How Ireland achieved a crucial Brexit coup
This is a good summary. Also, how to negotiate well.
(tags: eu brexit ireland )

No agreement, no Unficyp and the Turkish troops stay
The likely next steps for Cyprus.
(tags: cyprus )

What is happening in Macedonia?
A good summary.
(tags: macedonia )

Brexit negotiations will be brutal, nasty and ( Read more... )

Backing up red lines with more red lines
My favourite Cyprus columnist reckons the process is over.
(tags: cyprus )

Turkish Cypriots optimistic over Enosis hurdle
Things looking up again?
(tags: cyprus )

Obamacare: The Republican Waterloo
David Frum was right, and the rest of the GOP was wrong.
(tags: ushealth uspolitics )

Tales from the Coffeeshop: High diplomacy at our ministry of foreign delusions
Particularly vicious Cyprus analysis this week.
(tags: cyprus )

Danger, Breakdown Ahead!
It can happen to any of us.
(tags: psychology work )

Breaking Down the Father on BBC Being Interrupted by His Children
This absolutely nails everything about it.
(tags: tv family )

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Top orchestra quits Britain over Brexit migration clampdown
#takingbackcontrol by kicking out foreign musicians.
(tags: ukpolitics music eu brexit )

The Pence Gambit
How the Trump presidency might end.
(tags: uspolitics )

Reconstruction: The full incredible story behind Russia's deadly plot to stop Montenegro embracing the West
Now public.
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Brexit: A row over money could derail Brexit talks before they have begun
@economist warns.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

The bloodless battle for the moral high ground
The Cyprus Mail's @Coffeeshop1991 on the latest developments.
(tags: cyprus )

This is the shortest scientific paper ever published
Zero words.
(tags: writing )

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Keeping the negativity in the family
Latest Cyprus commentary.
(tags: Cyprus )

Barbican - Into the Unknown
SF exhibition in London next saummer
(tags: Sf london )

The sow’s ear, Britain’s approach to Brexit’s negotiations
Brief but pithy. # ( Read more... )

Roller Coasters Could Help People Pass Kidney Stones
The headline says it all.
(tags: health )

A settlement to Cypriot dispute ‘closer than ever before, but there’s still a way to go’
Here's hoping.
(tags: cyprus )

Avoiding Reconciliation Roulette
Reservations about truth commissions.
(tags: war cyprus )

Japan's Unprecedented Warning To UK Over Brexit
Told you so.
(tags: brexit japan )

Obama quashes prospect of fast-track Brexit UK-U.S. trade deal
Told you so.
(tags: brexit uspolitics )

What I learned about languages just by looking at a Turkish typewriter
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25 myths and facts about Ukraine and Ukrainians
In case you were wondering.
(tags: ukraine )

Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case
Jeepers.
(tags: Uspolitics )

You may think the world is falling apart. Steven Pinker is here to tell you it isn't.
For once, he has a point.
(tags: politics War )

Burkini ban suspended: French court ( Read more... )