-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A regional hub for lack of perspective
BEING a deeply religious man and an avid churchgoer, you would have thought the independent Diko-Edek candidate, who remains a Disy member, and...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Third-term dreams and the Gesy Antichrist
YOU READ it here first that Prez Nik had not given up on the possibility of a third term. This claim, as I admitted at the time, was not based on...
-
Tales from the coffeeshop: Patriotic islanders find new cause to stand behind
WITH OUR beloved Cyprob dead and buried, despite our noble efforts to keep it alive, the great and the good of our society have been desperately...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Post-truth political packaging
THE PRESIDENTIAL candidate of post-truth politics is flying if the latest opinion poll, conducted for Alpha TV, is anything to go by. A...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cyprus leaders embrace pen-pal diplomacy
EFFORTS to prevent a settlement of our Cyprob have entered a new sphere, which involves an old methodology – letter-writing. The two leaders have...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The political ideology of promising all things to all people
THE MASS mourning of the previous week was replaced by mass indignation on Friday when Politis broke the story about the attempts of a senior...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A lack of perspective is part of our DNA
PERHAPS I have become a grumpy old man, no longer able to fight my innate conservatism and completely out of touch with the times. This was...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Halloumi identity crisis awaits another half-baked solution
MY FRIEND Costas Christofides made the big leap last Sunday, announcing his candidacy for the presidential elections to a full house at the...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Refining the art of nuisance diplomacy
PREZ NIK has been taken over by a Turk-bashing mood in the last couple days, reinforcing my unjustified suspicion that he is considering seeking...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Mr Perfect’s image takes a heavy blow
THE PUBLIC Service Commission (PSC), which appoints and promotes public employees, according to the diktats of the government and political...
-
Tales from the coffeeshop: Dreamer is all things to all people
HAVING sweet-talked his way into the hearts of as many voters as he could, on Thursday he finally decided the time was right to come out of the...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Anti-British sentiment, like the tourists, is back
MY FRIEND who called to ask whether he was going mad or the world around him had gone mad was given a scientific answer to his question last week...
-
Reviving the tales of Ayios Omologites
It is a humble, charming neighbourhood of Nicosia, situated in the centre of the city yet just outside the bustle and hustle. Ayios Omologites is...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: ‘Russia is just a victim of Western conspiracies’
A FRIEND, I had not heard from for months called me on Thursday saying he needed psychological support, because “I do not know if I am going mad...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Presidential candidates for all seasons
PEOPLE with a brain, the minority among the voters, must have breathed a collective sigh of relief on hearing that the efforts for a Diko-Akel...
-
Tales from the coffeeshop: Supporters of democrats vindicated by Zelenskiy speech
AS FAR as woefully pathetic excuses go, the one given by the comrades of Akel for not attending President Zelenskiy’s address of the special...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Tale upon tale of ordinary Kyproulla madness
PRESIDENT of the ECB, Christine Lagarde got the full red-carpet treatment on her arrival in the regional centre of disappearing banks when she...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cue the ribbon of silent defiance
NONE of our courageous politicians has yet broken the vow of silence they took with regard to the unveiled threats issued by Mother Russia’s...
-
Fairy tales and folk tunes
An upcoming classical music concert in Paphos brings fairy tales and folk tunes to the stage. Organised by the Cultural Association ex-Artis,...
-
Tales from the Coffeeshop: CyBC losing its shine as Russian mouthpiece
STATE broadcaster, CyBC, has always sounded like a subsidiary channel of Russia Today, featuring glowing reports about Moscow’s action and,...