Opinion

Monday 15 December | 04:25

Two futures for Cyprus: a regional crisis or a shared Nobel Peace Prize

President Nikos Christodoulides never misses an opportunity to declare his readiness for a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF) with political equality. He repeats the familiar phrase that talks should resume “from ...

By Kerim M Munir

Sunday 14 December | 17:57

Does size matter? Not in politics

At a museum recently, I caught myself focusing rather intently on a very specific spot on a statue of Zeus and thinking, “That’s… it?!” But the longer I stood ...

By Flora Alexandrou

Sunday 14 December | 16:49

Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine

A lot has happened in the past month I have been away, and I was struck by how, on at least three fronts, issues I have previously explored in this ...

By Loukis Skaliotis

Sunday 14 December | 14:01

World grapples with crypto and stablecoins

The regulation of digital assets has become a global priority, as governments and supervisory authorities attempt to balance innovation in payments and blockchain applications with the need to safeguard financial ...

By Andreas Charalambous, Omiros Pissarides

Sunday 14 December | 13:50

Recent energy developments and their significance

With 2025 coming to a close, announcements for new energy developments and projects in Cyprus and the East Med have been coming in thick and fast, with something new announced every ...

By Dr Charles Ellinas

Sunday 14 December | 08:30

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Could halloumi deal be key to solving Cyprus problem?

GREAT excitement and joy gripped the fast-contracting Cyprob mob after Thursday’s meeting of the true leader and the fake leader with the UNSG’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin ...

By Patroclos

Sunday 14 December | 08:00

Our View: Time for president to stop relentless grandstanding

President Nikos Christodoulides came up with another proposal in an interview with Politico last week. He said that if Turkey agreed to the Cyprus Republic joining Partnership for Peace (PfP), ...

By CM: Our View

Saturday 13 December | 04:20

Our View: Government’s superficial ideas for saving water laughable

If any evidence of the government’s scandalously slapdash approach to the country’s water shortage problem was required, it was provided by reports that the ministries of interior and ...

By CM: Our View

Friday 12 December | 12:34

Cyprus’ youth fitness crisis: Why the science leaves no room for delay

Across Europe, children today are moving less, exercising less, and presenting lower levels of physical fitness than any generation before them. Cyprus mirrors this trend with troubling accuracy. As a ...

By Charalambos Charalambous

Friday 12 December | 04:20

Our View: The construction of a new prison is an imperative

It is not the first time the Council of Europe’s committee for the prevention of torture has issued a damning report about Nicosia central prison, expressing “grave concerns” about ...

By CM: Our View

Thursday 11 December | 04:20

Our View: Rushed tax reform exposes Disy’s alignment with government

Parties that were left out of Tuesday’s talks that Finance Minister Makis Keravnos had with members of Diko, Dipa and Disy about his tax reform proposal, understandably, went on ...

By CM: Our View

Wednesday 10 December | 11:00

‘I don’t care!’

Two of my favourite actors Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford starred in The Fugitive. Ford’s character falsely accused of murdering his wife; Jones the lawman sent to catch ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou

Wednesday 10 December | 04:20

Our View: Information needed to back up government claims about affordable housing

Another housing scheme was announced by the government at a special event at the presidential palace on Tuesday. The scheme envisages the construction of 500 housing units on state land in ...

By CM: Our View

Tuesday 09 December | 10:30

Venezuela: Performative murder

“If you’re on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you’re an immediate threat to the United States,” said US Secretary ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Tuesday 09 December | 04:20

Our View: Reshuffle sees president stake claim as candidate of the centre right

President Nikos Christodoulides caught everyone unaware with the cabinet reshuffle he announced on Friday afternoon, very soon after returning from his trip to Kyiv. It was a very well-managed reshuffle, ...

By CM: Our View

Sunday 07 December | 17:46

Musk’s Starship: if it sounds too good to be true…

Elon Musk promised to build a spaceship that would put people and cargo into Earth orbit at one-hundredth of the current cost per kilo and even enable human beings to ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Sunday 07 December | 14:18

Forever lost in translation

By Mark Post If you are fluent in any language other than English, you have probably noticed that some things are impossible to translate exactly. A Japanese designer marvelling at ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Sunday 07 December | 14:18

The sheer audacity of hunters and authorities

I live in the countryside, in the Nicosia district, in the middle of a field. Nature, wildlife, fresh air and peace and quiet. Except during the hunting season. During that ...

By CM Reader’s View

Sunday 07 December | 11:35

Urgent need to overhaul tax reform

Members of the House of Representatives should not rush to approve the questionable ‘tax reform’ proposed by the government. This is because its contents are largely not compatible with achieving ...

By Les Manison

Sunday 07 December | 09:00

What a trial without jury in England means

The UK justice minister, David Lammy, told parliament last Tuesday that the government is minded to remove the right to jury trial for all offences for which the sentence was ...

By Alper Ali Riza

Sunday 07 December | 08:30

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cabinet reshuffle appointed party affiliated mediocrities

HOW BIZARRE that just a few hours after his return from Kyiv and the meeting with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prezniktwo announced a cabinet reshuffle that completely overshadowed his ...

By Patroclos

Sunday 07 December | 08:00

Our View: Erhurman’s election challenges president’s Cyprob narrative

For the last five years, thanks to the inflexibility of the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar the Greek Cypriot side was in control of the Cyprus problem narrative. This was ...

By CM: Our View

Saturday 06 December | 04:20

Our View: Stop funding rich students with pointless scholarships

The Foundation of State Scholarships of Cyprus (Ikyk) ran out of money and is offering fewer scholarships to university students, said Akel deputy Christos Christofides in the legislature on Thursday. “...

By CM: Our View

Friday 05 December | 04:20

Our View: Lifetime perks for ex-presidents are an outrage

The privileges granted to a president of the republic and a president of the legislature after they leave office, were discussed once again by the House institutions committee on Wednesday. ...

By CM: Our View

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Two futures for Cyprus: a regional crisis or a shared Nobel Peace Prize

Does size matter? Not in politics

Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine

World grapples with crypto and stablecoins

Recent energy developments and their significance

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Could halloumi deal be key to solving Cyprus problem?

Our View: Time for president to stop relentless grandstanding

Our View: Government’s superficial ideas for saving water laughable

Cyprus’ youth fitness crisis: Why the science leaves no room for delay

Our View: The construction of a new prison is an imperative

Our View: Rushed tax reform exposes Disy’s alignment with government

‘I don’t care!’

Our View: Information needed to back up government claims about affordable housing

Venezuela: Performative murder

Our View: Reshuffle sees president stake claim as candidate of the centre right

Musk’s Starship: if it sounds too good to be true…

Forever lost in translation

The sheer audacity of hunters and authorities

Urgent need to overhaul tax reform

What a trial without jury in England means

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cabinet reshuffle appointed party affiliated mediocrities

Our View: Erhurman’s election challenges president’s Cyprob narrative

Our View: Stop funding rich students with pointless scholarships

Our View: Lifetime perks for ex-presidents are an outrage