The hidden cost of being a ‘cat lady’ in Cyprus
I have books on Celtic archaeology sent to me by a dear friend that I read through and kept till I had leisure time to enjoy studying them. It never ...
Fidias’s challenge: Let’s finally open the electricity bill
MEP Fidias Panayiotou’s initiative to reduce electricity prices by 20 per cent has sparked intense public debate. The government, professional bodies, and market stakeholders quickly disputed his calculations, particularly regarding ...
Our View: Welfare is no licence for state meddling
It was difficult not to laugh at reports about deputies and officials discussing how they could stop recipients of the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) from going to casinos! According to ...
Our View: Legal reform has yet to deliver
We have been hearing about the need for reform of the legal system and the legal service for many years now. No matter how many times this is mentioned in ...
RES in Cyprus: who produces, who sells, who sets the price
Dr Andreas Procopiou
In Cyprus’ public debate on energy, the lack of well documented information is widespread. Here we always back our claims with official data, because energy literacy is ...
Our View: Paying top money for a substandard education
For decades, this newspaper has been writing about the public education system, which is exclusively designed to serve teachers, who were hired from a waiting listing without an interview and ...
Our View: Time for Disy to start acting like a party in opposition
Disy leader Annita Demetriou made it very clear on a TV show on Tuesday that the party would have its own candidate in the 2028 presidential election. There was no way ...
Our View: As long as economy growing, everyone should be happy
President Nikos Christodoulides was perfectly entitled to boast about the economy’s performance at his meeting with the executive committee of the Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV). The forecast growth ...
Cyprus needs Mozart’s magic flute
This summer, my wife and I attended Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in southern France. The performance began at 9.30pm in the sweltering ...
Cyprus’ cartel politics and a fragmented Republic
In late August 2026, former President Nicos Anastasiades delivered an address over the state-run Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation that fundamentally unsettled the country’s political landscape.
Ostensibly arranged as an elder statesman’...
Why the US may be heading for a financial crisis
Last Sunday night I woke up sweating at around 1am after a particularly bad nightmare. Usually, I cannot get back to sleep easily, but this time I was so deeply ...
Europeans really do still value cash in their wallets
By Maria Demertzis
Six million people voted for their favourite euro design in the first week of the survey launched by the ECB in July. This is a whopping one ...
‘Sorry for the inconvenience, Cyprus’ just isn’t enough
If apologies generated electricity, Cyprus would have had no difficulty keeping the lights on this summer.
When power cuts spread across the island recently, people were trapped in lifts, businesses ...
Harry, the prodigal son returns
Prince Harry and his family returned to UK from California last Wednesday after a six-year absence. Their arrival was welcomed by royalists and cavaliers and the king himself.
Rumour has ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Please pay attention to the former president
RETIREMENT is something that Nik I is just not comfortable with. He just refuses to accept that he no longer has a role to play and keeps finding excuses to ...
Our View: Pollution thrives as authorities pass the buck
The pollution of the sea off the Limassol coast became an issue of public debate in the last few days. An increasing number of people were complaining about the dirty ...
Easy prey: buying property in Cyprus can become a nightmare
By Dina-Perla Portnaar
I’ve moved into the house that was sold to me as fully renovated, only to discover that it’s been one thing after the other. It ...
Designing the euro: a lesson in the shared value of money
By Maria Demertzis
The European Central Bank is redesigning the euro notes and has asked the public to help her choose one of 10 candidate designs, half depicting famous Europeans and ...
Our View: Teacher reform must not be delayed again
When the Anastasiades government prepared a bill that would put an end to the anti-educational ‘waiting list appointment system’ for public school teachers in 2015, the political parties, at the behest ...
Our View: Coherent waste management plan needed
A new dispute between local authorities and the government, over waste management, appears to be on the cards. Earlier this week, the president of the municipalities union and Larnaca mayor, ...
Our View: Vague allegations of corruption no road to the presidency
Newly elected Disy deputy Giorgos Pamborides, who served as health minister during Nicos Anastasiades’ first term, made some staggering revelations in an interview on a television show. He claimed that ...
Cyprus’ AI strategy is sound – execution is what matters
Dr Panayiotis C. Andreou and Dr Costas Tziouvas, Cyprus University of Technology
The publication of the Cyprus National AI Strategy 2032 is, in our view, an important step forward for Cyprus. ...
Our View: Religious indoctrination has no place in schools
It seems strange that the education ministry felt obliged to issue a missive about prayers and religious instruction at public schools. Greek Orthodox prayers and religious instruction have been part ...
Our View: Keeping Lara beach in its natural state is non-negotiable
It is very worrying that the law breaking on Lara beach by some individuals who decided to camp there has triggered a debate about setting up an ‘organised beach’. By ‘...
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