Covid-19 therapeutics: Stepping up EU defences
By Stella Kyriakides Vaccination is picking up the pace across the EU with the numbers increasing by the day. Last week we saw the largest...
Opinion
Our View: Vaccine portal problems cannot be dismissed as teething troubles
Recognising that the voters may have tired of listening to their daily tirades about the golden passports, opposition parties found a new angle of attack...
Our View: We’ve moved from one set of restrictions to another
There seems to be no end to the erosion of our personal liberties by the government in the name of public health protection. While the...
Three Seas Region: shared history, shared future
The countries in the Three Seas Region were hit less by Covid-19 pandemic and are forecast to recover faster than the rest of the EU...
Our View: Auditor general’s view on passports report failed to mention an apology
It was astonishing that Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides felt obliged to issue a 3,000-word announcement on Tuesday to comment on the interim report by the Investigative...
Shoring up the EU financial system
The latest amendment aims to strengthen measures against money laundering and terrorist financing By Elena Riga The Amendment Law 13 (I) / 2021 introduces changes...
Our View: Lack of Covid transparency not having desired results
A few weeks ago, the ministry of health decided that it would not mention in its daily communique whether the people that died from Covid-19...
Our View: Low key election campaign threatens to boost apathy
In four weeks, parliamentary elections will be held but apart from some party advertisements there has been very little campaigning. In fact, if it were...
Israel: why Netanyahu (or someone like him) can’t lose
A tempest in a small teapot this week, as Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israel of ‘apartheid’. That echoed the judgement of the Israeli human...
I tick all the boxes, why am I still waiting for citizenship?
On May 17, 2019, I applied for Cyprus citizenship. I paid 300 euros (not a few millions). I was assured that in no more than...
The boundaries of fiscal policy
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Until recent years, international financial organisations supported the view that narrowly defined fiscal discipline was an absolute prerequisite for...
Shocked over low vaccine take-up
I was shocked to learn of the survey that was taken showing that only four out of 10 people said they would get the Covid...
We are living a Covid nightmare
George Orwell’s Big Brother, Stalin, Adolf Hitler and their ilk would be jealous of the level of Draconian state measures introduced by the Cyprus government....
I applied for citizenship years ago
For nearly a year we are watching every day a new scandal unfolding over the golden passports given to rich investors. And on the other...
Next 5+1 meeting should be at Ledra Palace in Nicosia
It was well known that common ground was beyond the reach of the protagonists at the 5+1 conference on Cyprus. It was a fool’s errand,...
Cyprus: Revised National and Government Accounts, Estimates and Forecasts
By Les Manison The Cyprus Statistical Service has released revised national and government accounts estimates for 2020. These estimates, which are still preliminary, indicate that...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The lockdown that took everyone by surprise
EVERYONE has been wondering how and why the government decided to impose a lockdown for two weeks starting last Monday, despite giving assurances before the...
Our View: No excuse for Easter lockdown
A little over a year ago, President Anastasiades had defended the strict lockdown over Easter, by telling us it was the way to ensure we...
Our View: Turkey has eliminated the basis for Cyprus talks
As expected, the informal five-plus-one- conference was a monumental failure. The Turkish Cypriot side, with Ankara’s full support, stuck to its position on two states...
Our View: Responsibility for discredited passport scheme lies with the president
The interim report of the investigative committee looking into the citizenship by investment programme was a catalogue of irregularities, possible illegalities, fraud, misinformation and conflict...