George Iordanou

Fatherhood Diaries: strong women I am surrounded by strong women. Women who are resolute in their beliefs and firm in their conviction that they usually know better. They are fierce and independent, keeping people in their lives by c...

On being surrounded by resolute women and raising one of my own. iordanou.org/blog/fd-stro... #FatherhoodDiaries #Parenting #Feminism #StrongWomen

Fatherhood Diaries: eight years on Eight years since I first became a father. Eight years since the most intense day of my life. A day of firsts. My son was born, and alongside him, I was born too, as a father. Some people say their un...

Reflections on eight years of fatherhood: on joy, guilt, worry, and the slow unlearning of self-control. iordanou.org/blog/fd-eigh... (happy birthday Johnny!)

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MEPs approve motion to build monument to 1974 invasion at EU parliament Members of the European parliament on Wednesday approved a motion to build a monument to the victims and missing persons of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus at one of the European parliament’s buildings.…

Όση ενέργεια βάζουν σε τέτοια, μακάρι να τις έβαζαν για τη λύση του κυπριακού. Αντί αυτού, μένουν στα show, τα συνθήματα, και τη συγκάληψη του πρώην, εκείνου που έφερε στο προσκήνιο τα δυο κράτη, την επιδίωξη που πάντα προωθούσαν και οι Τούρκοι εθνικιστές. cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/22/m...

Archbishop agrees to House vote on Easter bonfires A plenary session vote on regulating the lighting of Easter bonfires (‘lambradjies’) is expected to take place within the next 15 days, after Archbishop Georgios agreed to the bill, the House legal…

Somehow titles like this ended up making sense to people in Cyprus… but, think of it, the opinion of the Archbishop was requested on whether the state should regulate the act of setting fires (including in cities)… it does not really make sense. cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/22/a...

In another news, this week I had the honour of attending a concert by the 82 year old pianist Martino Tirimo with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Both were amazing and I’m glad I didn’t miss it!

I woke up at 5am for a long bike ride, though I averaged 5ish hours sleep this week and desperately need some rest. Bad idea. After the ride, I’ll take a quick shower and head straight for brunch, which means I’ll both eat and remain hungry at the same time. Another bad idea.

Θα παρακολουθήσουμε ένα κονσέρτο πιάνου απόψε. Είμαι όμως κουρασμένος, έχοντας ξυπνήσει η ώρα 4πμ όταν ξύπνησε η μικρή και δεν μπόρεσα να κοιμηθώ ξανά. Ελπίζω να μην με πάρει ο ύπνος γιατί εν ρεζίλι, συν το δούλεμα της Sunshine.

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I don’t know what the executives at Strava are thinking: a while ago they broke integrations without warning, then substantially increased their subscription price and paywalled features, and now the Garmin lawsuit saga.

Gender commissioner calls for more women in peace processes Peace processes that involve women are more likely to be agreed upon and last, making female participation a crucial part of negotiations, Gender Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Tuesday.…

Women across the divide would have long achieved what generations of Cypriot men failed to accomplish: to solve the Cyprus problem.

Όταν ο «άλλος» γίνεται κατσαρίδα Μια δεύτερη ανάγνωση του Κάφκα, είκοσι χρόνια μετά, και μια σκέψη για τις κοινωνίες μας Ο Γκρέκορ Σάμσα, ο πρωταγωνιστής της νουβέλας του Κάφκα, ξύπνησε μια μέρα μεταμορφωμένος σε ένα τεράστιο…

Από τον Κάφκα ως τις σύγχρονες κοινωνίες: πώς ο «άλλος» μεταμορφώνεται σε κατσαρίδα και η απανθρωποποίηση γίνεται ρουτίνα. Μια δεύτερη ανάγνωση της Μεταμόρφωσης είκοσι χρόνια μετά. iordanou.org/blog/kafka-k...

Cyprus receives first EU-funded armoured vehicle for counter-terrorism The police force recently received its first EU-funded armoured vehicle, capable of withstanding high-powered rifle bullets. It’s an impressive, if extremely intimidating, piece of kit. Fully funded…

What on earth? Are they anticipating "armed incidents" with civilians? cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/19/c...

Christodoulides heads to Egypt to demand Cyprus have a role in Gaza’s future President Nikos Christodoulides is to travel to Egypt on Monday to attend a summit on the future of Gaza, and said on Sunday that he will demand that Cyprus have a role in the strip’s future. He…

Ένας λαϊκός ποιητής το έθεσε εξαιρετικά: "δεν καταφέρνετε να τελειώσετε τη Τσερίου τζιαι θέλετε ρόλο στην ανοικοδόμηση της Γάζας". cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/12/c...

Tomorrow's elections have the potential to shape the future of our island, one way or the other. The only certainty is that the status quo is not sustainable and there will eventually be developments with the cyprob. I hope our Turkish speaking Cypriot compatriots choose wisely.

