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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Auditor-general far too popular to do anything wrong
THE EAGERLY AWAITED opposition proceedings in the case brought against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides by attorney-general George Savvides were filed by the former’s team of big-shot lawyers,...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cost-cutting: increasing the taxpayer’s costs
ONLY our political parties, in their infinite wisdom, could have engaged in a cost-cutting reform that will increase the cost to the taxpayer. The reform of local government, on which parties worked...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Auditor-general was on the verge of sainthood
THE DISCIPLES of Odysseas, the first ever auditor-general in the world with a big cult following, were devastated by the news that the attorney-general filed a case at the supreme court for their...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Our greatest victory of the post invasion era
OUR ESTABLISHMENT would like to mention that today is its 33rd birthday. The first ever Coffeeshop appeared in 1991 on April 21 (admittedly an unfortunate day as it coincided with the day the Junta...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: The Prezniktwo show must go on
NOTHING has exposed the unbearable lightness of Prezniktwo and his government more than the handling of the Cyprob. His desire for a resumption of the talks – even today, as he repeats as nauseam – is...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Organised crime only happens on the streets and...
AFTER a year in office, Prezniktwo has successfully established the communications model of government, with a big emphasis on presentation, positive messaging and minimal action. Even the police force...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: What is First Lady’s achievement?
IMH conference organiser has been promoting its Women Leaders’ Forum at the Hilton Hotel on Tuesday with a picture of the president’s missus, who is referred to as ‘Philippa Karsera Christodoulides –...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Monk mayhem is all about the moolah
WHEN the story about the entrepreneurial archimandrites, who set up the start-up monastery Osiou Avakoum in Fterikoudi, broke and there was talk of film of them having sex with each other, I wondered...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Enterprising priests overshadow prez’s finest hour
WHAT a shame that the hilarious goings-on in a start-up monastery none but the ultra-faithful had heard of, named Osiou Avakoum, in a village with a ludicrous name, Fterikoudi, overshadowed...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Struggling to cover up old cover-ups
AS IF HAVING to deal with the unrelenting attacks of Odysseas was not bad enough, attorney-general Giorgos Savvides is also having to cope with old cases, pre-dating his appointment, that were covered...
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Tales From The Coffeeshop: Party orphan prez attempts to woo the kids
COMING up to his first anniversary in office and opinion polls indicating that his popularity has nosedived, Prezniktwo has launched yet another charm offensive, this time targeting the new voters –...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Phed Express roars back into action over sewage
TIME is running out for the governor of the central bank Constantinos Herodotou, whose despotic reign since his appointment in April 2019 ensured he was universally disliked by his staff, who will be...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Oh for the glory days of Brit bashing
THE EXTRADITION of the Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kurshat turned into something of an anti-climax, the guy being released some 12 hours after arriving in Kyproulla. There can be little doubt that this...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Nik I’s biggest infrastructure project ‘the...
IN the summer of 2007, during the golden rule of Ethnarch Tassos, a journalist revealed that the companies that were bidding for the importation of natural gas to Cyprus were closely linked to the...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Prez Nik’s tough-guy act
WEDNESDAY’S trouble at a Limassol football match came as a Godsend to the government, offering it an easy way to show some toughness and decisiveness that have been lacking from its superficial,...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cyprus has never been in as great danger ‘as it is...
THE SEARCH for a new ethnarch appears to be over. Archbishop Georgios, who kept a low profile in his first year as head of the Church, revealed his intentions to take on the role in the last few days,...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Media pounce like scorned lovers on Nik II
IF PREZ Nik II had meticulously planned to turn his cabinet reshuffle into a colossal cockup, he would not have done it half as well as he did by relying on his talent for improvisational blundering....
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Covid craze makes a comeback
Covid craze makes its comeback COVID craze has made its comeback, in a lite version, for now, but the possibility of it eventually returning to its former glory cannot be ruled out. The number of...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Character assassination carried out in good faith,...
THERE is no controlling the Odysseas-general when his super-sized ego has been wounded by suggestions that his oft-repeated claims of infallibility might be on shaky ground. He just cannot cope with...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Head boy let kid cabinet off from attending budget...
THE MEMBERS of the cabinet always seemed like a bunch of schoolkids given too much freedom by the head boy, who is more interested in showing off to the adults than taking any responsibility for...
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