FionaMullenCY
@fionamullency.social
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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FionaMullenCY
@fionamullency.social
· Oct 21
Country Analysis Cyprus
Trending: Turkish Cypriot politics
What can we expect in Turkish Cypriot party politics in the coming months? Read our insights
About Sapienta Country Analysis Cyprus Unrivalled analysis of pol...
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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...
Cough cough, Cyprus. Your turn.
Top EU court forces Poland to recognise same sex marriages from other EU countries
Top EU court forces Poland to recognise same sex marriages from other EU countries
Refusing to recognise would infringe on gay couples' "freedom and the right to respect for private and family life," the Court said
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November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cough cough, Cyprus. Your turn.
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This would provide asylum seekers with an incentive to deal with human traffickers, who will offer to liquidate valuables and lodge the proceeds with unlicensed hawala exchanges for collection after entry
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This would provide asylum seekers with an incentive to deal with human traffickers, who will offer to liquidate valuables and lodge the proceeds with unlicensed hawala exchanges for collection after entry
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A reminder that “quiet posters” (people you follow who don’t post that often) can be more fulfilling than the main timeline here. Can I remember how I got quiet posters as a sort of tab? Sorry no I can’t!
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A reminder that “quiet posters” (people you follow who don’t post that often) can be more fulfilling than the main timeline here. Can I remember how I got quiet posters as a sort of tab? Sorry no I can’t!
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A reminder that “quiet posters” (people you follow who don’t post that often) can be more fulfilling than the main timeline here. Can I remember how I got quiet posters as a sort of tab? Sorry no I can’t!
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What to expect on the Cyprus problem. Full edited transcript. #Cyprus #cyprob open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...
Ball-gazing on the Cyprus problem
Edited transcript of the live interview with Diego Cupolo at Turkey Recap
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November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
What to expect on the Cyprus problem. Full edited transcript. #Cyprus #cyprob open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...
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It’s Stir-Up Sunday and so, as tradition decrees, my Ultimate Christmas Pudding is #RecipeOfTheDay. I have converted many Christmas pud haters with this, which is due not to any brilliance on my part but to the treacly magnificence of the Pedro Ximénez sherry in it. www.nigella.com/recipes/ulti...
Ultimate Christmas Pudding
I don’t deny it: there is something unattractively boastful about calling one’s own recipe “ultimate”. But having soaked my dried fruit for this pudding in Pedro Ximénez — the sweet, dark, sticky sher...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It’s Stir-Up Sunday and so, as tradition decrees, my Ultimate Christmas Pudding is #RecipeOfTheDay. I have converted many Christmas pud haters with this, which is due not to any brilliance on my part but to the treacly magnificence of the Pedro Ximénez sherry in it. www.nigella.com/recipes/ulti...
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I'm looking forward to the part where Ukraine says "no" to surrendering and it turns out Trump doesn't have any cards. Because refusing to sell weapons to your allies at profit just to punish Ukraine for not surrendering isn't a card.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I'm looking forward to the part where Ukraine says "no" to surrendering and it turns out Trump doesn't have any cards. Because refusing to sell weapons to your allies at profit just to punish Ukraine for not surrendering isn't a card.
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Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan - on.ft.com/49CfuF2
a man wearing a blue sweater is sitting in front of a window .
ALT: a man wearing a blue sweater is sitting in front of a window .
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November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan - on.ft.com/49CfuF2
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Ok this is big. Sen. Rounds iterates that, per Rubio, Thursday is a deadline to begin negotiations — not a deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. There is no threat of revoking intelligence sharing or ending arms shipments from the administration, he says.
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ok this is big. Sen. Rounds iterates that, per Rubio, Thursday is a deadline to begin negotiations — not a deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. There is no threat of revoking intelligence sharing or ending arms shipments from the administration, he says.
I see BlueSky is going all meta again over some woman called Olivia I think, who got some kind of job. But I just can’t be arsed to look it up. Is it a “late social media phenomenon” that no one writes for the potentially uninitiated any more? Everyone just in their own silos.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I see BlueSky is going all meta again over some woman called Olivia I think, who got some kind of job. But I just can’t be arsed to look it up. Is it a “late social media phenomenon” that no one writes for the potentially uninitiated any more? Everyone just in their own silos.
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I get what the WSJ is trying to say about a more fractured FOMC but the chart they use in the story sure seems to contradict their premise. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I get what the WSJ is trying to say about a more fractured FOMC but the chart they use in the story sure seems to contradict their premise. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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Ken Burns: fine filmmaker, bad historian. In Europe, there had been free federations for centuries before the US was even an idea. They actually served as models for the American founders: the Dutch United Provinces, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Swiss Confederacy & the Holy Roman Empire.
Burns: The Old Testament says there’s nothing new under the sun. On July 4th, 1776, there was. Everybody up to that point had been under authoritarian rule. It was in the interests of their rulers that they be uneducated, that they be superstitious, that they be distracted by conspiracies…
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Ken Burns: fine filmmaker, bad historian. In Europe, there had been free federations for centuries before the US was even an idea. They actually served as models for the American founders: the Dutch United Provinces, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Swiss Confederacy & the Holy Roman Empire.
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How #OECD membership could be a small confidence-building measure (#CBM) that would bring enormous benefits to #Cyprus. open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...
Could OECD membership be a CBM for Cyprus?
I explain why it could benefit Cyprus enormously
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
How #OECD membership could be a small confidence-building measure (#CBM) that would bring enormous benefits to #Cyprus. open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...
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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...
Cyprus in-depth analysis: what did you miss?
A hint of what was in the October Sapienta Country Analysis Cyprus
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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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.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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.
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Parliament grants one-month extension for prepaid mobile registration
Parliament grants one-month extension for prepaid mobile registration
cyprus-mail.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Parliament grants one-month extension for prepaid mobile registration
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Our View: Why is the first lady so opposed to making public the names of her charity’s donors?
Our View: Why is the first lady so opposed to making public the names of her charity’s donors?
cyprus-mail.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our View: Why is the first lady so opposed to making public the names of her charity’s donors?
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Central Bank of Cyprus outlines roadmap for digital euro rollout
Central Bank of Cyprus outlines roadmap for digital euro rollout
cyprus-mail.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Central Bank of Cyprus outlines roadmap for digital euro rollout
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Holguin holds bicommunal youth meeting in Jordan
Holguin holds bicommunal youth meeting in Jordan
cyprus-mail.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Holguin holds bicommunal youth meeting in Jordan
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Our View: CoLA debacle shows why state should not intervene in labour relations
Our View: CoLA debacle shows why state should not intervene in labour relations
cyprus-mail.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Our View: CoLA debacle shows why state should not intervene in labour relations
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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...
How tourism has shrunk in Cyprus
Successive revisions plus growth has elevated other sectors
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October 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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...
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North opposition furious over €110m fibre internet deal signed without tender
North opposition furious over €110m fibre internet deal signed without tender
cyprus-mail.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
North opposition furious over €110m fibre internet deal signed without tender
Sell sell sell
Nvidia poised to become world’s first $5tn company on.ft.com/4qs8nEV
Nvidia poised to become world’s first $5tn company
US chip giant’s stock propelled by strong sales of AI systems and prospect of access to China
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sell sell sell
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More than a third of Cyprus workers earn under €1,500 despite wage growth
More than a third of Cyprus workers earn under €1,500 despite wage growth
Average monthly earnings in Cyprus continued to rise during the second quarter of 2025, with gross salaries increasing by 4.2 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to provisional f...
cyprus-mail.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
More than a third of Cyprus workers earn under €1,500 despite wage growth