Dire labour shortages felt across many sectors
Exodus of EU workers leave hotels, retail and restaurants struggling Acute labour shortages that ended when Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 have reappeared...
Kyriacos Iacovides
Akel’s dogmatic refusal to change
After Akel’s dismal showing in last week’s elections, the consensus is that the party must adapt or die. But it’s by no means certain the...
Ambitious ‘Cyprus Tomorrow’ plan will take five years
And the necessary reforms to tap funds could prove tricky By Kyriacos Iacovides The government’s multi-billion euro recovery and resilience plan, ‘Cyprus Tomorrow’ is not...
Plethora of new groupings contesting 2021 elections
They range from single issue parties such as hunting to those seeking a fairer society in general By Kyriacos Iacovides A record 15 parties, movements...
Halloumi producers grill government over PDO ‘success’
In a bid to keep halloumi Cypriot we set ourselves specifications we cannot meet By Kyriacos Iacovides The registering of halloumi as PDO (protected designation...
Coronavirus: Tourism may fall victim to Cyprus’ rigorous testing regime
Greece has a higher positivity rate than Cyprus, but is deemed a safer country to visit By Kyriacos Iacovides The health ministry is taking pride...
Petition launches to support reunification
A campaign calling for online signatures to a petition in support of the reunification of Cyprus was launched on Tuesday, three weeks before the informal...
President urged to commit to federal solution
Blunt assessment of Geneva meeting from former president George Vassiliou President Anastasiades needs to dispel the doubts that exist about his commitment to a...
Turkey, the EU and the ‘positive agenda’
Cyprus will be on its own at the upcoming Council meeting THE eagerly-awaited European Council of March 25-26, which the Cyprus government had hoped would...
EU recovery funds could be gamechanger for reforms, Petrides says
FINANCE Minister Constantinos Petrides hopes that the recovery and resilience plan being prepared by the government apart from absorbing close to a billion euros from...
Disy leader: we should not reject British plan out of hand
Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Monday had an indirect dig at those critical of a British proposal aimed at bringing the two communities closer together...
Coronavirus: Counting the cost of the first 11 months
Economy is the ‘worst it’s been since 1974’ Every sector of the economy has been dealt a big blow by the pandemic, but with tourist...
Pilidou one of six energy ministers supporting EastMed pipeline
Cyprus energy minister Natasa Pilides was one of six energy ministers that expressed support for the EastMed pipeline project that would take natural gas from...
Coronavirus: Growing fears schools will not reopen
By Kyriacos Iacovides The reopening of schools, which was scheduled for February 1 when the latest lockdown was announced, could be further delayed if the...
My stay in a Covid colony
Asymptomatic, bored and craving salt, Kyriacos Iacovides describes his stint in isolation after returning from the UK with coronavirus. I arrived from the UK on...
Cyprus talks: what to expect from a Biden presidency
The new administration will be more supportive than Trump’s, but is unlikely to take a dynamic role Jane Holl Lute’s visit last week produced...
Lute thought to be looking for signs of movement
The UN Secretary General’s envoy Jane Holl Lute returns to the island on Monday with the aim of securing the agreement of the two sides...
‘Every wrong decision that could have been taken was taken’
The Pentakomo waste treatment plant has been a fiasco A litany of incompetence by technocrats and politicians, and dubious decision-making, has led to a major...
Coronavirus: Akel accused of exploiting state support scheme
AKEL has come under attack for exploiting the state assistance schemes for the pandemic, taking close to €50,000 as a political party from the taxpayer....
Could there really be a new passport scheme?
Dispute rages over how important the citizenship scheme was to Cyprus while the government has already hinted of a different scheme, as called for by...