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• €31m to transform Cyprus’ welfare services

  A €31 million reform will deliver the first comprehensive and holistic modernisation of Cyprus’ Social Welfare Services, affecting every aspect of their operation, department director Maria Kyratzi said on Wednesday.

  “This is a reform aimed at improving the functioning of the Social Welfare Services and substantially upgrading the country’s social protection system itself, with social cohesion, equality of opportunity and the safeguarding a decent quality of life for all citizens at its core.”

  The project is being implemented under the Thalia 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy Programme, with co-financing from the European Union.

  Particular emphasis will be placed on child protection, support for vulnerable groups and improving the quality and speed of services provided to citizens.

  The restructuring covers the full operation of the Social Welfare Services and includes changes to its structures, procedures, intervention mechanisms and the tools used daily by its officers.

  Its objective is to create a more modern, effective and people-centred social protection system capable of responding to growing and increasingly complex social needs.

  The Social Welfare Services currently manage more than 40 social protection and support programmes. The network employs more than 500 professionals.

  The increase in social needs in recent years, as well as the complexity of the cases handled by the services, has made reform more necessary than ever, the deputy ministry said.

  This is particularly important given the large number of children under state guardianship and the number of cases requiring multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary intervention.

  In response, the reform provides for the modernisation of the organisation, as well as the upgrading of internal capacity and support mechanisms.

  It also seeks to strengthen cooperation between all agencies involved in the protection of children and vulnerable people.

  A key part of the reform is the institutionalisation of central and district multidisciplinary teams.

  These teams will bring together professionals from different disciplines and services in an effort to ensure the holistic assessment and management of complex social cases, particularly those involving vulnerable children and families.

  Particular emphasis is also being placed on strengthening child protection.

  The reform introduces escort and mentor services, as well as professionals from other specialities to provide additional support to vulnerable children, whether they remain in their family environment or are under state care.

  Since May 2026, the deputy ministry has also been working with the ministries of education, justice and health on the preparation and implementation of a national strategy and action plan for child protection in Cyprus, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2029.

  Another important pillar of the reform is the Neighbourhood Social Worker programme, which is designed to bring social services closer to citizens and improve early intervention at local level.

  Following a successful pilot phase, the programme is now being expanded across Cyprus through cooperation with municipalities and community clusters.

  It contributes to the development of a local support network capable of quickly identifying and assisting individuals and families in need of psychosocial support.

  It also helps welfare services and local authorities design the social intervention programmes required to address challenges faced by individual communities.

  Among its benefits is the immediate identification and management of social problems at local level.

  Community assessments are also carried out to record and quantify local needs, helping authorities design programmes based on the real and varied needs of each area.

  The reform also includes the digital upgrading of the Social Welfare Services through the introduction of a new information system.

• Tatar says Turkish opposition interfered in Turkish Cypriot election

  Former Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday accused Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel of having unduly interfered in last year’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election, which saw him unseated by Tufan Erhurman.

  “Ozel came to the TRNC and declared, ‘my candidate is Tufan’ and campaigned with a CHP delegation,” he told Ada TV, before adding that he has in his possession “video and recording evidence of this”.

  He then said that the leader of a Turkish opposition party “should not participate in elections in the TRNC”.

  “He is the leader of the opposition party there. What business does the opposition party have in the elections here?” he asked.

  Prior to last October’s election, Ozel, who was then the leader of the CHP and now leads the New Party, said that “as elections approach, the CHP respectfully salutes the will of the Turkish Cypriot community and their fight for existence to protect this will, regardless of political affiliation”.

  “Our party calls on all individuals and institutions in our country to respect the will of the Turkish Cypriot people and to be diligent in ensuring that this will is duly respected,” he added.

  He then said that he office of the Turkish Cypriot leader is “a gateway for Turkish Cypriots to the outside world”, and that “therefore, regardless of who wins the elections, what matters is that the will of the Turkish Cypriots is respected”.

  Later, after Erhurman won an unprecedented landslide victory, he said that “the Cypriot people elected a president of their own free will against those who oppressed them”, and that “this is very important”.

  “No one can stand in the way of change, and the time for change has come,” he said.

  Elements of Turkey’s ruling AK Party had travelled to Cyprus in advance of that election to campaign for Tatar, with Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, former interior minister Suleyman Soylu, former defence minister Hulusi Akar, and former footballer Mesut Ozil having all campaigned for Tatar last year.

  However, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Yilmaz, among others, congratulated Erhurman upon his victory, and Turkey has since that election worked with Erhurman towards his aims for a return to negotiations in earnest on the Cyprus problem.

  Most recently, AK Party spokesman Omer Celik said last week that the Cyprus problem “will continue to be discussed on the basis of diplomacy and the United Nations’ parameters”, with efforts continuing to bring about an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem within the coming months.

  Celik’s statement of support for the UN’s parameters came after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had confirmed during his visit to the island that a “consensus” had been reached among the three guarantor powers, Turkey, Greece, and the United Kingdom, for a new enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held.

  Such a meeting, he said, will be convened “after adequate progress” is achieved on the matters of confidence-building measures, the meeting’s methodology, and the substance of the talks, and to this end, he said that he counts “on the continued support of the three guarantors”.

  In line with this drive for adequate progress, Erhurman and President Nikos Christodoulides will next meet on August 26.

• Erhurman: Christodoulides rejected Guterres proposal to clear mines

  Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday said that President Nikos Christodoulides rejected a proposal for more landmines to be cleared across the island, which was made by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during his visit to the island last week.

  “We agreed to clear the mines, the Greek Cypriot side rejected it,” he told journalist Nazar Eriskin, before explaining that the plan would have seen mine-clearing efforts begin in the buffer zone and then continue elsewhere.

  He also pointed out that previous UN security council resolutions have set as their goal a “mine-free Cyprus”, and said that Christodoulides had rejected the proposal citing “security reasons”.

  Agreements regarding work to demine areas of Cyprus where mines were laid had been reached at previous enlarged meetings on the Cyprus problem held in Geneva and New York last year.

  However, the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) estimates that there are a total of 47 such hazardous areas in Cyprus which “may be contaminated with mines or other explosive remnants of war”, with those areas amounting to around 1.7 million square metres of land.

  Unficyp spokesman Aleem Siddique had previously explained to the Cyprus Mail that landmines near civilian areas are “clearly demarcated by the UN”, and that the largest remaining minefields are in or near either military installations or the buffer zone on either side of the island.

