Opinion

Sunday 18 October | 20:00

Vasiliko: Eight interested contractors, but how many can actually complete the project?

The renewed effort to complete the Vasiliko LNG import terminal is entering a critical phase. Eight companies have expressed interest in Etyfa’s (natural gas infrastructure company) tender, estimated at €180 ...

By Dr Charles Ellinas

Sunday 18 October | 19:00

Trump-Xi meeting just kicked can down the road

The critical September White House summit between the US and Chinese presidents yielded a complex mix of relative market stabilisation and unresolved geopolitical tensions. Despite intense competition, the two leaders ...

By Andreas Charalambous, Omiros Pissarides

Sunday 18 October | 17:46

India: the Cockroach uprising has been a long time coming

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is technically not upper caste, but he does have a high opinion of himself. “When my mother was alive, I used to believe that ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Sunday 18 October | 17:05

US retrenchment and the remaking of the Levant

For more than three decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union, American foreign policy was defined by the doctrine of liberal hegemony – the conviction that the unchecked projection of ...

By Ioannis Tirkides

Sunday 18 October | 12:22

Security disputes need clarity on political objectives

Perhaps the most difficult question one can ask a politician is also the simplest: “What exactly are you trying to achieve?” Not what principles are you defending, what historical injustices ...

By Fahri Zihni

Sunday 18 October | 11:17

Cyprus independence stands for a compromise Eoka never sought

On October 1, President Nikos Christodoulides marked the 66th anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus by declaring that its birth was the culmination of the “purest” national liberation struggle: the 1955-59 ...

By Kerim M Munir

Sunday 18 October | 09:00

Christa Pike should not be executed a second time

Christa Pike is the 50-year-old American woman who was executed in the state of Tennessee and lived to tell the tale after her execution did not result in her death ...

By Alper Ali Riza

Sunday 18 October | 08:30

Tales from the Coffeeshop: We are all proud to be called ‘Mossad agents’

THE PUBLIC works department was always notorious for its legendary inefficiency. It was traditionally the employer of a special type of public parasite – the type that is less productive than ...

By Patroclos

Sunday 18 October | 08:00

Our View: Nursing unions cannot dictate health policy

It is quite astonishing that there has been a shortage of some 600 nurses at hospitals and clinics for some time now and nursing unions are preventing every government attempt to ...

By CM: Our View

Saturday 17 October | 11:15

Why schools must prepare young people for an uncertain future

Parakeets in London are as ubiquitous as seagulls in my hometown in Ireland. Invasive species have become common, sometimes depleting native species, causing problems for farmers, then the question of ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou

Saturday 17 October | 10:30

The next industrial revolution?

By Nektarios Michail The first industrial revolution was the period between 1760 and 1840, which was defined by more efficient and stable manufacturing processes, at a large scale, aiming to reduce labour ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Saturday 17 October | 04:20

Our View: Terminating contracts comes at a high price

New Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki, confirmed on Friday that the resumption of work on the construction of the Paphos-Polis highway, which stopped two years ago after the public works department ...

By CM: Our View

Friday 16 October | 04:20

Our View: Cyprus talks have become political theatre

Having failed to reach agreement on any of the six or seven confidence-building measures discussed last July with the UN Secretary-General, President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ...

By CM: Our View

Thursday 15 October | 04:20

Our View: Economics 101 – tax cuts fuel not reduce inflation

Good to hear someone in a position of authority standing up for economic reason and pointing out what should have been obvious to everyone with the most basic understanding of ...

By CM: Our View

Wednesday 14 October | 11:00

Could awareness of responsible AI development be driving the stock market’s gains?

By Stephania Constantinou Early this month, the S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent to a new high, taking its gain for the year to more than 14 percent. The main reason is ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Wednesday 14 October | 09:38

Moment of maximum danger may come soon

A long time ago I was interviewing a professor at the University of Michigan (whose name I cannot recall) on various topics of no great interest. I was about to ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Wednesday 14 October | 04:20

Our View: Yet another Trump decision that is difficult to understand

The energy ceasefire President Donald Trump claimed to have brokered between Russia and Ukraine does not seem to apply to Russia. On Monday, a day after the American president’s ...

By CM: Our View

Tuesday 13 October | 10:39

Columnist’s argument for Turkish Cypriot mayor is ‘legally untenable’

By Paris Spanos Alper Ali Riza’s line of argument in his article ‘Turkish Cypriots of Nicosia have constitutional right to municipality’ (Cyprus Mail, October 4) is superficial and lacks a ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Tuesday 13 October | 04:20

Our View: President needs to explain decision for Israel’s Maccabi to use Limassol stadium

Although there has been some public criticism of the government’s decision to allow the Israeli basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv to use the Spyros Kyprianou stadium in Limassol as ...

By CM: Our View

Sunday 11 October | 14:00

From kidneys to title deeds: a way through the Cyprus property problem

By Engin Kara For 50 years, property has sat at the centre of every negotiation on Cyprus, and every time it has been deferred to a “comprehensive settlement”. In a recent ...

By CM Guest Columnist

Sunday 11 October | 12:30

Why is Cyprus taking such a risk for Maccabi Tel Aviv?

There is something deeply troubling about the decision to allow Maccabi Tel Aviv to make Cyprus its home for its EuroLeague basketball matches this season. There is nothing inherently wrong ...

By Iacovos Constantinou

Sunday 11 October | 12:00

Rubio in Athens: Greece’s strategic value and the challenge for Cyprus

US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio’s visit to Athens was significant in both substance and symbolism. It was more than another high-level diplomatic visit. It ...

By Euripides L. Evriviades

Sunday 11 October | 11:00

Cyprus’ classic case of strategic entrapment

In an anarchic international system, small states bordering regional heavyweights operate on razor-thin margins of survival. Neither multilateral communiqués, commercial energy concessions, nor diplomatic choreography can overturn the distribution ...

By Ioannis Tirkides

Sunday 11 October | 09:30

Building resilience in the digital age: the strategic value of a digital euro for Cyprus and Europe

By Stelios Georgakis, Head, Directorate General Payments, Central Bank of Cyprus Cyprus has long stood at the crossroads of continents, cultures and trade routes. Throughout its history, our island has ...

By CM Guest Columnist

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Vasiliko: Eight interested contractors, but how many can actually complete the project?

Trump-Xi meeting just kicked can down the road

India: the Cockroach uprising has been a long time coming

US retrenchment and the remaking of the Levant

Security disputes need clarity on political objectives

Cyprus independence stands for a compromise Eoka never sought

Christa Pike should not be executed a second time

Tales from the Coffeeshop: We are all proud to be called ‘Mossad agents’

Our View: Nursing unions cannot dictate health policy

Why schools must prepare young people for an uncertain future

The next industrial revolution?

Our View: Terminating contracts comes at a high price

Our View: Cyprus talks have become political theatre

Our View: Economics 101 – tax cuts fuel not reduce inflation

Could awareness of responsible AI development be driving the stock market’s gains?

Moment of maximum danger may come soon

Our View: Yet another Trump decision that is difficult to understand

Columnist’s argument for Turkish Cypriot mayor is ‘legally untenable’

Our View: President needs to explain decision for Israel’s Maccabi to use Limassol stadium

From kidneys to title deeds: a way through the Cyprus property problem

Why is Cyprus taking such a risk for Maccabi Tel Aviv?

Rubio in Athens: Greece’s strategic value and the challenge for Cyprus

Cyprus’ classic case of strategic entrapment

Building resilience in the digital age: the strategic value of a digital euro for Cyprus and Europe