He’s making fools of us – and who can blame him?
Is it really that easy for someone to declare they fancy a position, be believed, and climb as high as they want? Or does success require the certainty of having powerful backing? Is self-confidence...
View ArticleWe sign agreements but we ran out of energy
Some people might have the answers, but the average citizen – who doesn’t quite understand what games might be at play and judges based on common sense – can’t help but wonder: It’s February, a winter...
View ArticleThey used to say better to lose an eye than your reputation
Michalis Katsounotos is perhaps the most well-known member of the police force. His name became known (let’s put it broadly) under circumstances unfavourable to him. Indeed, an investigation into the...
View ArticleWhat should I not forget?
You’re born somewhere in Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos, in some village, even in Nicosia. Even in Agios Dometios or Pyrgos Tillirías that touch the Green Line. Across from you, you see a mountain with a...
View ArticleThe kilowatt hours and the dams
Among the other information that has overwhelmed our brains (most of it useless) has recently been added how many kilowatt hours of electricity we produce, how many can be stored, and how many we...
View ArticleHelp, people are burning
Five deaths, then another, followed by two more—all within just a few days in a city of only a few dozen thousand residents. “Coincidence,” some rationalists or cynics might say, essentially placing...
View ArticleWhen stubbornness backfires
In November 2019, two former Attorneys General (Alekos Markides and Petros Clerides) and a former Justice Minister (Kypros Chrysostomides) sent a letter to the then Attorney General (Costas Clerides)...
View ArticleEurope returns to arms
The truth is we imagined the world differently. Twenty-five years ago, as we approached the new millennium, there was a prevailing sense that we were entering an era where all the problems of the past...
View ArticleWhat the king and queen saw
You see, dear Maxima, Cyprus was once filled with orchards like these you see here at the presidential palace. Spring would fill the air with fragrance. We even held festivals and crowned Miss Orange...
View ArticleThe beautification of words
This year, the film “Anora” swept the Oscars (winning five awards) after previously claiming the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. What is the film about? It tells the story of a sex worker from...
View ArticleLet’s see where this takes us
For a week, we witnessed the drama at the English School that began with a parent on the Board of Directors trying to secure their child’s admission despite failing to achieve the required entrance...
View ArticleParanoia is contagious
Europe is attempting to regroup, as are all countries feeling threatened by the new world order imposed by Trump and his associates. Beyond the obvious and significant issues, Trumpism has rapidly...
View ArticleThe commission, of the commission…
Another investigative commission is being appointed so citizens can feel like we live in a serious country—one that doesn’t let anything slide without investigating it, assigning responsibility, and...
View ArticleIn Gerolakkos’s brothels
A few days ago, referencing the term “sex worker” used for the protagonist of the five-Oscar winning film “Anora,” we mentioned the death of a 24-year-old woman at a cabaret in the occupied...
View ArticleThe good news of the day
On March 10, the last steelworks factory in Port Talbot, Wales closed, leaving hundreds unemployed, many drowning in debt and potentially facing homelessness. Coincidentally, on the same day, Channel...
View ArticleWithout water, without a plan
Water scarcity has always been the second (for some, the first) biggest problem facing Cyprus after the Cyprus issue itself. In the 1980s, a significant effort was made to address it through the...
View ArticleEchinococcosis and migration
Decades ago, Cyprus, like many other countries, was plagued by a disease called echinococcosis. Dogs were identified as the hosts. In those days, there were many strays (not that there aren’t today)....
View ArticleCemetery restoration and other CBMs
Fifty years later, what remains of the cemeteries? Broken crosses, discarded marble, overgrown areas with no markings… Yet we must remain optimistic. We’ve agreed to maintain them. How exactly? It’s...
View ArticlePoliticians sometimes resign
On November 1 last year, part of the railway station roof collapsed in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more. Citizens, primarily students, took to the streets...
View ArticleIs hunting a sport?
When humans first appeared on Earth, there were no supermarkets where they could push a trolley to fill with food. Instead, they killed animals, fished in rivers and lakes, hunted birds, and gathered...
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