  However, he said, this does not mean the danger posed by those mines is non-existent.

  One such example offered by Siddique was the village of Mammari, which lies to the west of Nicosia and is partially located in the buffer zone.

  He said a team of 29 Cambodian deminers had been brought in to help clear mines around Mammari in 2015, given the present danger posed by the mines to local farmers

  “When it rained, the water would wash the mines out of the demarcated area, given that the area is on a slope. Farmers would also occasionally stray in, and on one occasion, a tractor hit a landmine, though thankfully he was not harmed,” he said.

  In addition to their work in Mammari, the Cambodian deminers were also tasked with clearing minefields south of Lefka. This work in turn opened the way for the Apliki crossing point to be opened in 2018, restoring direct access between Lefka and Kalopanayiotis.

  The UN’s mine action service (Unmas) formally became an “integral component” of Unficyp in 2016, allowing for the direct coordination and passing on of expertise. In addition, Unmas provides assistance to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) to facilitate safe access to areas in which it conducts activities.

  In 2024, government sources had said the Greek Cypriot side considered that demining in the buffer zone had been completed on its part, and that the only minefields of which they are aware are located inside the Republic.

  Those minefields, they said, “are an integral element of our defence organisation”.

  “They are in areas where it is not dangerous, and where it is necessary for them to continue to exist. When we agreed on demining, the agreement was that not all minefields would be removed. The agreement was that minefields inside the buffer zone would be removed,” the sources said.

  They added that the remaining mines in the Republic are anti-tank mines and have been left in place “so someone cannot just pass through”.

  However, they said, all the anti-personnel mines have now been removed.

  “We have destroyed all of them, both those that were in minefields and those that were in storage, because it is our obligation under the Ottawa Convention on the elimination of anti-personnel mines,” they said.

  For this reason, they said, “if there are any left, they belong to the Turkish military, which has them either in minefields or in storage.”

  Mines were laid in Cyprus during 1963, 1964, and 1974, with Unficyp having been eager to stress in the past that “landmines are not rendered inactive” and that they can in fact become more dangerous over time.

• Mavroyiannis: Federal model was Greek Cypriots’ biggest concession

  The Greek Cypriot side’s acceptance of a bicommunal federation following the 1974 Turkish invasion represented its “greatest concession” in pursuit of a Cyprus settlement, former Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis has said, arguing that the compromise was always intended to secure progress on territory, security and the withdrawal of Turkish troops.

  Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Mavroyiannis, who served as the Greek Cypriot chief negotiator from 2013 to 2022 and was also a member of the negotiating team under former presidents Glafcos Clerides and Tassos Papadopoulos, argued that the strategy of waiting for more favourable conditions -often referred to as the “long struggle” – has ultimately failed, with the passage of time only making a settlement more difficult as facts on the ground continue to change.

  “We were always overcome by fear and a lack of boldness, and it usually took us time to understand developments and reach the point where we were ready to move forward,” he said.

  Despite the “trauma” of the invasion and occupation, he said, the Greek Cypriot side made what he described as an exceptionally significant concession by accepting the principle of federalism.

  That process began with the 1977 Makarios-Denktash high-level agreement, under which the Greek Cypriot side accepted the concept of a bicommunal federation. By the end of the 1980s, negotiations had evolved towards the concept of a bizonal, bicommunal federation.

  “This was the greatest concession made by the Greek Cypriot side,” he said.

  “But it was made on the understanding that in return we expected the withdrawal of Turkish troops, territorial readjustments, the return of refugees, a settlement of the property issue and so on.”

  “What happened to all those things?” he asked.

  According to Mavroyiannis, negotiations focused for decades on governance while leaving security guarantees and the withdrawal of Turkish troops largely untouched until the Geneva and Crans-Montana talks in 2017.

  “For the first time since 1974 we discussed the entire package,” he said, arguing that only a comprehensive agreement addressing the principal concerns of both communities could produce a viable settlement.

  “For Greek Cypriots, the key concerns are territory, property, guarantees and troops,” he said.

  “For Turkish Cypriots, the main concern is effective participation in governance and ensuring that, as the smaller community, their rights are protected within a future settlement.”

  Looking back at the 1978 American-British-Canadian peace initiative, Mavroyiannis said neither side demonstrated genuine willingness to negotiate and acknowledged that the proposal may have been premature.

  Even so, he argued that rejecting it outright was a mistake.

  “A proposal should always be negotiated,” he said. “Simply saying ‘no’ from the beginning is not particularly constructive.”

  Recalling a quote by former US president John F Kennedy, he added that “you should never negotiate out of fear, but you should never fear to negotiate.”

  Instead, he argued, the rejection of the proposal reinforced the concept of the “long struggle”.

  He stressed that Archbishop Makarios’ original concept did not mean refusing negotiations or believing there was no urgency, but rather recognising that no agreement should exceed the limits of what the Greek Cypriot side could reasonably accept.

  “The basic objective in 1977 was to make concessions on governance in order to secure gains on guarantees, troops, territory and property,” he said.

  “Today that has been completely forgotten. We speak about a bizonal, bicommunal federation, but forget that this was our greatest concession in order to safeguard everything else.”

  Responding to suggestions that the 1978 initiative should have been rejected because it was linked to efforts by the US to lift its arms embargo on Turkey, Mavroyiannis acknowledged that this had indeed been one of the motivations.

  “But was that a reason to reject it?” he asked.

  “As a result of the rejection, despite the ten-point agreement that followed the next year, the embargo was eventually lifted anyway, and we gained absolutely nothing.”

  He distinguished between the Cuellar guidelines and the Ghali set of ideas, arguing that neither constituted a complete settlement proposal but rather negotiating frameworks.

  According to Mavroyiannis, only two comprehensive settlement frameworks have existed: the Annan plan and the package negotiated up to Crans-Montana in 2017.

  Although he was one of the principal negotiators under Papadopoulos, he said he personally opposed the Annan plan because it was the product of international arbitration rather than free negotiations.

  “A settlement plan produced through arbitration is, by definition, not a good plan,” he said. “It is not something freely negotiated between the parties. A third party decides for you.”

  He argued that the negotiations culminating at Crans-Montana were fundamentally different because they emerged from direct negotiations between the two sides while also building on useful elements of the Annan plan, later convergences and Cyprus’ accession to the European Union.

