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Merchants of Death

People trafficker. A profitable “profession.” A high-risk profession, of course, because the business may sink. In this ...

Opinion

'Woman, life, freedom!’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi claims that people in his country have freedom of expression. He also branded the protests ...

Opinion

Where will Turkey be in a year from now?

The disputes with Greece will be useful ammunition for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan should he decide to manufacture ...

Opinion

The embargo has its own history

The US decision to lift the embargo on the supply of military equipment to the Republic of Cyprus has a decades-long history ...

Opinion

Turkey singing the same old song

In a letter dated June 5, 1963, and addressed to the elderly Turkish prime minister Ismet Inonu, US President Lyndon Johnson ...

Opinion

A cat has nine lives. So does the Cyprus property market.

Where is the Cyprus property market heading? I have been asked this question countless times over the past three months, ...

Alexis Papachelas

Alexandroupoli and the three-way barter

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to be obsessed with the northern Greek port of Alexandroupoli. He’s furious ...

Opinion

Winter, Putin's ally

Twice in the history of Europe, the two Great Powers of the continent attempted to crush Russia. On June 24, 1812, the Great ...

George Kakouris

Penalizing Russia

The parallels between the Baltic countries' strategy towards Russia and the Cyprus strategy, so to speak, towards Turkey, ...

Pavlos Xanthoulis

Irregular immigration, the responsibilities of Turkey and the EU

"Turkey will take all necessary measures to prevent the opening of new sea or land routes of irregular migration from Turkey ...

Athanasios Ellis

Turkey must behave as a NATO ally

Senator Bob Menendez, chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, calls for more steps to deepen the ...

Opinion

Leadership and management in the tourism industry

The demands of tourists, especially after the coronavirus pandemic, seem to be constantly changing and for this very important ...

Opinion

Fair State. Five proposals to fight corruption

In the Cyprus of 2022, corruption has permeated all levels of our society. The extent of the problem needs to be ascertained ...

Opinion

Now is a good time to follow the simple rule of 28/36

Rising prices have been a major topic of discussion over the past few weeks. In essence, however, little can be done by ...

Opinion

Femicide and punishment

A few days ago, there was some shocking news. An Egyptian court asked lawmakers to approve the live broadcast of the hanging ...

Athanasios Ellis

Solving Cyprus

The recent commemoration of the 48th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus is a dark reminder that a solution is ...

Opinion

The parallels between Athens in 2011 and Nicosia in 2022

In the last ten days, two horrific videos of racist attacks by Greek Cypriots against a Congolese woman in Larnaca and a ...

Opinion

‘Erdogan feels weak,’ says ex-Mossad chief

With 42 years' worth of experience in the armed forces and intelligence, General Danny Yatom is a living legend in Israel. ...

Opinion

48 years later...The generation that grew up in ignorance

I belong to that generation that was born and grew up in the decade after the invasion when the existing state of affairs ...

Yiannis Ioannou

About racism

The image of a 43-year-old Cypriot man beating a woman of African descent with an infant in her arms is the definition of ...

Alexis Papachelas

The end of prim and proper

In the last 47 years, there have been moments in the history of Greek-Turkish relations during which a decent and honest ...

Opinion

A 62-year-old woman relives the horrors of war during the 1974 Turkish invasion

Forty-eight years are not enough for a young girl to forget the systematic rape at the hands of Turkish soldiers, during ...

Opinion

Watching the Turkish paratroopers from my window

It was approximately 5.20 a.m. on the morning of July 20, 1974, when I was awakened by the ring of a telephone in my home ...

Athanasios Ellis

Turkey’s map and Greece’s vindication

The displaying of a map showing many Greek islands, including Crete, as Turkish, by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s nationalist ...

Opinion

What is the agenda for the Eastern Mediterranean?

In recent years, Cyprus, Greece and Israel have significantly intensified their political, energy and military relations. ...

Opinion

Are we digitally addicted?

Smartphones are wonderful but they can have serious detrimental effects on our mental health and overall well-being because ...

Opinion

A difficult summer

It is widely understood by now that anyone who tries to travel by plane this summer will have their patience and endurance ...

Alexis Papachelas

The bargain in Madrid

Diplomacy is a marathon that never ends. That is why it is quite meaningless to celebrate or lament the outcome of a diplomatic ...

Opinion

The US would act in an Aegean confrontation

It was the habit of American presidents to take their breakfast at the Willard Hotel back in the 1930s, just a block from ...

Opinion

Second Covid booster? Yeah… maybe

In contrast to the speed with which we took up the previous doses of the vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, Greeks are hesitating ...

Nikos Konstandaras

There is a conflict in US society

The decision of the US Supreme Court to abolish the right to abortion, leaving each state to judge the issue alone, has ...

Opinion

On Erdogan, the West and Greek-Turkish relations

Let’s start with the domestic facts and figures to dispel the widespread wishful thinking betting on the victory of the ...

Opinion

Immigration problem?

The biggest challenge that the European continent will face in the near future is immigration. Of course, it is not something ...

Opinion

What is Turkey up to?

This summer, for the first time in many years, the omens concerning Greek-Turkish relations are particularly gloomy. There ...

Alexis Papachelas

Valuable ally, you said?

I have been trying for a long time to understand exactly what various Western officials mean when they monotonously repeat ...

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