War as spectacle
In bygone eras, when today’s conveniences for transmitting information did not exist, when the world depended for its news on correspondents who, defying danger, travelled from one end of the earth to...
View ArticleThe stoning of adulterers
Admittedly, in Cyprus we would not stone a man or woman in the public square for committing adultery. In the case of the two police officers, adultery was not the issue—it was their profession, the...
View ArticleAkamas: Who will pay for the ‘failures’?
The Audit Office report on Akamas is riddled with failures (let’s call them that) by the Department of Forests. Failures that caused massive destruction to the natural landscape, unnecessary...
View ArticleThe mystery of the 300,000 documents
First of all, it strains credibility that police officers who stumbled upon documents at a prison guard’s home would sit down and count them one by one, arriving at precisely 300,000. Had they...
View ArticleAntisemitism and witch hunts
Israel’s ambassador to Cyprus issued a written statement referring to “the emergence of untypical antisemitic rhetoric in public discourse in Cyprus” and calling on what he terms “responsible voices”...
View ArticleThe erosion of the coasts
We have suddenly discovered that the Kourion coastal area is being dangerously eroded. This area forms part of the British bases, preventing the Republic’s authorities from intervening to salvage the...
View ArticleA response to authoritarianism
Humanity appears to be suffocating. For eighteen months, the world has watched people in Gaza die from bombs or starvation, whilst in Ukraine the war shows no sign of ending. Thousands of children...
View ArticleThe dismissal of the unsuitable
The Supreme Judicial Council states that Doria Varoshiotou herself knows why her appointment was not confirmed, having been served with a reasoned decision. Whatever reasons the Council may cite,...
View ArticleIf Katina’s skin colour was different
You are someone living an ordinary life. You rent a home, run a small restaurant where you cook and sell food, work with all the delivery platforms, receive positive reviews on TripAdvisor praising...
View ArticleWill the President withstand the pressure?
Everything comes and goes, and perhaps both the Deputy Attorney General and the President of the Republic are banking on this principle. However, the crisis facing the Justice system has never been so...
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