  “Because Cyprus had become an EU member, we moved towards something which I personally consider much better than the Annan plan,” he said.

  Nevertheless, that effort ultimately collapsed at Crans-Montana.

  Mavroyiannis rejected widely-offered assertions that the talks failed because of hesitation by the Greek Cypriot side.

  “The reason we failed was that, at the last moment, the Turkish side did not accept two of the six points proposed by the UN secretary-general,” he said, referring to guarantees and the withdrawal of Turkish troops.

  According to Mavroyiannis, then Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu rejected those elements, insisting that while troop numbers could be drastically reduced, the remaining military contingent should stay permanently.

  He acknowledged that Crans-Montana represented a lost opportunity but rejected claims that the Greek Cypriot side was responsible for its collapse.

  “An opportunity was certainly lost,” he said. “But it is one thing to say an opportunity was lost and quite another to say it was lost because of us.”

  Turning to the concept of the “long struggle”, Mavroyiannis said the strategy had failed to produce better conditions for a settlement.

  “Not only has the idea not been vindicated, but we have moved into a much more difficult situation because the facts on the ground continue to deteriorate,” he said.

  He nevertheless described Cyprus’ accession to the European Union in 2004 as a unique opportunity, saying it helped produce a significantly stronger negotiating framework by 2017 than had existed during the Annan process.

  “Because Cyprus had joined the EU, what was on the table in 2017 was much better than what existed in 2004,” he said. “So, while people often say that every year is worse than the last, 2017 was the exception.”

  Looking ahead, Mavroyiannis said future negotiations should preserve the progress already achieved rather than start again from the beginning.

  “We must not lose the six-point framework put forward by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,” he said.

• Perseid meteor shower to light up Cyprus skies in August

  Stargazers in Cyprus will have the chance to observe the Perseid meteor shower this month, with the phenomenon expected to peak on August 12 and 13, deputy mayor of Nicosia and astronomer Chrysanthos Fakas said on Wednesday.

  “The meteor shower began on July 17 and will continue until August 24,” he said.

  The best viewing conditions are expected during the peak days, when the highest number of meteors will be visible.

  The Perseids appear to come from the constellation Perseus, giving the shower its name.

  The radiant point will be visible in the north-eastern evening sky, with observers advised to look after 11pm, when the point rises higher.

  This year’s display is expected to be particularly impressive as the sky will be moonless on August 12, allowing the meteors to stand out more clearly.

  Alongside the Perseids, astronomy enthusiasts may also spot the constellation of Scorpio, the red star Antares and the planet Venus.

  The Astronomical Society of Cyprus, the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation and the Fakas School Observatory are organising a free astronomical evening in cooperation with the Kyperounda community council.

  The event will take place on August 12 from 9pm to 11pm at the courtyard of the Church of Ayios Arsenios in Kyperounda.

  The August full moon, known as the Sturgeon Moon, will occur on August 28, while a total solar eclipse will also take place on August 12, although it will not be visible from Cyprus.

• Mitsotakis after Meridiam buy-in: Interconnector will end Cyprus’ energy isolation

  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday declared that the planned Great Sea Interconnector project will “end Cyprus’ energy isolation”, after French asset management firm Meridiam took a controlling stake in the project’s holding company.

  “The project will put an end to Cyprus’ energy isolation and strengthen the energy security of the eastern Mediterranean and Europe’s resilience in the energy sector. We are joining forces for a European project of common interest,” he said at the buy-in’s signing ceremony, which was held at the Maximos Mansion, his official residence in Athens.

  He added that Meridiam’s buy-in constitutes “a strong vote of confidence in Greece’s energy sector” and said that “the participation of one of the largest European investment groups creates a new state of affairs for the project’s development”.

  Wednesday’s deal sees Meridiam take control of a majority stake in the interconnector project, which, if completed, will connect the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, with the project previously having been majority owned by Greece’s independent transmission system operator, Admie.

  Admie had taken over the running of the project from Cypriot-owned firm EuroAsia Interconnector Ltd in October 2023, with the company then being wound down.

  In total, the construction of the interconnector is expected to cost almost €2 billion, of which around €658 million was to be provided by the European Commission.

  The interconnector project was first announced in 2012, but progress has largely been slow since then, despite the European Commission declaring it a project of common interest the following year.

  In response, a rival interconnection project was touted by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot authorities, which foresaw a cable being built to link the island’s energy grid with that of Turkey, with Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots stating that their own planned cable would be quicker and cheaper to construct.

  Turkey, like Greece, is interconnected with the wider European grid, but the European network of transmission system operators for electricity (Entso-E) has not included plans for a cable linking Turkey and Cyprus in its ten-year development plan.

  It also said that the Great Sea Interconnector “is the only interconnector project connecting the Republic of Cyprus” in its plans, and added that it “will not consider any project for inclusion in the [development plan] that would be proposed or developed without the consent of the Cyprus [transmission system operator] TSO”.

  It added that the Republic of Cyprus’ TSO is “the sole transmission system operator certified for the entire territory of the Republic of Cyprus under EU law”.

  More recently, the governments of the Republic of Cyprus and Lebanon last month agreed to prepare a preliminary feasibility study regarding the possibility of the connection of the two countries’ electricity grids.

  The agreement was reached by Cypriot Energy Minister Michael Damianos and his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Al-Saddi, with both governments saying that it “marks an important milestone in the cooperation between the two countries”.

  They said it is “aimed at exploring opportunities to strengthen regional energy connectivity, enhance energy security, and promote sustainable economic development in the eastern Mediterranean”.

• Victims of Athalassa bombing remembered

  State officials, healthcare workers and relatives on Wednesday honoured the memory of the 33 people killed when Athalassa hospital was bombed during the 1974 Turkish invasion.

  A memorial service was held at the victims’ monument near Nicosia general hospital to honour the 31 patients and two nurses killed when the Turkish Air Force bombed Wards 1 and 2 of Athalassa hospital on July 20, 1974.

  Among the victims were three Turkish Cypriot patients.

  The monument, unveiled in 2023 on the site of the destroyed wards, bears the names of all 33 victims.

  Among those attending were House health committee chair Savia Orphanidou, Nicosia district governor Andreas Hatzipakkos, State Health Services Organisation general financial director Robertos Karachannas, representatives of the health ministry, trade unions, mental health services and relatives of the victims.

