CM: Our View

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (Cysec) has been spurred into action by the allegations, made last week by Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, about links between Cyprus-based foreign exchange firms ...

The Cyprus electricity market will open to independent producers in mid-September and from October 1, the trading in electricity will commence. The opening up of the market, which was meant have ...

The ludicrous ‘referendum’, held by the secondary teachers union Oelmek, overwhelmingly rejected the bill that would introduce a new system of evaluation of the work of each teacher. A total ...

While everyone claims to want corruption eliminated, nothing is done even when it is staring them in the face. The case of Cyprus-registered Blue Ocean, the company that was managing ...

President Christodoulides’ ‘Minds in Cyprus’ initiative, which was launched at London’s Guildhall last week, appears to have been a resounding success considering the interest that was shown. The presentation ...

It was no surprise to hear that the council of ministers decided on Wednesday to cover the deficits of Okypy, which runs the state hospitals until the end of 2026. Speaking ...

Two months before the meeting in multi-party meeting under the UN Secretary-General in Geneva, the process has ground to a halt, in spite of the arrival of the UNSG’s ...

Nobody would have been surprised to hear the latest twist in the saga of the football clubs, which had the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) certifying that all of them satisfied ...

The government came under considerable criticism for the stance it adopted at the EU foreign ministers meeting which discussed the proposal for a review of the bloc’s trade and ...

In principle, it’s hard to disagree with the slew of green taxes coming our way, at least in theory. After all it would be difficult for anyone to defend ...

MPs this week lambasted banks for the lack of ATMs, particularly in mountainous and remote areas, giving them a one-month deadline to come back with a plan for more extensive ...

Last week, out of the blue, Nicosia municipal council voted to change the regime governing the lower part of Makarios avenue in Nicosia. This is the part that is closed ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, it seems, cannot issue a statement about the president’s activities or statements without inflating its importance. Everything has to be significant, important, unprecedented, historic, emblematic ...

Former auditor-general, Odysseas Michaelides announced the creation of his political movement, Alma, (Leap) on Monday, using the slogan, ‘Citizens for Cyprus.’ Alma will contest next year’s parliamentary elections, with ...

Shortly after the appointment of Johannes Hahn as the EU envoy for the Cyprus problem was announced, former party leader and MEP Dr Eleni Theocharous felt duty bound to warn ...

Allegations about shady dealings and corruption at the interior ministry’s service administering properties owned by Turkish Cypriot are nothing new. We have been hearing them for years. Administration of ...

FOR MANY years the authorities have been trying to address the issue of property buyers, who were not issued title deeds. In the past, many thousands of foreign buyers had ...

The self-congratulations started in Nicosia soon after the announcement of the appointment of former European Commissioner, Johannes Hahn as the personal envoy of the European Commission president, Ursula von der ...

Was anyone naïve enough to believe the education ministry would be able to introduce a new evaluation system for public school teachers? Teaching unions have been preventing the proper ...

President Nicos Christodoulides declared on Sunday that Cyprus will join the Schengen Area next year. A huge effort was being made, and the president was certain that “by the end ...

When the government decided to increase cost of living allowance (CoLA) from 50 per cent to 67 per cent of its calculated value for the year, it gave no thought to the ...

All political parties as well as the government are backing the initiative, which started in 2021, to set up a new cooperative bank. Although there is still some way to go, ...

Every time a bill aimed at promoting law and order and helping the police do their job, is discussed, either in public or at the legislature, there will be some ...

At least once during a term in office, a president addresses the annual congress of the public servants’ union, Pasydy. The address invariably panders to the public employees, and more ...