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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

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

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

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

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

''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

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

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

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

Coincidence? I think not!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Paris Demetriades

The rise of ''dumbphones'' signals a digital breaking point

They are sarcastically called ''dumbphones'', and lately they’ve been gaining popularity among digitally exhausted people ...

Paris Demetriades

Cyprus has a rage problem, and it’s pointed at the wrong things

Over the past week, parents in Larnaca pleaded guilty to the horrific abuse of their five underage children.

Apostolos Kouroupakis

Blasphemy or threat? Cyprus’ art debate turns dangerous

To be honest, I hadn’t planned to revisit the controversy surrounding the painter Giorgos Gavriil and the outrageous, incoherent, ...

Dorita Yiannakou

Food for thought: The public sector crisis Cyprus can no longer ignore

As the year draws to a close, it is time to take stock, and once we do, it is time to correct what has gone wrong.

Onasagoras

Chaos behind bars, crisis on tap

The disorder inside the Central Prisons is a small-scale version of the country itself. They are riddled with extortion, ...

Paris Demetriades

The racism we refuse to see: Islamophobia

While antisemitism has reentered public discussion over the past two years, driven by bloody events and the propaganda ...

Alexis Papachelas

Conferences of the willing...or the desperate?

Donald Trump, whether we like it or not, isn’t entirely wrong. European leaders are often timid, indecisive, and lacking ...

Onasagoras

Ghosts of avenues past… and unions playing politics (everyone act surprised)

Young Nikos assures our national prince that no one in the government is aligned with ELAM. Hmm.

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