  Orphanidou said it was important to honour both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot victims and ensure their memory was not forgotten.

  “Historical memory must remain alive,” she said.

  She added that mental health services should continue to be strengthened to provide patients and their families with “the best care, the best support, the best understanding and, above all, the most important medicine anyone can offer: love.”

  Karachannas described the anniversary as “a day of reflection, honour and responsibility”, saying the victims’ sacrifice remained an indelible part of Cyprus’ history.

  He said the State Health Services Organisation remained committed to upgrading mental health services, with the second and third phases of infrastructure projects expected to begin by 2027.

  The ceremony concluded with the laying of wreaths and the national anthem.

• French asset management firm Meridiam takes majority share in interconnector

  French asset management firm Meridiam took a majority share in the Great Sea Interconnector on Wednesday, buying Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) out of its controlling stake.

  The deal puts Meridiam, which prior to Wednesday’s signing boasted a portfolio of assets worth around $23 billion (€19.9bn), in the project’s driving seat, ending Admie’s almost three-year tenure as the project’s majority shareholder.

  Reacting to the news, former Cypriot energy minister George Papanastasiou said that Meridiam’s taking of a controlling stake in the company will “of course help” the project’s future.

  “It is very good news. This is a fund which is viable joining a project which was looking for financiers,” he told the Cyprus Mail, before adding that it may also help the governments of Greece and Cyprus’ quest to secure funding from the European Investment Bank.

  The two governments had in April jointly penned a letter to the European Investment Bank to request a new diligence study for the project, with a view to possibly requesting funding for the project’s completion may be provided by the Luxembourg-based bank in due course.

  Admie had taken over the running of the project from Cypriot-owned firm EuroAsia Interconnector Ltd in October 2023, with the company then being wound down.

  Meridiam describes itself as a “transformational infrastructure specialist” which “delivers sustainable and resilient infrastructure over the long term”.

  Among the projects it currently manages is Sofia airport, for which it holds a 99-per-cent share in the rights to its operation until 2055, while it also undertook a 33-year project for the maintenance of the United Kingdom’s M8 motorway, and undertook a project to build five hospitals in Turkey – in Adana, in Bursa, in Gaziantep, in Elazig, and in Yozgat.

  Progress on the interconnector, which, if completed, will connect the electricity grids of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, has been slow thus far, with the most recent development being the joint letter to the European Investment Bank.

  Previously, the governments of Greece and Cyprus had announced in November last year that the “economic and technical parameters” of the project would be “updated” with a view to attracting more investors to the project.

  Meanwhile, French cable manufacturer Nexans had announced in March that an undersea trial of the type of cable to be used to form the interconnector had been completed successfully.

  The project has also won the endorsement of the European Commission, with Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen telling the Cyprus Mail that it constitutes a “key strategic link” which will end Cyprus’ energy isolation”, “secure the stability of the electrical network throughout the entire island”, and “fundamentally, lower energy prices”.

  Additionally, the European Commission had provided €658 million worth of grants for the project, though the European public prosecutor’s office (EPPO) announced last September that it had launched an investigation into the project, with a “politically exposed person” having allegedly used their position and connections to seek and secure those grants.

  It was reported that the EPPO’s investigation concerns a company which was partially owned by Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis’ father-in-law Michael Gourzis. Gerapetritis has denied this.

  The new economic and technical parameters which the governments of Greece and Cyprus had planned to outline last November were to come alongside a new feasibility study, Papanastasiou, who was energy minister at the time, having said then that the project “must undergo an update, even in the financial aspect”.

  “The most important parameter of this study is to attract strong investors, who will have the ability to implement the project, so that the challenges surrounding the financial and possibly the technical aspects are sustainable,” he said.

  It has been hoped that efforts to open the project to further investment may soothe a rift which opened last year between the governments of Cyprus and Greece over the Cypriot government’s initial agreement to make five annual payments of €25 million to Admie for the project.

  Those payments were to be made in advance of the project’s completion, so as to ensure that Admie would have a stable income while investing in the project before it turns a profit.

  However, the Cypriot government withheld the funds, citing a lack of tangible progress on the project and differences in opinion regarding how the money should be sourced as its reasons behind not paying the money.

  Papanastasiou said last September that the Republic of Cyprus would pay the first €25m instalment when the project is being “implemented in its entirety”, and that the construction of cables alone is “not enough” to meet this criterion.

  Differences between the two governments became further entrenched Cypriot Finance Minister Makis Keravnos accused Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou of “fake news” over the matter, with Gerapetritis calling for clarity regarding Cyprus’ position the following day.

  Keravnos’ comments had come after Papastavrou had said that he “does not show” the studies which he claimed demonstrate the project is not sustainable.

  In response, he said the studies had been commissioned by Papanastasiou, that they were “properly delivered” to the Greek energy ministry, and that they had even been sent to Papastavrou’s predecessor Theodoros Skylakakis.

  Additionally, the Greek government took offence at President Nikos Christodoulides’ remark that Cyprus “will not be blackmailed by any head of Admie”, with Papastavrou saying that “51 per cent of Admie belongs to the Hellenic Republic” and that “the Hellenic Republic does not engage in blackmail”.

• Hourly paid workers threaten September strike over pay dispute

  Trade unions announced on Wednesday that hourly paid government employees will stage a nationwide 24-hour strike on September 17 unless the government submits a revised pay proposal before then.

  After rejecting the state’s latest offer, the unions said the proposal for a new collective agreement covering 2025 to 2027 offered “zero increases” over the three-year period despite what they described as strong economic growth and rising living costs.

  The decision was taken at a joint meeting of the civil servants’ union branch (Oekdy-Sek), the democratic labour federation (Deok) and the construction workers brancher of the worker’s federation (Pasyek-Peo), which together represent around 7,500 hourly paid government employees, approximately 1,700 workers employed by the state health services organisation (Okypy) and more than 3,000 school staff.

  Oekdy-Sek secretary general George Constantinou said workers had rejected the proposal submitted on July 21 and were giving the government until September 17 to present an improved offer.

  “It cannot be accepted by us or by the workers we represent that there is zero increase, at a time when the country’s economy is experiencing very good and positive growth rates,” he insisted.

  Constantinou said the unions expected the committee to reconsider the proposal and submit a second offer capable of leading to a consensus.

