Our View: Ferry service a great idea but tough hurdles remain
It was good news that the EU has approved the €6m subsidy for Cyprus to create a ferry link with Greece, which is long overdue....
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Hong Kong: the ‘British’ 3 Million
“We will grant BNOs five years’ limited leave to remain (in the United Kingdom), with the right to work or study,” British Foreign Secretary Dominic...
Angela Merkel will be sorely missed
We agree that Ataturk was the man who modernised Turkey after the collapse of the Ottomans. We also agree that the Ottomans were very tolerant...
The days of the UK ruling education are over
There are alternatives to UK university education – France and Germany are fee free for EU member states, Holland offers many different courses in English...
Chinese law professor who criticised leadership is detained, friends say
A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party and President Xi Jinping was taken away by authorities on...
Ennio Morricone, Italian composer most famous for Westerns, dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, “The Mission” and “Cinema Paradiso” made him one of the...
Shifty paradigms: Black Lives Matter uncovers US’ false assumptions
By Nicholas Karides When the American physicist and historian of science Thomas Kuhn identified the notion of the Paradigm Shift in the early 1960s, he...
Coronavirus: The long journey home
Cypriot citizen Valerie Michaels describes the tortuous process of her repatriation on June 16 from the United States to Cyprus amidst coronavirus precautions For family...
Religious education dulls critical thinking
By George Koumoullis That the teaching of religious education is schools is anachronistic, is plain not only to intellectuals but also to enlightened church leaders...
Our View: Huge fee hike should end our obsession with British degrees
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, this year has been a terrible year to be a Cypriot student in the UK: studies cut short, unsatisfactory online...
Ataturk was wise to turn Hagia Sophia into a museum
By Alper Ali Riza Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was a Christian cathedral that became a Muslim mosque that became a museum. Modern Turkey sits at...
Why electoral reform is so necessary
The need for independence and cooperation of the executive and legislative powers By Demetrios Hadjihambis Reading the article written by my fellow Famagustan and...
Hong Kong merely seeking the freedom China agreed to honour in 1997
If the Chinese ambassador to Cyprus writes many more letters to the Cyprus Mail, the newspaper should grant him “CM Regular Columnist” status. The latest tirade by...
Why aren’t bus drivers wearing masks all the time?
On the morning of June 30, I travelled on the Larnaca to Paphos route with the Intercity bus company. Prior to departure the driver reminded passengers of...
Coronavirus procedures at Larnaca airport are very worrying
I am extremely worried about the reopening of Cyprus to some countries that are far from being a model in fighting the virus pandemic. Cyprus...
Oil and gas sector crisis deepens
Analysts state that it probably will be the end of 2023 before the industry recovers By Charles Ellinas One after the other major international oil...
Wise and sensible move by the government
The current upgrade of the UK is a sensible move by the government as it needs to see how the UK is progressing. The next...
Our View: Hopes raised for moves towards UK arrivals but there are no guarantees
Flights could finally start from the UK in August after the government signalled it could move Britain from category C to B, meaning Britons would...
A letter to a Cypriot friend
I would like to write to you from the bottom of my heart. As a true believer in the friendship between Israelis and Cypriots. A...
Highly unlikely that the EU will do anything about Turkey’s provocations
If all the political might including the USA placed on Israel over not taking occupied lands as a permanent land grab cannot bring Israel to...
