Cypriot presidents: Missed opportunities and bad choices
A new book on the island’s leaders says the first president was incapable of taking decisions that did not have general and universal acceptance Poor...
Kyriacos Iacovides
Halloumi saga dogged by series of absurd twists
Instead of protecting the national cheese through the PDO, the government could have destroyed Cyprus’ most important export The registering of halloumi as a...
A challenge to union power
‘Standing up to bank employees union will take guts’ Negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement at Hellenic Bank, which were on hold...
State to pay millions over unconstitutional stock exchange law
2000 law wrongly forced investment companies to plough funds into tanking stock exchange The state has been ordered to pay two investment firms compensation...
US to Cyprus – work with Turkey on energy or get left behind
US pressure on Cyprus to offer the biggest confidence building measure of them all – energy cooperation with Turkey A settlement of the Cyprus issue...
University’s fight for English proving divisive
The University of Cyprus has made scant progress in its struggle to introduce English taught undergrad courses Entry requirements and tuition fees remain the big...
UK Commons’ speaker hopes for change on British expats’ voting rights
Speaker of the British House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle has told the Cyprus Mail that he hopes the Cyprus government would reconsider its decision...
Students to strike over twice-yearly exams
Secondary school students will stage a two-hour boycott of classes on Friday morning on the instructions of the so-called secretariat of their self-styled union Psem....
Widespread condemnation of T/C journalist charged over article (Update 2)
News on Wednesday of the charges being levied against Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, stemming from an article he wrote a year-and-a-half ago, drew widespread...
Pan-European party to field candidate in Cyprus’ presidential elections
The fledgling social movement, Neo Kyma–The Other Cyprus, will contest the 2023 presidential elections with its own candidate, in collaboration with Volt Europa. Volt Europa...
