Our View: Shelter’s threat to let the dogs out reflects on poor system
It is difficult not to feel sympathy for the Paphos animal shelter that has threatened to let loose some 1,500 animals in its care due...
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Banks need the ability to adapt quickly to survive and prosper
By George Theocharides Recently we experienced fallout between the main banks (BoC, Hellenic Bank) and the union of bank employees (ΕΤΥΚ) that resulted in strikes....
Varosha: a tragic and heartbreaking development
We’re now paying the ultimate price for our past and present mistakes by our politicians and Governments. This tragic situation was created by our hard...
Trump’s impeachment process reminds one of the Salem Witch trials
“Impeachment is as much a political act as it is a legal one,” correct. In the current case against President Trump, it’s entirely political. No...
Free market policies to blame for plight of pensioners
Destitution is widespread across the EU, even in Germany, France, and the UK. Worse hit are the vulnerable groups like pensioners, children and low paid...
Residents welcome new fly-tipping meaures
One of the very few times all CM commenters agreed on a subject! This is very welcoming news! Very recently I had a huge quarrel...
Our View: Signs of common sense prevailing in schools
Common sense seems have won out as secondary-school teachers have voted against going on strike over the four-monthly exams. It wasn’t a major victory because...
Criminalizing certain speech, no matter how horrible, is not realistic
Verbal abuse, no matter how horrible or derogatory is not a ‘racist attack’. Let us not diminish and cheapen real ‘racist attacks’ where victims are...
Time to invest in solar energy
Good article, could be worth mentioning that the European Union most likely will stop funding projects with fossil fuel shortly. This was mentioned in a...
The horrible pong: the stench of corruption is everywhere and is suffocating us
“Pong” is English slang, meaning a very unpleasant smell. The term (bocha, in Greek) probably comes from the Turkish word “bok”, which means shit. This...
The passport sales that boosted construction are now in decline
By Les Manison In the period 2003-2008, the Cyprus economy experienced a bank-financed construction/property boom which contributed significantly to the subsequent financial crisis of 2012/2013....
Why it’s so hard to impeach a president
Only four US presidents have ever faced articles of impeachment By James Deferalist On September 24, speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi...
Our View: Gas deal is great news, but we must be realistic
CONTRACTS for the first hydrocarbon exploitation licence were signed on Thursday and were described by energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis, as “another milestone in Cyprus’ energy...
It’s not Akel that laid the bad egg
Despite serious blunders along the way, Akel has been on the right side of history When he was president of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias used to...
Cyprus should not be rushing to revoke passports
This week it was announced that Cyprus government had begun to revoke as many as 26 “golden passports” after several scandals surrounding their citizenship-for-investment scheme...
Graffiti in the south speaks volumes
Have any Greek Cypriot officials ever driven past the numerous ‘Eoka’ graffitied walls in southern Cyprus? I as a Turkish Cypriot can never trust a...
Shame about the state of English School Park
The Strovolos Municipality is justly proud of its parks. Most of those I have seen are well kept. This is not the case with the...
Asylum seekers: an unrecognised gift
In its central position in the Eastern Mediterranean, and by virtue of its EU member state status, Cyprus is likely to encounter more immigration in the...
Rubbish: a roadside reality in Cyprus
I write as the organiser of the Akamas Clean-up Team (ACT) of Volunteers which has performed six clean-ups of the Akamas Peninsula in the Paphos...
