Opinion

Tuesday 28 July | 08:30

The illusion of the unitary state and the inevitability of federation in Cyprus

The decades-long effort to resolve the Cyprus problem has reached a definitive turning point. Years of frozen diplomacy and shifting Eastern Mediterranean geopolitical dynamics have transformed a historical stalemate into ...

By Ioannis Tirkides

Tuesday 28 July | 04:20

Our View: Is it a good idea to host other countries internal politics?

MEP Fidias Panayiotou has called for a ban on third countries from conducting election campaigns in Cyprus after a billboard promoting Israeli prime ministerial candidate and former IDF chief of ...

By CM: Our View

Monday 27 July | 04:20

Adaptive federalism: a new constitutional design for Cyprus

As the United Nations Secretary General prepares to visit Cyprus, perhaps the most important question is not simply whether Cyprus can be reunited, but what kind of constitutional architecture could ...

By Kerim M Munir

Sunday 26 July | 16:50

Energy may be Cyprus govt’s biggest economic challenge

With the energy sufficiency problems and power cuts that Cyprus is currently facing, energy will be one of the defining issues for the next government. The challenge extends beyond individual ...

By Dr Charles Ellinas

Sunday 26 July | 16:07

The truth about Cyprus’ forgotten war crimes

There is a Turkish Cypriot saying that goes, ‘The one who told the truth was driven out of nine villages’. Perhaps no one in Cyprus embodied this more than the ...

By Fahri Zihni

Sunday 26 July | 15:15

Cyprus government policies are mean and unfair

Article 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus states that “Every person has the right to a decent existence and to social security. A law shall provide for the ...

By Les Manison

Sunday 26 July | 14:51

Federalism teaches that diversity is not a problem to solve

By Christoph Burgener In this excerpt from his speech, at the reception for the Swiss National Day, Ambassador of Switzerland, Christoph Burgener, sings the praises of the federal system of ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Sunday 26 July | 13:43

Berlin’s wake-up call to Europe and Cyprus

The recent announcement by the coalition government of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding the ‘Revitalisation and Employment Programme’ marks a significant shift in Europe’s economic policy. Faced with years ...

By Andreas Charalambous, Omiros Pissarides

Sunday 26 July | 12:09

All roads lead to Donald Trump

I have been writing this column twice a week for a long time, so I have a finely developed a sense for when the audience is sick of a subject. ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Sunday 26 July | 09:00

Politics ain’t what it used to be

There were no tanks in Whitehall, the King is still on his throne and the BBC is not broadcasting putschist propaganda, but there was a successful coup in Downing Street ...

By Alper Ali Riza

Sunday 26 July | 08:30

Tales from the Coffeshop: Proof our Nik has no interest in a Cyprus settlement

WARNING: If you are bored of the Cyprob, stop reading now. PREZNIKTWO was in defiant mood at the presidential place on Monday evening in his speech to mark the 52nd ...

By Patroclos

Saturday 25 July | 12:34

What Cyprus gets right about summer heat

By Dina-Perla Portnaar My phone almost exploded recently because of all those alarming weather reports in the Dutch media. Notifications screamed about a so-called Code Red, an impending apocalypse measured ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Saturday 25 July | 04:20

Our View: Power cuts expose years of neglect

Every year, at the height of the summer, we face the same problem. The Electricity Authority’s power stations had great difficulty producing enough power to satisfy demand. The antiquated ...

By CM: Our View

Friday 24 July | 09:15

The Commonwealth’s greatest prize lies beyond the Games

By Gaston Browne Today, Glasgow will once again become the meeting place of the Commonwealth, as athletes and supporters from 56 nations descend on its red-sandstone streets for the Commonwealth Games. ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Friday 24 July | 04:20

Our View: Pragmatism replaces energy fantasy

Energy Minister Michael Damianos said that energy programme was proceeding according to the schedule, and the first natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field was expected by the end of 2030 ...

By CM: Our View

Thursday 23 July | 04:20

Our View: No delay in dealing with illegal campers

On Tuesday, on the instructions of the interior minister, trucks, accompanied by police, were sent to the beach front east of Larnaca to remove caravans, tents, picnic tables, barbecues that ...

By CM: Our View

Wednesday 22 July | 04:20

Our View: Supervision of investment firms a delicate balancing act

The Peer Review Committee (PRC) European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) noted the progress made by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) in strengthening supervisory and enforcement practices following ...

By CM: Our View

Tuesday 21 July | 11:30

Trump and the threshold of pain

It would be so easy for Donald Trump to escape from the trap he has built for himself in the Persian Gulf. Just declare a victory and leave. So what ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Tuesday 21 July | 04:20

Our View: World Cup final: the beautiful game turns ugly

In the end, the eagerly awaited World Cup final, between two footballing powers, turned out to be a very disappointing spectacle thanks to Argentina’s unrelenting negativity and spoiling tactics. ...

By CM: Our View

image New British PM Burnham vows to end years of instability

Monday 20 July |

Updated on 20/7 14:54

New British PM Burnham vows to end years of instability

Andy Burnhambecame Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, pledging to break with the politics of the past to deliver a new economic model to benefit a ...

By Reuters News Service

Sunday 19 July | 13:19

Beyond interest rates: a central bank for the future

As the World Cup comes to an end today, so will the euphoria that most of us have experienced start to fade. The distraction – similar to the Colosseum gladiator games ...

By Loukis Skaliotis

Sunday 19 July | 11:10

Gesy saved my life

Whilst being very quick to criticise, I like to think I display balance in my freedom to express opinion. This is an open letter of congratulations and thanks to the ...

By CM Reader’s View

Sunday 19 July | 11:10

Extortionate sunbed prices in Limassol

My parents have come to visit and my wife took them to the beach today. They went down to the beach to the right-hand side of the Four Seasons in ...

By CM Reader’s View

Sunday 19 July | 10:59

Courts are the last defence against tyranny

India and the United States are the world’s two biggest democracies, and both of them seem to be in danger. In each of them populist federal governments are deliberately ...

By Gwynne Dyer

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The illusion of the unitary state and the inevitability of federation in Cyprus

Our View: Is it a good idea to host other countries internal politics?

Adaptive federalism: a new constitutional design for Cyprus

Energy may be Cyprus govt’s biggest economic challenge

The truth about Cyprus’ forgotten war crimes

Cyprus government policies are mean and unfair

Federalism teaches that diversity is not a problem to solve

Berlin’s wake-up call to Europe and Cyprus

All roads lead to Donald Trump

Politics ain’t what it used to be

Tales from the Coffeshop: Proof our Nik has no interest in a Cyprus settlement

What Cyprus gets right about summer heat

Our View: Power cuts expose years of neglect

The Commonwealth’s greatest prize lies beyond the Games

Our View: Pragmatism replaces energy fantasy

Our View: No delay in dealing with illegal campers

Our View: Supervision of investment firms a delicate balancing act

Trump and the threshold of pain

Our View: World Cup final: the beautiful game turns ugly

New British PM Burnham vows to end years of instability

Beyond interest rates: a central bank for the future

Gesy saved my life

Extortionate sunbed prices in Limassol

Courts are the last defence against tyranny