Perhaps the nicest guy in the pro peloton, Sepp Kuss welcomes Matt Stephens to his home in Andorra for a Sigma Sports Café Ride with enough high altitude climbing to really test Matt’s legs and… The Sigma Sports Cafe Ride - Sepp Kuss

This is a lovely interview/ride with Sepp Kuss, one of the best pro cyclists, and possibly the top "climber" of the peloton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRqM...

Safety crisis concerns over unregulated electric scooters Serious concerns have been raised over the safety of electric scooters amid reports of battery fires, accidents and patchy insurance coverage. Recent incidents have exposed regulatory gaps, prompting…

Is it really a priority to further restrict the use of electric scooters when motorists lack any respect for the law, which remains largely unenforced? Focus on that and stop making alternative means of transportation inaccessible. cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/13/s...

I suppose the Fidias hype is gone, no matter his desperate attempts to sustain it. The idea of more direct representation is not a bad one, certainly not a new one, but not within the apolitical and populist framework of Fidias' lack of political awareness, which will likely favor the extreme right.

I re-read Kafka's famous story, Metamorphosis, some 20 years after the first read. Back then, I remember feeling the intensity of the plot, the agony of the protagonist. Now, I am a different person. Now, all I could think were the multi-layered metaphors.

Vafeades grilled over delayed projects MPs on Friday questioned Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades over frequent delays in implementing projects, after he said the government was juggling projects worth over €1.6 billion aimed at…

The civil service urgently needs programme and project managers. Assigning random officers to manage big projects, while on the other side you have programme experts of the Big 4 and the top property developers, is not to the benefit of the taxpayer. cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/17/v...

I'm getting more mature, if not old. I decided to skip a bike ride due to feeling a bit under the weather. Normally, I would just go on my ride, complete it, and feel awful . That said, Sunshine wants us to go to Jumbo, so having a bit of fever on the bike may have been the better option.

No one is banned from protesting, Christodoulides says President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday evening insisted that “no one is banned from protesting” in the wake of anger at a heavy-handed response on the part of the police to a protest staged…

Factor in the new law restricting the right to protest, the hunters (mostly his voters) blocking the motorway and getting just a polite call , and the police assaulting peaceful protesters (mostly not his voters) for stepping off the pavement—and try not to be scared. cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/04/n...

JK Rowling dismisses Emma Watson as 'ignorant' over trans rights row "Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is," Rowling writes.

What an absolutely horrible person… www.bbc.com/news/article...

My son is turning 18 – and I am inexplicably sad | Zoe Williams He is now an adult, so I have no right to dictate the state of his hair or his choice of diet. But I hadn’t expected this to be such an emotional wrench, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

My son is turning 18 – and I am inexplicably sad | Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fatherhood Diaries: what do we owe to others? Those of us with the privilege of growing up in middle class Cyprus of the nineties, especially in socially progressive – it’s called leftist, say it, nothing bad is going to happen – households, had ...

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What do we owe to others? And how does that change when you become a parent in a country that feels like it’s burning, literally and politically?

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Αναστασιάδης προς ΔΗΣΥ: «Υιοθετείτε τα τουρκικά αφηγήματα στο Κυπριακό» Αποκλειστικό: Η επιστολή-καταπέλτης του Νίκου Αναστασιάδη προς την πρόεδρο του ΔΗΣΥ Αννίτα Δημητρίου για το Κυπριακό...

Θλιβερή μορφή. Στην πιο κρίσιμη στιγμή πρόδωσε τη χώρα του. Έκτοτε προσπαθεί απεγνωσμένα να σώσει την υστεροφημία του. Με βιβλίο που δεν έπεισε κανένα, με θυμωμένες συνεντεύξεις, με αντίστοιχα άρθρα. Το κακό έγινε και θα το πληρώσουν τα παιδιά μας. Φτάνει. www.philenews.com/politiki/art...

I wasn't aware, thanks for bringing it to my attention, will check it out.

The Running Novelist If I wanted to have a long life as a writer, I needed to find a way to stay in shape.

I’ve read it multiple times, and also probably shared it a few times over as well, but here it goes again: Murakami in the New Yorker titled “The Running Novelist” www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...

I'm Done With Social Media Or: why I have a blog now.

Nice essay by Caroline Crampton: “I'm Done With Social Media (or: why I have a blog now)” www.carolinecrampton.com/im-done-with...

'Link in Bio' Ruined All Our Brains A unified theory on the bad state of everything.

'Link in Bio' Ruined All Our Brains

I mostly read eBooks, as they are more convenient and I read more. Yet recently I am going out of my way to use paperbacks as it is important to be seen by the kids reading books rather than staring at yet another screen (~80% of my reading is done on an iPad & iPhone).