FionaMullenCY
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Fiona Mullen, #Cyprus geek: economy, fiscal, energy, #natgas, banks, #cyprob, northern Cyprus, Director Sapienta Economics https://sapientaeconomics.com/about-us/ and on Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/sapienta
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· Oct 21
Country Analysis Cyprus
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What can we expect in Turkish Cypriot party politics in the coming months? Read our insights
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Pinned profile. Consultant geek on #Cyprus economy, energy (gas etc), Cyprus problem #cyprob. Free-for-now Substack here open.substack.com/pub/sapienta. In-depth monthly report here sapientaeconomics.com/home/country...
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The long wait for parents of the last Gaza hostage
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The long wait for parents of the last Gaza hostage
The parents of the last hostage in Gaza have been waiting for over two years for the return of their son, whom they described as "fighting to the last bullet" during Hamas's attack on Israel on…
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December 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The long wait for parents of the last Gaza hostage
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As a recognised refugee pointed out of me when this was first mooted, this makes #Cyprus more attractive, as asylum-seekers will have some hope of ending up in mainland Europe instead of being stranded on this little island.
Asylum seekers reaching Europe's shores will start being relocated to other EU states from 12 June next year. Interior ministers agreed that at least 21,000 people should be relocated — short of the European Commission's 30,000 initial figure.
EU to begin internal asylum relocations on 12 June
Asylum seekers reaching Europe's shores will start being relocated to other EU states from 12 June next year. Interior ministers agreed that at least 21,000 people should be relocated — short of the European Commission's 30,000 initial figure.
euobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
As a recognised refugee pointed out of me when this was first mooted, this makes #Cyprus more attractive, as asylum-seekers will have some hope of ending up in mainland Europe instead of being stranded on this little island.
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If you like your pots with a bit of character and/or just want to stick it to big ceramic, my very talented wife @nicholeceramics.bsky.social has just reopened her online shop.
Check it out...
www.nicholeceramics.com/shop
Check it out...
www.nicholeceramics.com/shop
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you like your pots with a bit of character and/or just want to stick it to big ceramic, my very talented wife @nicholeceramics.bsky.social has just reopened her online shop.
Check it out...
www.nicholeceramics.com/shop
Check it out...
www.nicholeceramics.com/shop
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We are delighted to introduce Giorgia Conte, PhD Candidate in Economics to the job market! In her work, she combines computation & empirical methods, survey & administrative data to investigate policy relevant questions. 💫
For more info visit www.giorgia-conte.com
#econsky #economics #phd
For more info visit www.giorgia-conte.com
#econsky #economics #phd
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We are delighted to introduce Giorgia Conte, PhD Candidate in Economics to the job market! In her work, she combines computation & empirical methods, survey & administrative data to investigate policy relevant questions. 💫
For more info visit www.giorgia-conte.com
#econsky #economics #phd
For more info visit www.giorgia-conte.com
#econsky #economics #phd
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Bring back the guillotine. Or something.
A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for private reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, and Dossier Center.
Bolshoi-loving banker threatened Euroclear CEO, amid EU talks on Russian assets
A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for private reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, and Dossier Center.
euobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Bring back the guillotine. Or something.
Does anyone know how to get back your @name.com subscription? I missed the deadline coz I was sick but if I plug in the email address or the domain name that I paid for to try and reset the password I get nothing in my inbox. So I am stuck in the circle of doom.
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Does anyone know how to get back your @name.com subscription? I missed the deadline coz I was sick but if I plug in the email address or the domain name that I paid for to try and reset the password I get nothing in my inbox. So I am stuck in the circle of doom.
So do ya want me to do more text or video on the economy of #Turkey #Türkiye or not? (They say Substack is about building communities but I rarely get comments. Maybe Cypriots are just shy, which is good when it comes to trolling.) bsky.app/profile/sapi...
A taster on the economy of Turkey/Türkiye. Let us know if you want more. #Turkey #Türkiye open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...
Türkiye/Turkey economy: a snapshot
Let me know if you want more of this kind of analysis
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
So do ya want me to do more text or video on the economy of #Turkey #Türkiye or not? (They say Substack is about building communities but I rarely get comments. Maybe Cypriots are just shy, which is good when it comes to trolling.) bsky.app/profile/sapi...
