A festive shot in the arm

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a last-minute dash to the shops to panic-buy a gift you forgot for someone you supposedly love. This holiday season is almost a replica of last year,

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Just another day at the office

Probably the most exciting gift this Christmas would be to see a British PM having resigned for his taking part in a virtual pub quiz. If botching Brexit and using the British

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How Omicron stole Christmas

There is a sneaking suspicion that this Christmas is starting to replicate last year’s COVID-tainted festive cheer, with infections rapidly rising to worrying heights. And the last thing we wanted Santa to

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Scary COVID monsters

It didn’t take long for another COVID variant to mutate into a scary monster prompting the world to hit the panic button on the eve of Christmas. Cyprus wasted no time banning

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Spiderman of the Mediterranean

What was said or disagreed at Crans Montana before the Cyprus peace process collapsed four years ago may never be known, but its consequences linger. Classified papers have been leaked that seeks

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Migrants: A crisis of compassion

Cypriots have first-hand experience of what it is to be a refugee, an orphan of conflict needing a helping hand to rebuild stolen lives. In past decades, Cypriots have been the unwanted

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Winning back our democracy

I’m not sure what local democracy looks like from where you are sitting, but in Cyprus, power is kept in a jar where only the elite can wet their whistle. Cyprus advocates

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