Our View: Expecting some political parties to behave like grown-ups is futile
Expecting the leaders of some of our parties to behave like grown-ups, at least when the country is in crisis, is futile. Nothing it seems...
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China’s swift response and transparency applauded
The Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus argues that his country’s handling if Covid-19 has been the target of American lies By Huang Xingyuan Recently, there have...
Our View: Consumers pay as EAC refuses to buy oil at cheapest prices
When the price of crude oil went into freefall, Energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis wrote to the chairman of the EAC board, asking him to examine...
The only London heroes and heroines are the medical staff
What Mr Riza fails to really capture are the empty buses, the sardine filled carriages of the tube as people who need to work have...
Methane and money
THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou When we ladies are asked, ‘Does my bum look big in this?’ we call upon honed female skills...
Employers and employees in the age of Covid 19: A looming battle
By George Tsardellis The world community has not faced a situation like the one created by the Covid-19 pandemic in modern times. The Republic of...
Our View: Politicians should be advising loan delays only as last resort
It was inevitable that the suspension of loan repayments to banks for nine months would turn into an issue of political squabbling. Since the passing...
Did nobody in government think the new measures through?
Apart from some really ridiculous ideas from the Department of Transportation on how to mitigate this crisis, I have, up to now, had some admiration...
Our View: Not all of the new restrictions can be justified
EVERYONE must have expected the tougher restrictions on movement announced by the government on Monday as these followed an increasingly familiar script. A weekend of...
Economic life’s quest to continue under coronavirus cloud
By John Kemp The health costs of coronavirus are measured in lives; the economic costs are measured in the goods and services not produced while...
Do you really think our children are safer in the UK?
I wish to express my extreme disappointment regarding the decision of the Republic of Cyprus to prohibit the entrance of Cypriot nationals/UK Citizens to their...
Amid the ‘helicopter money’ nobody is mentioning UBI
By Gwynne Dyer When you lock the people down (to save their lives), you inevitably close down a lot of the economy as well. And the...
Government needs to be more specific, people need to know
There’s an iconic scene in the film ‘True Romance’ with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken displaying their acting art to perfection. Walken plays a Mafia...
Oil and gas companies on the retreat
By Charles Ellinas The combined effect of the massive decline in global oil and gas demand due to Covid-19 depressing the global economy, and the...
Our View: Success of rescue package depends on length of lockdown
NOTHING unites our parties and politicians like the mission to spend the taxpayer’s money ostensibly to improve to improve people’s lives. This unity and spirit...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: welcome to the world of Big Brother
OUR CIVIL liberties that are being eroded in the name of the war against the invisible enemy were further restricted last Monday when Prez Nik...
London under corona virus occupation
By Alper Ali Riza Every crisis is also an opportunity and although the world would have preferred to give whatever opportunity presents itself a miss,...
Cooperation and transparency needed to fight Covid-19
US ambassador to Cyprus criticises China, says it had special responsibility to be transparent over coronavirus pandemic By Judith Garber The celebrated American author Mark...
Our View: Parents should be fined for letting their teens roam free during a lockdown
WE WOULD have hoped that this tradition with the bonfires would have been suspended now that the country is on lockdown. The weekend before the...
Free delivery system great in principle but seriously flawed
The idea is great in principle, however the process is totally flawed and written by civil servants with no experience in project management or business...
