Opinion

Monday 24 August | 11:12

‘Constructive ambiguity’ in Cyprus talks another term for ‘fudge’

On the advice of UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres, the leaders of Cyprus’ two main communities are getting ready for talks in Cyprus, hoping to find enough common ground to ...

By Fahri Zihni

Monday 24 August | 04:20

Digital nomads: opportunity or challenge for the Cypriot economy?

In recent years, mainly due to the mild climate, quality of life, adequate digital infrastructure and a favourable business environment, Cyprus has been attracting an increasing number of digital nomads ...

By Andreas Charalambous, Omiros Pissarides

Sunday 23 August | 17:25

AI and Spock’s ultimate sacrifice

Recently, we went out to dinner with a large group of cousins at one of Nicosia’s tavernas. The deserted August streets made the journey there almost a pleasure, rather ...

By Loukis Skaliotis

Sunday 23 August | 16:45

Mecca and the new Middle East: what it means for Cyprus

The Mecca Agreement, signed on August 7 by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, matters less for the alliance it creates than for the Middle East it may foreshadow. Turkish Foreign Minister ...

By Euripides L. Evriviades

Sunday 23 August | 15:24

The energy challenges of the next presidency

As Cyprus enters the run up to the 2028 presidential election, energy is perhaps the biggest economic challenge the next administration will inherit. From electricity prices and energy security to natural ...

By Dr Charles Ellinas

Sunday 23 August | 13:58

Africa and getting the history of slavery wrong

“I think that there’s a strategy to divide and conquer and to create a very contrived confusion,” said Samuel Okuzeto Ablakwan, Ghana’s foreign minster. “We denounce and totally ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Sunday 23 August | 09:00

Coroner to rule on black professor’s media hounding

Professor Jason Arday, the black academic at the centre of the Cambridge plagiarism controversy, was found dead at his flat in Battersea in South London last Friday, August 14. Sadly and ...

By Alper Ali Riza

Sunday 23 August | 08:30

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Bringing people together undermines Cyprus’ reunification efforts

THE PATRIOTIC forces scored another resounding victory for the national cause a few days ago when they succeeded in seeing off the threat posed to our national survival by a ...

By Patroclos

Sunday 23 August | 08:00

Our View: Pension reform is not an excuse for more electioneering

The triumphal way the government presented its proposals for pension reform on Wednesday should worry everyone. One of the most serious issues facing our society was treated as part of ...

By CM: Our View

Saturday 22 August | 10:30

From Pax Americana to regional self-reliance and the rise of the Mecca Pact

Driven by escalating sovereign debt, domestic fiscal constraints, and a strategic pivot toward peer competition in East Asia, the United States has transitioned to an offshore balancing posture across the ...

By Ioannis Tirkides

Saturday 22 August | 04:20

Our View: Cars won’t revive Makarios avenue

A pressure group calling itself the Joint Platform for the Revitalisation of the Urban Commercial Core of Every City, has been demanding the re-opening of the lower part of Makarios ...

By CM: Our View

Friday 21 August | 04:20

Our View: Government cannot ignore rising inflation

The finance ministry has not said very much about the rising inflation rate for July that was announced by Cystat on Wednesday. The finance ministry tends to issue announcements only ...

By CM: Our View

Thursday 20 August | 04:20

Our View: IPC the only option for Greek Cypriot property owners

Ever since the establishment of the Immovable Properties Commission (IPC) in the Turkish-occupied north in 2005, by decision of the European Court of Human Rights, Greek Cypriots have been discouraged from ...

By CM: Our View

Wednesday 19 August | 04:20

Our View: Idea that all beaches must have lifeguards is absurd

The shortage of lifeguards became a big issue after a 35-year-old mother drowned on Saturday while swimming with her two daughters. It was the fifth drowning in the last two ...

By CM: Our View

Tuesday 18 August | 11:00

A climate grand jeté

The first hurricane to hit Hawaii in 34 years. The Mediterranean on fire from Spain to Greece. ‘Heat domes’ one after another for months on end in Europe and North America. ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Tuesday 18 August | 04:20

Our View: Why are authorities doing nothing about sewage in the sea?

It is astonishing that the Cyprus authorities are all turning a blind eye to the systematic dumping of sewage in the sea off Moni. Even more astonishing is that the ...

By CM: Our View

Monday 17 August | 08:44

Hayden Panettiere, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville’ US actress, dies at 36

American actress Hayden Panettiere, famed for roles in television shows such as “Nashville” and “Heroes,” has died aged 36, her family said in a statement issued by her publicist on Sunday. ...

By Reuters News Service

Sunday 16 August | 15:59

I knew Odysseus would make it home. I did not know AI took a cheaper route

I paid to watch a story the ending to which I already knew. That was precisely why I went. Before the lights went down, I knew about the giant with ...

By Souzana Psara

Sunday 16 August | 12:06

Cyprus problem harder to solve than going to the moon

When Antonio Guterres crossed the Green Line on July 28, on his first official visit to Cyprus as secretary-general, the question that occurred to me was not what he had come ...

By Kerim M Munir

Sunday 16 August | 10:30

Waging war on the young

The phrase “war on the young” is a prominent concept popularised by professor Scott Galloway of New York University, outlining how modern economic, political and social systems profoundly disadvantage younger ...

By Les Manison

Sunday 16 August | 09:00

Pitfalls of early release of prisoners

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is a populist politician in the same way that Nigel Farage of Reform UK is populist and, although the PM would vigorously deny the comparison, ...

By Alper Ali Riza

Saturday 15 August | 11:15

On holiday with a ghost

Few relish holidaying alone. I met Freida, who did, at a mutual cousin’s home in Ireland, who was thrilled I was living among Greeks. A love of Greek and ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou

Saturday 15 August | 09:00

Centre-right decay and the twilight of neoliberalism

A political order represents an overarching framework extending far beyond routine election cycles. Within its architecture, a dominant vision of political economy dictates how state authorities and private actors perceive ...

By Ioannis Tirkides

Saturday 15 August | 04:25

Our View: Despite his words, president has lost all sense of urgency

It was ironic that when the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, early in the year said that the UN would resume its peace initiative after the completion ...

By CM: Our View

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‘Constructive ambiguity’ in Cyprus talks another term for ‘fudge’

Digital nomads: opportunity or challenge for the Cypriot economy?

AI and Spock’s ultimate sacrifice

Mecca and the new Middle East: what it means for Cyprus

The energy challenges of the next presidency

Africa and getting the history of slavery wrong

Coroner to rule on black professor’s media hounding

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Bringing people together undermines Cyprus’ reunification efforts

Our View: Pension reform is not an excuse for more electioneering

From Pax Americana to regional self-reliance and the rise of the Mecca Pact

Our View: Cars won’t revive Makarios avenue

Our View: Government cannot ignore rising inflation

Our View: IPC the only option for Greek Cypriot property owners

Our View: Idea that all beaches must have lifeguards is absurd

A climate grand jeté

Our View: Why are authorities doing nothing about sewage in the sea?

Hayden Panettiere, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville’ US actress, dies at 36

I knew Odysseus would make it home. I did not know AI took a cheaper route

Cyprus problem harder to solve than going to the moon

Waging war on the young

Pitfalls of early release of prisoners

On holiday with a ghost

Centre-right decay and the twilight of neoliberalism

Our View: Despite his words, president has lost all sense of urgency