Charlie Charalambous, Author at Financial Mirror

Reaching for the sky is dangerous in politics

I don’t assume people wake up one morning with the burning desire to become a politician, a disciple of democracy ready to defend the public and serve a greater cause. There’s also

16th May 2021

Comment/Cyprus

COVID pass to get coffee is the new normal

After a third lockdown, the government is busy removing barriers to open up the economy and allow people a sense of freedom as movement by text is to be abolished for now.

8th May 2021

Columnists/Cyprus/Life & Society

Cyprus on the road to nowhere

It didn’t take a clairvoyant to predict the circus in Geneva would demand a repeat performance as the international community ran out of patience and ideas on the Cyprus conundrum. After three

30th April 2021

Comment/Cyprus/World

How fan rebellion killed ESL super greed

At the start of the week, I felt rather ashamed to be a Chelsea fan, angry that loyalty and history had been auctioned for super cash. Overnight, football changed from being a

25th April 2021

Comment/World

Government losing argument over Astrazeneca

COVID cases going in the wrong direction since lockdown measures were eased leaves the government in a quandary about what happens next. With the education system going back to class, the hospitality

18th April 2021

Comment/Cyprus

Why Cyprus will cherish sofagate

Cyprus has the thankless task of trying to persuade Europe that Turkey is a regional bullyboy which cannot be trusted no matter how important the country strategically. Nicosia often sounds like the

11th April 2021

Comment/Cyprus/Europe

Cancer, the invisible assassin

Living through a pandemic the world has not experienced for over 100 years is a test of character and resolve to endure while coming out the other end in one piece. In

3rd April 2021

Comment/Life & Society

Political snakes and ladders

It shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone that the President’s approval ratings have slid down the popularity ladder faster than a snake sheds its skin. Asking Cypriots what they think about

29th March 2021

Comment/Cyprus

Politics, not science harming AstraZeneca vaccine

With many parts of Europe going back into lockdown while Cyprus struggles to throw the shackles off a second national emergency, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine debate rumbles on. It is hard to dismiss

21st March 2021

Columnists/Cyprus/Europe

Lockdown fatigue another COVID side-effect

One year on from the COVID-19 walking nightmare, the government seems to be losing its resolve to tackle the many-spiked monster turning us into prisoners in our own country. In presenting his

15th March 2021

Comment/Cyprus