Cyprus in-depth analysis: what did you miss? A hint of what was in the October Sapienta Country Analysis Cyprus. #Cyprus #Economy #Cyprob open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...

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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.

Parliament grants one-month extension for prepaid mobile registration

Our View: Why is the first lady so opposed to making public the names of her charity’s donors?

Central Bank of Cyprus outlines roadmap for digital euro rollout

Holguin holds bicommunal youth meeting in Jordan

Our View: CoLA debacle shows why state should not intervene in labour relations

Why is tourism no longer the biggest sector in Cyprus? Our Director, Fiona Mullen, explains in just over 5 minutes. #Cyprus #tourism open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...

North opposition furious over €110m fibre internet deal signed without tender

Sell sell sell

More than a third of Cyprus workers earn under €1,500 despite wage growth

OK so I am posting here instead of the other place for #Cyprus people. If you are using Cyta and keep getting messages that your connection is unsafe you can call them and they will “fix something” that makes it go away on your phone and PC.

Yet the prevailing media narrative in the UK is as if Trump has the backing of 70% of Americans

It is further galling that the OpenAI deal at Oxford was done without any consultation with the faculty governing body (Congregation) or the College tutors who will be most affected. It went ahead (largely in secret) based on a "pilot" with about 70 hand-picked participants.

Said this before but BSKY seems to have turned into this meta (not THAT Meta) space where people comment on some big thing in their own country but u never get to find out what it is. So u scroll for a bit + leave. And then they shout at you coz there’s still actual understandable news on X. 🤷🏻‍♀️1/

"The real message out of this, because it's a massive" landslide victory is a combination of voters said "look, we have our own agency. Stop pushing us around." @fionamullency.social on how Turkish Cypriots rejected foreign influence in recent TRNC elections: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjt...

Preliminary findings: 🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data. 🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions. This is a duty, not a choice. link.europa.eu/JYQrBX

Just had someone put a snarky comment on my Substack post. Now, I keep them open because it is reader-supported and I only have a small number of payers. But you don’t get to leave a snarky comment without paying, yer git, so I deleted it.

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No. Eurostar has ordered double deck trains and the first will arrive in 2031. If they ever run to London we’ll see, but these trains will likely go on ex-Thalys routes first. Do some research. #CrossChannelRail

Tufan Ehurman won a landslide in the 1st round of the election for the presidency of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern #Cyprus (TRNC). What does it mean for geopolitics? Our special analysis is discounted to €100 until 2pm CY time Mon. #Cyprob sapientaeconomics.com/shop-reports/

Meanwhile over in wee Cyprus the pro-reunification candidate in northern Cyprus won in the first round by a massive landslide: 62.76%.

I genuinely find this very worrying, as someone with settled status! sure, Lam probably won't be home secretary tomorrow, but the mood music is changing, you can feel it, and I just don't trust Labour to fight like hell on our behalf, so unclear where this is going to go

Weird how he keeps getting exposed for hanging out with wrong uns.

“The UK has a system in which a TV channel can pay a political leader almost half a million pounds a year and give him an hour an evening to react to his rivals without breaking a single rule.”

Could the digital euro be a reality within four years? There is certainly momentum building, even if consumers remain sceptical, writes Europe Editor Tony Connelly

This recent Turkey Book Talk (@turkeybooktalk.bsky.social) episode with Fiona Mullen (@fionamullency.social) also detailed some of the deeper history and outlined the current fragile situation on the island 🎧👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2025/04/29/f...

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks. This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

Can a #Cyprus property settlement be financed? Yes, if handled sensibly, says our Director, Fiona Mullen open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...

The four stages of bubble grief 1. It’s not a bubble 2. It’s not ‘my’ bubble 3. Bubbles are good! 4. Bubble trouble…

Nicosia Uncut is always good quality for #Cyprus politics and #cyprob issues and this one is particularly good. 👍 islandtalks.fm/podcast/nico...

Someone made a lot of money through insider trading. On the international betting site Polymarket, the eventual winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Maria Corina Machado went from rank outsider to 70% favourite in the early hours of Friday before the award was announced.

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

This reminds me. We are 12 years from the financial crisis Cyprus, the banks have soooo much liquidity they don’t know what to do with it, but I still have to visit the bank if I want to send >€300 from a notice account. Pre-crisis it was €1000. Charge me fine but let me do it online please.

E.g. The Met Office is the nation’s weather service AND a global climate change research centre. It is highly vulnerable. Ministers fund its research, influence its priorities, and appoint its leaders. With no statutory basis, its priorities and funding could be changed with little oversight. 5/11

dude seems really preoccupied by the Antichrist emerging from random things he doesn't like, which of course is very normal

In the German city of Greifswald. sixty residents of the city, selected at random, will have the opportunity to contribute their perspectives, ideas and wishes for the Greifswald of tomorrow until 2028. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/brin... #CitizensAssembly

Republicans are three times as likely as Democrats to say they are “not sure” how they feel about elements of the revenge agenda, our polling with YouGov shows

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Check out my 10-minute cost of #cyprob explainer on YouTube (also on Substack).

It is autumn 🍂 at last in #Cyprus. Get out those pullovers!

I've been away from bsky for quite a few months, but I'm finally back, and have some big news to share! My #monograph on #Cyprus #law and #politics has now been published and is available online. Attached the discount count for those who would like to purchase a print or digital copy!

I know practically nothing about Hungarian, but I know the “sz” combination is pronounced “s”, and the “zs” combination is “zh” #NewsYouCanUse

Things I allow my older self to do. 1. Take time out for exercise and 🎻 learning. 2. Feel bold enough to cancel the Pilates session if it means I will have to work into the wee small hours to catch up.

Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to release all the remaining hostages held in Gaza as part of the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the devastating two-year war in the strip. on.ft.com/47hImRa

I think the problem about brands getting involved in, let’s broadly call it politics, is that the only thing most people will remember is there was controversy. OK I don’t eat ice cream much but I am online a lot + I honestly don’t remember which side B&J are on (+ still can’t tell from this piece)

Oh shit that’s definitely an insurrection🤡

The best thing they could do would be to put duty on alcohol bought at supermarkets but not at establishments. Encourage people to get together and not drink at home.