oct 9

Politics

EIGHT MODERN SCHOOLS COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH THE 40,000 ‘CANDIES’ ALLOCATED TO SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS…

An ‘election poll’ was published in a newspaper owned by a Turkish company that operates a power station in the north of Cyprus…

Hasan Kahvecioğlu
Halkın Sesi

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08 October 2026

THE GREAT NOTHING’S HUCKSTERS, UTTERLY FREE

When politics is stripped of substance, the void is filled with personalities, slogans, publicity and ambition. The problem is that history waits for no one

Andreas Paraschos
Politis
oct 8
07 October 2026

THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT CTP ONE STEP AHEAD

As the law abolishing the mixed vote—which had been cited as an obstacle to holding local and general elections on the same date—passed through Parliament, it is too late to debate over the pros and cons of the mixed vote.

Emin Akkor
Kıbrıs Net Haber
oct 7
06 October 2026

TALES FROM THE COFFEESHOP: THE CYPROB WORLD TOUR BEGINS!

ALL KYPROULLA is laughing and mocking the former Disy big-wig and deputy Nikos Tornaritis for accepting the most ludicrous post ever thought up by a Prez to reward one of his loyal poodles.

Patroclos
Cyprus Mail
sept 6
30 September 2026

IT SEEMS TO HAVE BACKFIRED…

Recep Dal of Yenidüzen has done a fine job of reporting on the election-related spending carried out in a rush by the UBP-DP-YDP Government—and, in the last month, by the UBP-DP Government in a reduced capacity.

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Yenidüzen
sept 30
29 September 2026

CHRISTODOULIDES, TORNARITIS AND AVEROF IN A FRAGILE POLITICAL EQUATION

The Cyprus problem on the 2028 chessboard.

Dionysis Dionysiou
Politis
sept 29
25 September 2026

THE INADEQUACY OF A SYSTEM THAT FAILS TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO LIFE

The fact that a protection order has been issued does not mean that the woman is actually protected.

Aslı Murat
Yenidüzen
setp 25
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