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

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Guterres serves political expediencies

By Dr Andrestinos N. Papadopoulos, Ambassador a.h. The Report of UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on his mission of good offices in Cyprus, submitted recently to the Security Council, contains references and omissions

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Rise and fall of empires

By Pavlos Loizou  There is a typical cycle behind empires’ rises and declines. In the beginning, there is peace, prosperity, and productive debt growth. As the economy expands, a debt bubble is

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Untangling the viper’s nest

Having done almost nothing to clean house during the current parliamentary term, and with their seats shaking with the fear of not getting re-elected, MPs are now jumping on the ethics bandwagon.

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Political earthquake as 3 MPs ditch DIKO

Sending political shockwaves, Cyprus centre-right Democratic Party (DIKO) saw three of its 10 MPs, two senior officials walk out in defiance to form their own parliamentary group on Tuesday. The sudden announcement