Tales from the Coffeeshop: Is president unaware of Cyprob fatigue?
THERE was a time, some years ago, when a visit by a UN envoy to Kyproulla, with the aim of kicking some life into the Cyprob, would be big news, ...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Annita more Machiavelli than Barbie
CONGRATS to Disy boss, Annita Demetriou for securing a second stint as House Prezita and showing all the men, who privately dismissed her as ‘Barbie’ and another ‘clueless blonde’, that ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The revolution was cancelled
UNFORTUNATELY, the election results were disappointingly predictable and the instability that the government, Annita, Junior and Phil’s hacks were terrified of did not happen.
The two big parties both ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: ‘Festival of democracy’ even includes AI gorilla
WHAT a relief that the elections will be over this evening and from tomorrow I will not have to see the face of big-shot candidate George Pamborides staring at me ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: From messiah to punching bag: The many lives of Ody
REGULARS will know that our establishment was never a fan of Odysseas Michaelides, not even in the days when his popularity was sky-high, when the media celebrated him like a ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Assault dogs let loose as election bickering begins
ALTHOUGH, we are still a month away from the parliamentary elections, wherever you look in Nicosia’s streets there are billboards, with the photoshopped faces of candidates, after our vote.
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: We have all become ‘Sandinistas’
THE COFFEESHOP was closed for Easter when Politis published the story about Black Cube, the Israeli company which was behind the production of the video in which associates of the ...
Tales From the Coffeeshop: Nothing to see here (except for judges, spies and a bit of weed)
WHAT could a poor weekly columnist write as click-bait when in the last few days, the news was dominated by sensational allegations about corrupt judges, child rape, illegitimate children, big ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Is state too stupid or too corrupt?
ANYONE who watched the interview of MEP Fidias Panayiotou – now leader of the Direct Democracy of Cyprus party – with the over-the-hill hack Yiannis Kareklas on Sigma TV would no longer ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A ‘frank and open’ discussion on the bases, Prez style
PREZNIKTWO has embraced a new cause that is certain to win him many brownie points and give his flagging approval ratings a much-needed boost. He will raise the issue of ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Leather jackets and livestock crises
THE QUESTION anyone with half a brain asks, is why our authorities had not started vaccinating sheep, goats and cows when the outbreak of foot and mouth disease was reported ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Enjoying living in fear as war brings back glory days of Covid
THE BOMBING War against Iran has revived the Covid spirit among our paranoid countrymen who enjoy having a reason to live in fear every minute of the day.
Nicosia’s ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Happy third birthday, Prezniktwo
PREZNIKTWO completed three years in office on Saturday, and today he enters the fourth. Only two years left for him to learn how to govern, the part of being president ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: When everyone is shocked by what everyone expected
THE OUTCRY that followed the acquittal of former president of the House, Demetris Syllouris, and ex-deputy of Akel, Christakis Giovanis, came as a bit of a surprise, as this was ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Some ministers will say anything to win popular approval
THE CYPRUS Mail made the big time this week, having featured in one of the Facebook rants of the hottest ticket on social media, Annie Alexui, because it had referred ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The CyBC poll that asked all the wrong questions
THE HEAVILY advertised opinion poll commissioned by CyBC and presented on the same evening that Prezniktwo gave his ‘state of the union’ address was one of the weirdest ever, featuring ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Killing two ambelopoulia with one stone
EVERYONE is wondering how the allegations about Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos beating his wife back in 2017 became big news in 2026?
The allegations were first made on social media by the ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The problems of recognising Cyprus’ role of stability in the ME
MINI ME wasted no time in explaining to the dumb members of the populace why the invitation extended to our Prez to participate in President Trump’s Board of Peace ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: When transparency is actually really murky
THE PREZ’S better half, who likes to be known as the first lady even though there is no such title or public position in Kyproulla, has betrayed her low ...
Tales from the Cofeeshop: Six months of glory, eight minutes of trouble
LESS THAN 24 hours after the super-production staged to celebrate the start of Kyproulla’s six-month presidency of the EU Council, with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as the guest star, Prez ...
Tales from the Cofeeshop: Life at Versailles, Kyproulla edition
THE PRESIDENTIAL palace would be more aptly named the Palace of Versailles if you consider the number of courtiers it has on its payroll with fancy titles.
In total some 140 ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Could halloumi deal be key to solving Cyprus problem?
GREAT excitement and joy gripped the fast-contracting Cyprob mob after Thursday’s meeting of the true leader and the fake leader with the UNSG’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cabinet reshuffle appointed party affiliated mediocrities
HOW BIZARRE that just a few hours after his return from Kyiv and the meeting with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prezniktwo announced a cabinet reshuffle that completely overshadowed his ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: From haircuts to handouts: It’s the return of the bankers
A PROVISIONAL agreement for settling the issue of supplementing the provident funds of bank employees, whose deposits were reduced as a result of the 2013 haircut was reached at an agreement ...