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12° Nicosia,
27 April, 2026
 

News Room

Panayiotis Rougalas Panayiotis Rougalas

The lessons of crisis

One could reasonably say the ink has already dried on the Covid-19 crisis. Yet the lessons from it should by now have become ...
Opinion Opinion

U.S.-Europe: Trapped in a ''loveless marriage''

After 13 months of Trump 2.0, after Greenland, the suffocating pressure on Kyiv and the flirtations with Putin, the tariffs ...
Eleni Xenou Eleni Xenou

Presumption of innocence is not a political shield

The presumption of innocence has become little more than salt water for gargling in the mouths of our politicians, a convenient ...
Dorita Yiannakou Dorita Yiannakou

Dangerous matters

It is now final. Everyone in this country is clean, incorruptible, and spotless. That is the impression being conveyed to ...
Apostolos Kouroupakis Apostolos Kouroupakis

The island is drowning in concrete

In idyllic corners across Cyprus, occupied and free alike, natural beauty has steadily given way to concrete and graceless ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

Cyprus soap opera ends: Everyone’s innocent, again

We’ve reached the finale of one of the longest-running soap operas on our little island. The much-ballyhooed, shocking, ...
Paris Demetriades Paris Demetriades

Mirror, mirror on the wall....

Even though aesthetics is often contrasted with morality, taste is, of course, personal. That’s why the first thing worth ...
Opinion Opinion

When your salary lasts for only 18 days

In 1984, with Margaret Thatcher as British prime minister, a newly elected Tory MP, Matthew Parris, conducted a ...
Opinion Opinion

Meeting Margelina made me fall in love with my homeland

A trio of retirees, probably from Central Europe, sit out on the terrace of Zambartas Wineries, soaking up the spring sunshine ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

Politics Blog: The circus is in town...and we're the main act

The new Minister of Justice, Mr. Fytiris, has politely asked the Chief of Police to make Mr. Loizides, our national union ...
Athanasios Ellis Athanasios Ellis

The Washington conference on Greece and Cyprus

The role of Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean and their cooperation with the US in promoting a number of common ...
Pavlos Xanthoulis Pavlos Xanthoulis

Our bright future

After all, as we have repeatedly pointed out, the EU’s involvement in the Cyprus issue would merely be supportive of any ...
Opinion Opinion

The President’s band-aid solutions

The President, in the so-called State of the Union, was less pompous than in previous years and attempted to highlight the ...
Opinion Opinion

''I can hear my food'': A chef’s passion on display

The video of Mrs. Evroulla that accompanied her award at the Wiz 50 Best Restaurants, where she looks straight at the camera ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

Politics Blog: Phedonas, Annie and Cyprus's State of the Union

The events of the past few weeks, and the clumsy way they’ve been handled, make Cyprus feel like an unguided ship, tossed ...
Opinion Opinion

Selling Cyprus for a single crossing point?

“So, if you can’t even open a crossing point, how exactly do you expect to convince anyone that you genuinely want a solution ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

No Cypriots on the Epstein list...cue the great distraction

Let’s start with the good news. So far, no Cypriot—politician or otherwise—has shown up on Epstein’s list. Fingers crossed. ...
Opinion Opinion

Coincidence? I think not!

The recent leak of a maliciously edited video featuring one of former President Nikos Anastasiadis’s most successful ministers, ...
Opinion Opinion

Greece, Turkey and the mind of Donald Trump

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s recent statement suggesting that we’re facing a “historic opportunity for the permanent ...
Opinion Opinion

2026 will define the Eurozone’s future

The Eurozone faces a range of risks, foremost among them those stemming from the external environment. Specifically, there ...
Opinion Opinion

Why doesn’t Troodos have good food?

Although I could offer a few answers to the question, I honestly still wonder why this has been the case, consistently, ...
Opinion Opinion

How von der Leyen can save Europe

The Greenland crisis, and what unfolded at the World Economic Forum in Davos, proved something more: that Europe’s time ...
Dorita Yiannakou Dorita Yiannakou

Labour policy and the test of leadership

The new Minister of Labour, Marinos Mousiouttas, has assumed responsibility for a critical ministry and is now tasked with ...
Apostolos Kouroupakis Apostolos Kouroupakis

Cyprus gets a Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art….kind of

Forgive my expression, but as the saying goes, “What’s missing for a villager? A tassel with a pearl.” I woke up today to ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

Politics Blog: Politics, perks, and a presidential siesta

Our national prince is under serious pressure, with half the crowd wanting him out of government and the other half insisting ...
Andreas Andreou Andreas Andreou

Cyprus property market 2025: More cash, unexpected winners

Looking at a full year’s results is always a revealing moment, not just for analysts, but for readers too. It’s when you ...
Apostolos Kouroupakis Apostolos Kouroupakis

Nicosia celebrates the reopening of Famagusta Gate after seven years

After nearly seven years of construction and setbacks, Nicosia’s historic Famagusta Gate has finally reopened, marking a ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

From presidential legacy to a Hollywood-style scandal

Former President of Cyprus George Vassiliou has died. Like the current president, he didn’t have a personal political party ...
Opinion Opinion

Let Zelensky put down his “scribble” too, and let’s be done with it

I wish to confess the deep emotion that still overwhelms me following the recent patriotic re-emergence of Marios Matsakis. ...
Opinion Opinion

In Cyprus, cash buys everything...candles, votes, and all

Like water flowing through the dams, like the oxygen a person breathes to survive, cash in this country is treated as a ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

One call away: The President, the contractor, and the ‘girlfriend’ line

Apparently, there are ''foreign fingers'' behind all this, from countries that are jealous of us and can’t stomach our cleverness ...
Dorita Yiannakou Dorita Yiannakou

Property prices hit the brakes, but the housing crisis remains

I am referring to the price race the real estate sector has been running for quite some time now, a rally that is also ...
Onasagoras Onasagoras

AI, déjà vu, and political finger-pointing: Cyprus’ latest video scandal

We are living through pathological situations. So what could be more logical than asking for help from a doctor? Preferably, ...
Opinion Opinion

Cyprus’ EU presidency: Pride or precarious position?

For the second time, Cyprus formally takes over the rotating Council of the EU for a six-month term. It now holds the reins ...
Pavlos Xanthoulis Pavlos Xanthoulis

From money haircuts to power haircuts

What has stayed with me most from Cyprus’ first term holding the Presidency of the EU Council, back in 2012, is the issuance ...
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