CM: Our View

AFTER weeks of build-up in the media, the visit by members of the European parliament’s Pega committee, which is gathering information regarding the use of the Pegasus and similar ...

It was certain there would be a strong reaction by unions after 156 workers employed by two ground staff companies at Larnaca airport were handed redundancy notices. An impromptu two-hour strike ...

There was violence at two matches at the weekend, exposing the ineffectiveness of the measures taken by the authorities to quash hooliganism and highlighting the need for new thinking. In ...

Last week’s meeting of the House interior affairs committee was dispiriting, with the permanent secretary of the interior ministry admitting that “We’re out of options” when it comes ...

THE issue of C-sections in Cyprus reared its head again recently during a discussion at the House and on every occasion, it seems the number of women opting for this ...

A lot has been written and said lately about the plight of the elderly in Cyprus. Perhaps it has something to do with presidential electioneering. After all, with a growing ...

It’s only been three months since there was a massive fuss when two balconies on separate buildings collapsed in Paphos in the space of 24 hours and then it all ...

It’s almost surreal to read about the serious attacks on employees of the company operating the new system of traffic cameras. Cyprus has waited decades for a system to ...

The spat over the renovation of the Cetinkaya stadium in the buffer zone that has been going on for a couple of weeks appears to be taking on bigger dimensions. ...

If opinion polls are anything to go by, Nikos Christodoulides has built an astonishing lead with presidential elections less than four months away. His lead may have been bigger at ...

Everybody would like to see modern, well-equipped public hospitals and medical centres which provide patients with a good standard of health care, without making them wait for a long time ...

While the finance minister’s statements that a planned green fuel tax would not be going ahead for now is welcome news for motorists, it is likely that is only ...

A day rarely goes by without Akel complaining about what it calls the ‘expensiveness’ people must cope with. The party either issues a written announcement, or one of its officials ...

The three-month suspension of two doctors at Makarios hospital, pending a police investigation into their involvement in a case of alleged medical negligence, appears not to have been thought through ...

In two of the television debates of presidential candidates, Disy candidate, Averof Neophytou said the US lifted the arms embargo on Cyprus only after the candidate of the so-called centre ...

Ioannis Kasoulides’ first experience of government came almost 30 years ago when he was appointed spokesman of the first Clerides administration in 1993, while he served as foreign minister in the second. ...

Cypriots trust their bankers less than anyone else in the European Union, according to the latest findings of the Eurobarometer. Despite trusting the advertising material of banks, only 17 per cent ...

The Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus has very good reason to express concerns about the government’s intentions regarding the Regional Akamas Plan, which in theory should haven been ...

Pressure groups, rightly or wrongly, have a big say in shaping government policies in Cyprus, as part of the idea of stakeholders’ society. While some groups can make a positive ...

For anyone who can remember traffic on Ledra Street in the 1980s and Makarios Avenue prior to the changes recently completed, it was welcome news that cars would be prohibited ...

One of the recurring themes of the speeches and announcements by the presidential candidates is ‘helping the young’, all of whom claim this to be one of their main priorities. ...

The European Union’s report on migration and asylum, released on Thursday, said that Cyprus has seen a 122 per cent increase on 2021 in the number of irregular arrivals in the ...

It was about time the finance ministry ended the state funding of the Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA), a private entity, for organising the Cyprus Rally. There was no transparency in ...

The ultimatum issued to Unficyp by the ‘government’ in the north is another attempt to set in motion some kind of recognition process. There have been several such attempts over ...