Opinion

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

Thursday 04 December | 04:20

Our View: Finger on button, Putin blaming Europe for Ukraine crisis

As was widely expected, Tuesday’s talks between the United States and Russia made no progress towards a Ukraine peace deal. This was the view expressed by a Kremlin aide ...

By CM: Our View

Wednesday 03 December | 04:20

Our View: E-kalathi was never going to force prices down

The Cyprus Consumers Association, as a matter of policy, is never satisfied. It always operates with the assumption that retailers have one objective – to deceive consumers into paying a higher ...

By CM: Our View

Tuesday 02 December | 10:15

Bibi’s Strategy

By Gwynne Dyer Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to “fully pardon” him of all three charges – bribery, fraud and ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Tuesday 02 December | 04:20

Our View: Time for parties to show what they really stand for

Next May parliamentary elections will be held, and it appears there will be a large number of parties competing for seats. Seven parties are currently represented in the House, but ...

By CM: Our View

Sunday 30 November | 17:52

Empowerment or erosion: artificial intelligence and democracy

By Alexandra Attalides “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master,” wrote Nobel laureate Christian Lous Lange a century ago. In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), this observation ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Sunday 30 November | 16:16

Drones and counter-drone technologies

By Michael Ioannou and Emilios Charalambous The rapid proliferation of drones across Europe has reshaped entire sectors from commercial photography and media production to infrastructure inspection, public safety operations and ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Sunday 30 November | 14:27

Bureaucracy: challenges and prospects for reform

Fighting bureaucracy, as a prerequisite for enhancing economic growth, is among the top priorities of many countries. In the US and Argentina, the approach is radical, characterised by large-scale horizontal ...

By Andreas Charalambous, Omiros Pissarides

Sunday 30 November | 12:43

The two-state gambit: decoding Turkey’s strategic play in Cyprus

Turkey has been intensifying its promotion of a “two-state” solution in Cyprus, turning it into the centrepiece of its diplomatic narrative – or so it appears. Most recently, during a meeting ...

By Euripides L. Evriviades

Sunday 30 November | 09:00

Poland in the spotlight over same-sex unions

The country does not recognise same-sex marriages or civil unions Poland is a devoutly Catholic country and its laws on same sex marriage are less tolerant of homosexuality than other ...

By Alper Ali Riza

Sunday 30 November | 08:30

Tales from the Coffeeshop: From haircuts to handouts: It’s the return of the bankers

A PROVISIONAL agreement for settling the issue of supplementing the provident funds of bank employees, whose deposits were reduced as a result of the 2013 haircut was reached at an agreement ...

By Patroclos

Sunday 30 November | 08:00

Our View: A welcome EEZ deal, but far from ‘historic’

There is no doubt that the strengthening of relations between Cyprus and Lebanon through the signing of the agreement on the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the ...

By CM: Our View

Saturday 29 November | 04:20

Our View: Limassol audit exposes culture of waste and impunity

A good illustration of how the local authorities waste the taxpayer’s money was given in a letter sent to Limassol municipality by the Audit Service, which identified a long ...

By CM: Our View

Friday 28 November | 04:20

Our View: Anti-corruption authority delivers findings but proves its limits

There was no testimony linking the granting of citizenships with donations made to Disy, concluded the independent authority against corruption after its investigation of accusations made by Akel deputy Christos ...

By CM: Our View

Thursday 27 November | 16:00

Fair distribution of stored surpluses?

Les Manison’s article last Sunday had sound financial advice. How marvellous if his suggestions could be applied locally, resulting in a fair and equally supported population. Sadly, we non-wealthy ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou

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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

Our View: Finger on button, Putin blaming Europe for Ukraine crisis

Our View: E-kalathi was never going to force prices down

Bibi’s Strategy

Our View: Time for parties to show what they really stand for

Empowerment or erosion: artificial intelligence and democracy

Drones and counter-drone technologies

Bureaucracy: challenges and prospects for reform

The two-state gambit: decoding Turkey’s strategic play in Cyprus

Poland in the spotlight over same-sex unions

Tales from the Coffeeshop: From haircuts to handouts: It’s the return of the bankers

Our View: A welcome EEZ deal, but far from ‘historic’

Our View: Limassol audit exposes culture of waste and impunity

Our View: Anti-corruption authority delivers findings but proves its limits

Fair distribution of stored surpluses?