what happened in Machairas in March 1957, and forming ...

Shemaine Bushnell Kyriakides

Don’t get me wrong…but…

Now don’t get me wrong. I think it’s great that Cyprus is tightening ties with the United States. About time, really. From ...

Paris Demetriades

How much of a priority is tree planting?

Another scorching summer is drawing to a close, at least on the calendar, and while the risk of major fires hasn’t vanished, ...

Opinion

Famine, settler violence, and apartheid

Mr. Anolik’s article is a characteristic example of reality reversal: it silences the crimes documented daily by international ...

Onasagoras

Limassol wildfire ''solved'': Two cigarette butts take the blame

I read a headline claiming the Limassol wildfire saga is officially closed. The culprits? Two pristine cigarette butts, ...

Onasagoras

Politics blog: The Judas dinner, the hotelier’s grip, and the ''coming soon'' reshuffle

Quiz of the Day: Which big hotel owner in Paphos secretly controls the Departments of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment, ...

Opinion

What Hamas did on October 7th was a pogrom

Last week, Kathimerini published an article titled ''Mass murder is a pogrom; Booing tourists is not.'' While the article ...

Onasagoras

Welcome to the ''West Wing'' of Nicosia

I read somewhere that the President won’t reshuffle his Cabinet “under pressure” and that this is “the message leaking from ...

Marina Economides

Politics and timing

Over the past week, supporters of the President of the Republic spoke of unchecked toxicity, of nihilism and blind fanaticism ...

Opinion

There is no quick fix to the Ukrainian question

They did not allow a repeat of last winter’s scene, when President Zelensky was left alone at the mercy of Trump.

Paris Demetriades

Mass murder is a pogrom; Booing tourists is not

The fact that humanity has stooped to counting victims and fatalities with such meticulous precision just to debate whether ...

Onasagoras

The war of the trolls and the President’s kiss

Get ready for the First Nationwide Cyprus War. Of trolls. Political, party, government, and opposition trolls. The armies ...

Onasagoras

Messiahs, mukhtars and missed calls: Cyprus politics as usual

There are five factions inside DISY, Cyprus’ main right-wing party, and our beloved influencer is now expected to herd them ...

Opinion

Setting the record straight: A response to a recent open letter

A recent open letter addressed to me and published in "Politis" makes a series of grave accusations against Israel that ...

Onasagoras

Yelling, crying, and presidential interventions: Thekla’s latest beef

The beef of the week,which apparently involves even the President, is definitely the one between journalist Kousoulos and ...

Onasagoras

Hope dies last (but the ice cream melts first)

At a well-known tavern in Strovolos, coincidentally and symbolically near the Presidential Palace, when the lights went ...

Opinion

Hope was found in the ashes

The fire in Limassol was a painful tragedy. And yet, as painful as it was, this tragedy also illuminated another, moving ...

Andreas Andreou

Cyprus property market sizzles in July

Even though July marks the start of summer holidays for Cypriots, the month delivered a strong push to the property market. ...

Marina Economides

A government dodging responsibility

While much of Cypriot society demanded that the president assign responsibility for the deadly wildfire and issue a sincere ...

Onasagoras

Cyprus chaos: Sausage pies, scorched politics, and TikTok cops

The viral photo of the week showing Americans posing proudly in front of a… sad little plate of sausage pies sparked plenty ...

Paris Demetriades

Cyprus’ ghost story is suffocating its future

Twenty-two years ago, in April 2003, I crossed a checkpoint for the first time with my mother and grandmother to see their ...

Opinion

Gaza's untold truth: What the media won't tell you

In an era of 24/7 news coverage, where every image travels the globe in seconds, the loudest voices are not always the most ...

Onasagoras

Were our firefighting helicopters for display purposes only?

Two days before the devastating wildfires, the Auditor General sent a letter asking why helicopters, hired through a no-bid ...

Alexis Papachelas

Israel and its dilemmas

Israel today stands at a pivotal, absolutely existential crossroads. At its helm is a politician who has nowhere to “land” ...

Opinion

Why our politicians fail to manage crises

The most compelling argument for our political leaders to grasp the value of immediacy is this: governments no longer fall ...

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 ...

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