POLITICS
Trump’s Support Splits Europe’s Far Right
Diverging strategies in Berlin and Paris underscore deep political calculations ahead of 2026-27 elections
Players & Power
Key Decisions Loom for Anastasiades and Sizopoulos in Early 2026
Final chapters of “Mafia State” report due in February as Legal Service weighs criminal inquiry into former EDEK leader
Cyprus Divided
Joint Dealings Among Misappropriators of GC Properties
The 40-year-old Ukrainian Denys Bohodin advertised properties built by the Afik group, whose director is 75-year-old Simón Mistriel Aykut, recently sentenced to five years in prison. A second common link is that he promoted properties in the occupied areas from the same construction companies that cooperated with the two Hungarian women who were sentenced to 2.5 years and 15 months respectively.
Cyprus Divided
Grand New Administrative Building in North Floods (photos)
The leaks are a serious indication of construction problems in a project the Ersin Tatar administration had presented as its ‘flagship’.
POLITICS
Rebuilding the British High Commission: Progress and a Disappearing Era
The UK’s largest diplomatic construction project reignites questions about heritage, seismic regulations, and the fate of Cyprus’ colonial-era buildings.