  He argued that hourly paid workers had received just a 1.5 per cent pay rise over the past 17 years while also enduring wage reductions during the financial crisis.

  “If all economic data is taken into account, our demands are fully justified and will help the workers we represent to survive with dignity,” he said.

  He added that the unions were not seeking disruption but forewarned that many essential public services would be affected if the strike proceeds.

  “The responsibility lies with the government to submit a proposal that can be acceptable and improve wages,” he said.

  Deok secretary general Andreas Antoniou likewise denounced the government’s proposal as having failed to address the financial pressures facing workers.

  “Some of these employees earn as little as €867,” he remarked, further commenting that certain cases reviewed with ten years of service earned only around €1,170 net per month.

  “There is no lower salary in our country today than that received by hourly-paid government staff,” Antoniou stressed, adding that workers had decided to proceed with a nationwide strike unless a better offer was made.

  Pasyek-Peo secretary general Stavros Andreou said the proposal did not meet workers’ core demand for general salary increases.

  He said many entry level employees earned less than €1,000 a month despite carrying out essential work across the public sector.

  “The increases given to date for this particular group of staff do not at all correspond to the high growth rates recorded by the economy in recent years,” Andreou said.

  The dispute follows a 24-hour nationwide strike in June, when hourly paid workers marched to the presidential palace demanding higher wages and the renewal of their collective agreement after unions argued that pay had failed to keep pace with the cost of living.

• Former Corner Pub in Nicosia ‘completely burnt’ by fire

  A fire broke out at the former Corner Pub building opposite the presidential palace in Nicosia on Wednesday, prompting an emergency response to the area.

  Speaking on social media, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis announced that the historic building itself is now “completely burnt” with the roof having “entirely collapsed”.

  Authorities had not released further details as to the cause of the fire at the time of publication, while the fire brigade remains at the scene.

  The fire was then brought under control later on Wednesday evening.

  The former Corner Pub was for many years a familiar landmark in the capital due to its prominent location opposite the palace, and as a Manchester United fans’ club.

• Limassol unveils water conservation plan

  The Limassol district government (EOA) presented an “original, multilevel and highly practical” plan on Wednesday to meet the government’s aim of reducing water consumption by 10 per cent and responsibly managing water resources.

  Speaking at a press conference, Limassol EOA president Yiannis Tsouloftas said the plan included a campaign to reduce water consumption, which told the people that saving water was “easier than you think”.

  The campaign started in March with various posts and spots on social media on saving water. This was followed by three “original videos starring young Orpheas Solomou, who is giving advice in a humorous and pleasant manner on how to save water while hosing down pavements, washing cars and using the washing machine”.

  Tsouloftas said the third phase of the campaign was “more emotional”, with TV spots, radio messages and outdoor posters, taking the viewer to the Kouris reservoir and sending a message of collective responsibility in the effort to save water.

  He said three more actions were in the pipeline, including guidelines, proposals and information concerning water consumption, a children’s storybook and puppet show, and a children’s quiz and a presentation.

  Tsouloftas said “everyone can do their part” in saving water.

  He also referred to the efforts under way to upgrade water supply infrastructure, such as replacing 100km of pipes in the city centre, which begins on August 6.

  Speaking at the press conference, agriculture ministry permanent secretary Andreas Gregoriou said the ministry and the water development department aimed at increasing the supply of water from non-conventional sources, such as desalination units for households and treated sewage water for irrigation.

  He pointed out that climate change was affecting Cyprus, making it imperative to preserve the water supply and resources, by changing the culture around consumption.

  “We are in a region where climate change is already here, so we must all prepare ourselves, take measures,” Gregoriou said, pointing out that every year the demand for water rose by approximately 6 per cent.

• Fifth suspect held as Larnaca terrorism case widens

  A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection with the alleged Hamas network accused of plotting terrorist attacks against ‘Israeli interests in Cyprus’, with all five defendants due to appear in court tomorrow.

  According to Phileleftheros, the latest suspect is a 32-year-old Palestinian and resident of Limassol, having been arrested last month, although his detention had not previously been made public.

  The same report relays that investigators believe the man helped arrange the travel of one of the main suspects to Turkey, where police allege instructions relating to the planned attacks were passed on.

  All five defendants are expected to appear before the Larnaca criminal court tomorrow for a procedural hearing to merge three separate criminal cases into a single indictment.

  The terrorism investigation first came to light in May after police arrested two Palestinian men, aged 32 and 38, during raids near Pentakomo.

  Authorities alleged the younger suspect had photographed potential targets in Cyprus and purchased chemicals and equipment used to manufacture explosives after being recruited by a Hamas member.

  According to Phileleftheros, the 32-year-old told investigators he had received instructions to obtain materials before the arrival of the second suspect, a 38-year-old physics professor who allegedly entered Cyprus illegally to assemble ‘explosive devices’.

  Police later arrested a 54-year-old Palestinian with Cypriot citizenship, who prosecutors allege received parcels containing chemical substances.

  He denies any involvement in the case, and although initially released on bail, the decision was later overturned by the appeals court, where upon he was returned to custody.

  A fourth suspect, aged 41, was arrested in Indonesia and extradited to Cyprus last month.

  Police have described him as the alleged ‘ringleader’, accusing him of directing the operation from abroad and instructing members to prepare attacks against Israeli interests in Cyprus.

  According to Phileleftheros, all five defendants now face serious charges including terrorism, conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, participation in a criminal syndicate and money laundering.

  The same report informs that investigators believe the Cyprus case is connected to a 37-year-old Palestinian arrested in Greece, who is alleged to belong to the same network.

• Coral Bay hit by coastal erosion

  Coral Bay beach in the Paphos district is experiencing significant coastal erosion, with the beach shrinking and the number of sunbeds reduced by half, local authorities said on Wednesday.

  “It happens every 10 to 15 years because of winter storms and heavy waves,” Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou said, adding that the last similar episode occurred around 2010.

  “The sand will be back with the next thunderstorm,” he added.

  Lambrou said the beach had already recovered to about 80 per cent of its usual size and was expected to return to normal by next year.

  Although the municipality is not planning any immediate measures to tackle the erosion, he said a study was under way in cooperation with the University of the Aegean to investigate long-term ways of protecting the beach.

