Cyprus ex-first lady joins jobless queue

The former First Lady of Cyprus is one of the latest victims of her husband’s failed economic policy. Elsi Christofia has applied to the state for redundancy pay, joining some 12,000 unemployed

Editorial: Can Ashton handle the Syria crisis?

. Ever since the Arab Spring, where mass public revolts have been replacing dictators with extremists in northern Africa and the Middle East, the European Union has remained a silent bystander, occasionally