Halloumi wars in #Cyprus 😀
Why one village put up a halloumi statue and reignited a row
Why one village put up a halloumi statue and reignited a row
cyprus-mail.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Halloumi wars in #Cyprus 😀
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Turkish Cypriot opposition leader says early elections are ‘inevitable’
Turkish Cypriot opposition leader says early elections are ‘inevitable’
cyprus-mail.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Turkish Cypriot opposition leader says early elections are ‘inevitable’
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A recently leaked video offers striking evidence that he possessed great moral courage in objecting to impose martial law during the Tiananmen Square protests
The general who refused to crush Tiananmen’s protesters
A leaked video of his court-martial has suddenly appeared
econ.st
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A recently leaked video offers striking evidence that he possessed great moral courage in objecting to impose martial law during the Tiananmen Square protests
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Playing the "Good/bad migrant line helps spread further division and racism.
As @migrantvoice.bsky.social points out in this piece "People do not check what job someone has, or how they arrived, before attacking them".
Labour knows this and just carries on.
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
As @migrantvoice.bsky.social points out in this piece "People do not check what job someone has, or how they arrived, before attacking them".
Labour knows this and just carries on.
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Playing the "Good/bad migrant line helps spread further division and racism.
As @migrantvoice.bsky.social points out in this piece "People do not check what job someone has, or how they arrived, before attacking them".
Labour knows this and just carries on.
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
As @migrantvoice.bsky.social points out in this piece "People do not check what job someone has, or how they arrived, before attacking them".
Labour knows this and just carries on.
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
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I will not take any lectures on civilisation from a country that has the highest homicide rate in the industrialised world and the fewest doctors per thousand of population of any OECD country.
US government adopted the far-right Great Replacement myth and is now demanding NATO countries to dismantle the EU and the European project. They themselves frame it as a binary choice. Essentially the end of NATO as we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I will not take any lectures on civilisation from a country that has the highest homicide rate in the industrialised world and the fewest doctors per thousand of population of any OECD country.
“Teachers have carried this programme for years, students have embraced it, and parents have consistently supported it. The only hesitation comes from those in power.”
Peace on pause: the attempt to scupper the Imagine programme
Peace on pause: the attempt to scupper the Imagine programme
cyprus-mail.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“Teachers have carried this programme for years, students have embraced it, and parents have consistently supported it. The only hesitation comes from those in power.”
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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Thomas Mann’s books fall out of copyright (UK/EU) next month, which means - new editions and translations!
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thomas Mann’s books fall out of copyright (UK/EU) next month, which means - new editions and translations!
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
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Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
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I see Space Karen wants to abolish the EU because he got fined for breaking the law. Clearly the EU is too big to buy – so he wants to break us up into pieces that aren’t.
Is ‘abolish the EU’ the new ‘defund the police’?
Is ‘abolish the EU’ the new ‘defund the police’?
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I see Space Karen wants to abolish the EU because he got fined for breaking the law. Clearly the EU is too big to buy – so he wants to break us up into pieces that aren’t.
Is ‘abolish the EU’ the new ‘defund the police’?
Is ‘abolish the EU’ the new ‘defund the police’?
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide on.ft.com/3Kv91S4 #FTEdit
It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide
Tips from a pro
on.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide on.ft.com/3Kv91S4 #FTEdit
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In Britain, when you were born determines how much you pay in tax as much as how much you earn. And, often, the Aggrieved Victims Of Crushing Academic Debt Obligations pay the most of all
Pity the AVOCADOs
The Aggrieved Victims Of Crushing Academic Debt Obligations have it rough
econ.st
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In Britain, when you were born determines how much you pay in tax as much as how much you earn. And, often, the Aggrieved Victims Of Crushing Academic Debt Obligations pay the most of all
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Actual Soviet poster about achieving the five-year plan in four years, just in case anyone wanted to know the origins of that famous example in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Actual Soviet poster about achieving the five-year plan in four years, just in case anyone wanted to know the origins of that famous example in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
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Button cell battery names are actually codes include the chemistry, shape, diameter and thickness.
CR2032 is C lithium, R round, 20mm diamter, 3.2mm thick
CR2032 is C lithium, R round, 20mm diamter, 3.2mm thick
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Button cell battery names are actually codes include the chemistry, shape, diameter and thickness.
CR2032 is C lithium, R round, 20mm diamter, 3.2mm thick
CR2032 is C lithium, R round, 20mm diamter, 3.2mm thick
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A taster on the economy of Turkey/Türkiye. Let us know if you want more. #Turkey #Türkiye open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...
Türkiye/Turkey economy: a snapshot
Let me know if you want more of this kind of analysis
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A taster on the economy of Turkey/Türkiye. Let us know if you want more. #Turkey #Türkiye open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...