  “For now we have reduced the number of sunbeds by half,” Lambrou said.

  Located in Peyia, about 12 kilometres from Paphos, Coral Bay is one of Cyprus’ best-known beaches, attracting large numbers of local and foreign visitors each year.

• Pair remanded in Nicosia drug case

  Two men, aged 51 and 47, have been remanded in custody for eight days as police investigate a drug case in Nicosia, authorities said on Wednesday.

  Officers from the anti-drug squad (Ykan) stopped a vehicle driven by the 51-year-old in Nicosia district on Tuesday and found about 90 grammes of suspected cannabis, police said.

  Officers also stopped a second vehicle driven by the 47-year-old.

  A search of the vehicle uncovered three knives, while a search of the suspect’s home led to the seizure of 2.32kg of suspected cannabis, €10,800 in cash and other items for examination.

  The two men appeared before Nicosia district court on Wednesday, which ordered that they be remanded in custody for eight days.

• Free water-saving kits rolled out nationwide

  Around 35 per cent of free water-saving equipment kits have already been distributed to households across Cyprus as part of the agriculture ministry’s “Water, for Tomorrow” campaign, the ministry said on Wednesday.

  According to the ministry, distribution has been completed in the Paphos and Famagusta districts and is continuing gradually in the remaining districts, with the nationwide rollout expected to be completed by mid-September.

  Targeted deliveries have also been made to organised groups across the island and to premises with high water consumption.

  Despite measures introduced to reduce water use, the ministry said water consumption this year remains higher than during the corresponding period last year.

  It said the increase highlighted the need to strengthen water-saving efforts further and encouraged the public to adopt more responsible water-use practices.

  Households that have already received the free tap aerators and shower flow restrictors were urged to install them without delay.

  The ministry said the simple devices can reduce water consumption by up to 30 per cent without affecting users’ comfort.

  It added that similar water-saving fittings are also available commercially at a low cost, allowing households and businesses that have not received the free equipment to contribute to conserving the country’s water resources.

  Residents can also access the “Notification for Installation of Aerators” online service through the gov.cy portal to obtain information about the campaign, receive practical advice on reducing water consumption and declare that they have received and installed the equipment.

  The declaration is free of charge and, according to the ministry, will help authorities monitor the campaign’s progress and evaluate its effectiveness.

  “Water conservation does not depend only on installing equipment, but also on our daily habits,” the ministry said, urging people to avoid waste, repair leaks promptly and use water responsibly.

  It called on all recipients of the free equipment to install the devices and continue adopting water-saving practices, adding that “every drop counts and everyone’s contribution is crucial.”

• New Androlikou quarry ‘would cause irreversible damage’

  A proposed new quarry in Androlikou would inflict “irreversible damage on one of Cyprus’ most environmentally sensitive areas”, the federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) warned on Wednesday, calling for all further licensing in the area to be suspended.

  The organisation said a special ecological assessment prepared by the environment department for the project underestimated the impact of extending quarrying activity next to the Androlikou Gorge, despite concerns raised during the consultation process.

  According to Opok, the “extraction of 900,000 cubic metres of limestone, using 315,000 kilograms of explosives over a period of two to three years, and even within a stone’s throw of the gorge, will leave nothing standing”.

  It argued that the proposed site should instead be designated as a buffer zone for the Androlikou Gorge because of its environmental importance.

  The federation said the project would require the complete removal of all plants, including some 2,400 trees, alongside extensive blasting operations.

  It cautioned this would result in “intense and irreversible change in the natural landscape and loss of important habitats” in an area already heavily affected by quarrying.

  Although presented as a new quarry, Opok said the proposed development directly adjoins the existing quarry zone and forms part of the same wider mining activity.

  It also claimed that around 31 per cent of the proposed site had already been quarried without the necessary permits.

  The organisation said the area contains habitats protected under the Natura 2000 network as part of the Akamas peninsula conservation area.

  The proposal revives a dispute which has continued for several years between quarry operators and environmental groups.

  Quarry companies have consistently argued that existing reserves in Androlikou are becoming exhausted and that additional extraction is needed to supply construction materials for major infrastructure projects in Paphos.

  Environmental organisations, however, have consistently opposed further expansion, arguing that previous quarrying has already caused significant ecological damage and that new extraction sites should be identified outside protected areas.

• Movies with the darkest of twists

  Happy endings aren’t for everyone. While a perfect conclusion where everyone is happy, the good guys are triumphant and evil is vanquished is usually the order of the day in Hollywood, sometimes things just don’t work out that way. Sometimes the ending is so bleak that it makes you question everything.

  Soylent Green is people – Soylent Green (1973)

  The movie transports us to the distant year of… 2022, into a sci-fi dystopia where the Earth is polluted beyond repair. Environmental disaster, shrinking natural resources and an ever-expanding population, has led to extreme poverty. The only sustainable food source that exists is a highly processed wafer, supposedly made of plankton, called Soylent Green.

  Charlton Heston plays a detective who investigates the murder of the businessman who heads the Soylent Corporation. By the end, he makes a horrifying discovery: Soylent Green is actually made from other humans. It was a solution proposed by the super-rich so that they wouldn’t have to share resources and could keep people working.

  In the final scene, a gravely wounded Heston delivers the movie’s iconic line, screaming and delirious: “Soylent Green is people!”

  Jacob never left Vietnam – Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

  Tim Robbins stars in this horror/psychological thriller about Jacob, a soldier in Vietnam who finds himself in brutal combat but suddenly wakes up on a train in New York. As Jacob tries to make sense of his fragmented memories and terrifying visions, he keeps witnessing otherworldly phenomena and monsters hiding in plain sight.

  By the end of the movie, we learn the shocking truth: Jacob and his unit were being experimented on, and everything that happened was just his brain refusing to give up and die. In the heartbreaking final scene, we see that Jacob never made it back to New York and actually died in combat.

  Edward Norton was guilty all along – Primal Fear (1996)

  Richard Gere plays defence lawyer Martin Vail, who takes the case of Aaron Stampler, a shy altar boy accused of murdering a powerful archbishop. During the course of the trial, Vail makes a disturbing discovery: Aaron actually suffers from dissociative identity disorder, and when he feels threatened, another personality takes over to protect him: the cold, calculating and murderous Roy.

