By Charlie Charalambous

Sometimes I wish I could behave like Greece – borrow money that I may never pay back then pressure the banks to scrap my debt on the off chance a few euros might be thrown their way.
Of course ordinary working Greeks are getting shafted by an...

 By Martyn Henry
Experts at Uppingham University in the UK are calling for a swingeing tax on expert reports, claiming that thousands of lives could be saved every year by avoiding heart attacks and high blood pressure brought about by ordinary citizens reading intelligence-insulting...

 By Lucie Robson
The Paphos bid for the EU 2017 Culture Capital title has been warming up in recent months with the committee behind the drive holding regular community workshops on topics covering youth, the environment, volunteers and social inclusion.
Being a ‘xeni’ or...

 By Bev Orton Jennings
Does anyone remember those kitsch weather houses, usually found perched on a shelf on your aunt’s dresser? The ones where either the boy or the girl popped out of the Swiss style chalet, depending on whether it was raining or sunny.
You don’t see those...

 By Charlie Charalambous

Should it be up to schools to teach our kids about sex? Of course they won’t be taught how to enjoy sex it just given a very basic tool kit to go out there and test the choppy waters.
When is the right time to start telling kids that once their...

 It was great to find that dogs can be taken into parks in Cyprus at long last.
People going abroad will have seen people throwing frisbies for their animals in local parks as they enjoy their day with the rest of the family.
Unfortunately this doesn’t apply if you live in...

Bt Andrianne Philippou
Every now and again, those quaint little foibles that characterise all that is unique about our fair island idyll, far from causing consternation and vitriol, make the world seem an altogether sunnier, brighter place to live. Allow me to explain…
Where else in...

 By Charlie Charalambous
What I most admire about the political ‘culture’ of this country is that when things are really messed up beyond repair the knife goes in a tad deeper just to make sure the outcome is a mangled car wreck.
Political debate has no texture, context or...

 By Lucie Robson
There are specific occasions, under media law, when journalists are barred from referring to the identity of anyone connected to a crime. One instance is when someone is the victim of a sexual crime. They have lifelong anonymity. Only under very complicated...

 By Bev Orton Jennings
Wearing glasses can be a right pain. I’ve worn them for donkeys years, and while I’ve recently also dabbled in the world of contact lenses (you go steady now Beverley, don’t rush into these things), I still mostly resort to my specs.
Thing is, while I’ve...