CM: Our View

The criticism of presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides by his rivals, for his refusal to take part in any of the televised debates scheduled to be held on the CyBC next ...

It was very difficult to comprehend the thinking behind the supreme court’s decision to hand out a suspended 15-month jail sentence to a public employee found guilty of bribery ...

The furore involving a Savannah cat named Berton this week has again highlighted the long-standing issue of the importation of exotic animals into Cyprus and the possible consequences, in this ...

It’s hard to fathom why everyone is getting so excited about the latest ‘spying scandal’, but those shouting the loudest – like opposition Akel – are only interested in manufacturing outrage, ...

For a country that is not traditionally associated with sporting achievements, a tally of 11 medals at an international event such as the Commonwealth Games is quite the result. It is ...

The first case of monkeypox was reported in Cyprus last Tuesday (two more were reported on Saturday), prompting a small but predictable wave of hysteria. The mother of the 40-year-old ...

Our View: Education ministry should be asking smarter questions Representatives of two groups supporting the rights of children with disabilities on Monday walked out of an education ministry conference that ...

The hysteria surrounding Gesy that is gripping the country has moved from last week’s target, the president of the Cyprus Medical Association Petros Agathangelou, to the head of the ...

There has been a lot of discussion in the past few weeks about Cape Greco and people diving from the beauty spot near the sea caves and how this could ...

A document, published in Phileleftheros on Sunday, which contained the supposedly missing minutes of a July 4 meeting that the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide had with ...

Could there have been any doubt that the president would send back the bills by which VAT on fuel and electricity bills would have been scrapped until the end of ...

Arguably, the most interesting part of the television debate of the presidential candidates was the row about the choices made at the Cyprus talks in Mont Pelerin and later in ...

The Nicosia Central Prisons cannot stay out of the news. After a long period of positive reports, about happy prisoners participating in plays and concerts and other events organised by ...

In the end, public outcry and intense pressure from all directions worked. The appointment of the President of Cyprus Medical Association, Dr Petros Agathangelou to the board of the Health ...

In the latest twist to the management-teachers dispute at The English School which dates back to last year concerning the planned, imminent, dismissal of three teachers, opposition deputies of the ...

The government is understandably concerned about Cyprus’ birth rate, which has been falling every year since the 1983 peak of 2.41 per woman. According to UN data on World Population Prospects, this ...

In the end the Bank of Cyprus met its target of reducing its workforce, by between 500 and 600 employees, through a ‘voluntary retirement scheme’. The target had not been met by ...

The nine Vasiliko communities called off the dynamic measures they started on Wednesday, after receiving assurances that they would have a meeting with President Anastasiades, but they are being very ...

The CyBC broadcast the first televised debate of presidential candidates on Thursday night. The guests were Disy leader Averof Neophytou, independent candidate backed by Akel, Andreas Mavroyiannis, and independent candidate ...

The Supreme Court rejected the appeal filed by the President of the Republic against the House of Representatives, which had made additions to the law with which the State Budget ...

We marked yet another anniversary of the Turkish invasion on Wednesday, the 48th, honouring those who gave up their lives defending their country and acknowledging the plight of all those ...

Russia’s embassy in Cyprus issued a document titled ‘Report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the violation of the rights of Russian citizens and ...

The mass hysteria sparked by President Anastasiades’ decision to appoint the president of the Cyprus Medical Association (CMA), Dr Petros Agathangelou, to the board of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), ...

Politicians and media commentators often warn about the growing disillusionment of people with politics, citing the declining turn out for elections and the thousands of youngsters not registering on the ...