  Thinking that Aaron is a victim of his own brain, and in an attempt to save him, Vail manages to win a favourable verdict, only to be confronted by a final revelation: there was never an Aaron. Roy tricked him and used both him and the justice system to commit murder and get away with it.

  Leonard killed his wife – Memento (2000)

  In this Christopher Nolan classic, Guy Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, a man who, after a brain injury, is unable to form long-term memories. To help himself remember, he tattoos information on his body and writes notes, trying to remember enough to catch his wife’s killer.

  The story plays out in two different sequences, very much mimicking Shelby’s condition: the audience is thrust into a situation without knowing what happened immediately before. During his search, Leonard makes a shocking discovery: he killed a man he believed was his wife’s killer a year earlier, and since then, he has been manipulated into killing other people.

  The serial killer never left the building – Identity (2003)

  I love Identity. This is one of those films that never got the recognition it deserved when it first came out but still holds up today!

  In the film, a mass murderer named Malcolm Rivers is sentenced to death when new evidence, in the form of journals, comes to light. At the same time, ten strangers are stranded at a motel during a storm. John Cusack plays Ed Dakota, an ex-cop turned limo driver who is involved in an accident and ends up at the motel for the night.

  When the guests start being murdered, Ed realises that one member of the group is not who they seem. By the end, Ed realises what has been happening: both he and the rest of the guests are not real. They represent Rivers’ different personalities, as he suffers from dissociative identity disorder.

  Ed dies, but before that, he manages to kill the psychopathic personality responsible for Rivers’ murderous spree. The only one left is the kind-hearted prostitute Paris, now Rivers’ dominant and only personality.

  In the real world, the psychiatrist assigned to the case declares Rivers legally insane, stays the execution and arranges for him to be transported to a mental institution. On the way there, we learn that one of the personalities faked its death and was actually the killer. Rivers murders everyone in the van and escapes, presumably to continue his killing spree.

• Large tobacco haul seized at Deryneia crossing

  Customs officers seized cigarettes and hookah tobacco at the Deryneia crossing point on Wednesday during routine checks.

  In the first case, officers stopped a vehicle driven by a 46-year-old Hungarian national and found 59 boxes containing 200 cigarettes each.

  The cigarettes did not have the required health warnings in Greek and Turkish, security markings or traceability codes, meaning they had not been legally cleared for duty.

  The tobacco products and the vehicle were impounded.

  The driver was arrested and later released after agreeing to pay an out of court fine of €3,600, along with €400 for the return of his vehicle.

  Later on Wednesday, customs officers stopped a Turkish Cypriot taxi carrying an Israeli passenger who was travelling to Larnaca Airport.

  A search of the passenger’s luggage found four one-kilogram packages of hookah tobacco that also lacked the required markings.

  The passenger was released after paying an out of court fine of €1,400.

• Cyprus above EU average in daily tobacco use

  Cyprus recorded a higher rate of daily tobacco use than the EU average last year, with more than one in five people aged 16 and over reporting daily consumption.

  According to Eurostat data published on Wednesday, the figures showed that 22.6 per cent of people in Cyprus used tobacco products, vapes, snus or heated tobacco products, compared with the EU average of 16.5 per cent.

  The rate marked a small decline from 2022, when daily use in Cyprus stood at 23.3 per cent.

  Men accounted for the majority of daily users, with 32.3 per cent of males aged 16 and over reporting daily tobacco or related product use. Among women, the figure stood at 13.3 per cent.

  Across the EU, 20.8 per cent of men and 12.6 per cent of women reported daily use of tobacco and related products.

  The data comes as Cyprus faces growing concerns over changing smoking habits, particularly among younger users and the rise of electronic products.

  According to previous research, 35 per cent of 16-year-olds in Cyprus had tried vapes, while 11 per cent reported using them daily.

• Captagon drug trafficking surge through north under investigation

  The drug squad (Ykan) is investigating possible trafficking routes through the north used to bring the stimulant Captagon into the government-controlled areas, as the substance emerges as one of the fastest growing threats in the black market.

  Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday, Ykan chief Christos Andreou said authorities were particularly concerned about Captagon, with some 1,194 tablets seized so far this year compared with just 71.5 tablets during the whole of last year.

  “The main drug we have information on being smuggled in from the occupied areas is Captagon, for which we conducted many patrols along the buffer zone and managed to locate large quantities,” Andreou said.

  Captagon, a potent synthetic stimulant, gained international attention during the Syrian civil war, where it was reported to have been used by Islamic State fighters and other militias to suppress fatigue and improve endurance during combat.

  The current iteration of the drug is generally produced as a counterfeit stimulant containing amphetamine and other chemical substances.

  The trade became a major source of income for criminal networks in the Middle East, with Syria identified as a key production centre before the fall of the Assad regime.

  Alongside the rise in Captagon seizures, cocaine has also recorded a significant increase in Cyprus.

  Authorities have confiscated approximately 83 kilograms of cocaine so far this year, compared with around 51 kilograms during the whole of 2025.

  Cannabis remains the most commonly seized narcotic, although quantities recorded this year are significantly lower than last year.

  Around 273 kilograms of cannabis have been confiscated so far in 2026, compared with 810 kilograms throughout 2025.

  Authorities have also identified a new trend involving the importation of poppy stalks.

  Andreou said police had recorded 17 cases this year, with 22 individuals being arrested and the seizure of 60 kilograms of the opioid.

  He explained that packages containing the substances had arrived in Cyprus from Austria through courier companies, prompting action to prevent further shipments.

  Andreou said drugs detected in Cyprus originated from countries including Greece, the US, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium, arriving mainly through courier companies, container shipments and drug mules.

  He assured Ykan would continue targeting trafficking networks, with operations focused on identifying suppliers and preventing large quantities of drugs from entering the market.

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r/golang

• Can anyone provide a fun project to work on?

  I have been using Go for a year. I have made a few web apps with it but I am once again feeling slightly unfulfilled with my current programming endeavors and they have become more of a duty.

  I was wondering anyone had any suggestions, perhaps projects you have worked on it the past, that provided great gains in programming and Golang skills as you developed them.

  To give more background I have 6 years of Software Engineering experience with 1 of those years using Golang. The rest is TypeScript, JavaScript, Python and other web technologies.

  I do not care at all about monetization for this project. These will be for fun and insight.

