Tales from the Coffeeshop: Water diplomacy means Cyprus won’t go thirsty

THE ORGY of self-congratulation in which the government engaged because the United Arab Emirates kindly offered to send us some mobile desalination units to help us avoid the looming water crisis this summer was to be expected as our many golf courses will survive.

And there was the added bonus that we would pay nothing for the 15 units, that are expected to start pumping water in late August, early