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• Strconv2 for golang,zero allocations for hot paths

  Fast, zero-allocation integer-string conversion for Go. A focused drop-in for the hot parts of the standard strconv

  | Operation | strconv2 | strconv | allocs (strconv2 / strconv) |

  |-----------|----------|---------|-----------------------------|

  | Format uint64 | 24.8 ns | 49.1 ns (`FormatUint`) | 0 / 1 |

  | Format int64 | 27.8 ns | 49.9 ns (`FormatInt`) | 0 / 1 |

  | Format uint16 | 10.1 ns | 23.9 ns (`FormatUint`) | 0 / 1 |

  | Parse uint64 | 17.7 ns | 51.3 ns (`ParseUint`) | 0 / 0 |

  | Parse int64 | 19.3 ns | 55.1 ns (`ParseInt`) | 0 / 0 |

  https://github.com/NikoMalik/strconv2

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• Pure-Go Libsodium Secretstream implementation with zero CGO and zero-copy I/O

  We released github.com/hazyhaar/go-secretstream, a third Pure-Go implementation of Libsodium `crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305` designed for high-throughput streaming.

  Here is the breakdown of each optimization step and its measured impact:

  - CGO removal: We rewrote the full Libsodium secretstream construction in pure Go to eliminate CGO overhead and cross-compilation friction (784 MB/s single-thread, 5.6 GB/s parallel on Intel i9-14900K).

  - Pre-allocated wire buffers (`pushTo` and `pullTo`): We replaced per-chunk slice creation with pre-allocated wire buffers in `Writer` and `Reader` (reduced heap allocations from 87 MB/op down to 51 MB/op for 16 MB payloads).

  - Single-pass ChaCha20 cipher progression: We retained the `chacha20.Cipher` instance in stream state instead of re-instantiating the cipher three times per 8 KB chunk (reduced allocation count from 10,267 to 2,061 allocs/op for 16 MB payloads).

  - Poly1305 write inlining: We eliminated zero-byte padding writes and combined length headers into a single 16-byte slice (increased single-thread throughput from 574 MB/s to 629 MB/s).

  - Zero-copy I/O fast-paths (`readNextChunkTo` and `writeNextChunkFrom`): We added direct stream execution when caller buffers exceed chunk size to bypass internal accumulation arrays (reduced total RAM allocated on a 1 GB stream from 1.24 GB down to 23 MB).

  Final Comparative Benchmark Results (Standard 16 MB Payload, Intel Core i9-14900K, Linux amd64):

  - hazyhaar/go-secretstream (Direct): 784.29 MB/s, 360 KB RAM allocated, 2,052 allocs/op (1 alloc per 8 KB chunk).

  - hazyhaar/go-secretstream (Writer): 635.70 MB/s, 50.7 MB RAM allocated, 2,061 allocs/op (1 alloc per 8 KB chunk).

  - openziti/secretstream: 726.89 MB/s, 19.4 MB RAM allocated, 4,098 allocs/op (2 allocs per 8 KB chunk).

  - Go Standard AEAD (x/crypto/NewX): 2,266.37 MB/s, 16.7 MB RAM allocated, 1 alloc/op.

  The implementation is bit-compatible with Libsodium C and verified against PyNaCl cross-decryption test suites.

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• Go 1.27 release party – free online event with the Go Team

  Meet us on August 25 at 4:00 pm UTC for a free online event for Go developers, where we will discuss what’s new in Go 1.27! Make a reservation: https://jb.gg/go-127-or We’ll be joined by the members of the Go team – Robert Griesemer, Alan Donovan, Marc Dougherty, Cameron Balahan, and Joe Tsai – so get your questions ready! Want to hear about specific features straight from their creators? Drop your questions in this thread by August 20 and we’ll pick the best ones to ask during the livestream. submitted by /u/Nika_84 [link] [comments]

• I built a Go library for two-phase commit - would love feedback (and to know if anyone would actually use it)

  Hi all,

  I recently built two-phase-commit-go, a lightweight two-phase commit library for Go. A few things about it:

  • Works with any synchronous transport between coordinator and participants (gRPC, REST, whatever fulfills the interface)
  • Persistence for coordinator state is up to you - implement the interface with any method you like (database, file, whatever), and you can recover if the coordinator crashes mid-transaction (eventual consistency in case coordinator dies)
  • Built-in OpenTelemetry tracing support (allows you to see each step the coordinator makes)
  • Documentation Available on pkg.go.dev and in the repo's readme

  I'm a Java backend dev with ~2.5 years of experience, and I built this partly to sharpen my Go skills and partly as a portfolio project - I'm looking to transition from Java into Go backend roles.

  Couple of questions to you:

  1. Would you consider giving this library a try if you ever needed 2PC in Go?
  2. Do you have any ideas how to make it more likely that you would actually want to use it?
  3. Do you have any tips on transitioning from java to go backend roles?

  Repo's linked above - happy to answer any questions :)

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• What's a tool or library you wish was written in Go?

  I have been cooking this in my head for so long; when making a Go, htmx, templ application, the only comonent remaining firmly in JS land is CSS; be it the whole of TailwindCSS or building other smaller frameworks - because many rely on PostCSS due to it's version of DCE (dropping unused classes). I experimented in using the templ AST parts to poke around for classes, build a list, and hand them off to LightningCSS but I really would prefer to have the entire tooling in Go - one toolchain only, and all tooling "native" to that. Sadly, my low-level understanding of CSS is not really great (usually skipped it, since it is highly visual when used, and I am visually impaired - basically, i chicken'd out of anything visual and I kinda regret that these days lol)

  What are some things you wish were (re-)written in Go?

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• Mono repo structure

  Hey guys,

  My team is starting a new project which will have 3-4 small related services and will be deployed on separate pods. I do not have much experience with go lang. Any suggestions for mono repo multi service approach ?

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• templui 2.0 beta: a 1:1 port of shadcn/ui for Go and templ (no npm, no node)

  After months of rebuilding, templui 2.0 is in beta. It is a faithful port of shadcn/ui to the Go world: over 50 components with the same API surface, markup and styles as the original, the client behavior rewritten in dependency-free vanilla JS, and everything server-rendered with templ.

  The CLI installs components as source into your project (shadcn's code-ownership model), compiled for one of eight visual styles. There is a theme builder, a typography system and charts. Zero node in your toolchain.

  Docs: https://v2.templui.io. Feedback very welcome, it is a beta.

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