Opinion

Writer, poet, journalist and actor Leonidas Malenis, best known for his poem that later became a song ‘Chrysoprasino Fyllo’, died at age 85 on Monday. Malenis was born in 1937 in Nicosia. ...

Western governments have agreed to cap Russia’s oil export price at $60 a barrel in a bid to curb profits that support its budget, military and invasion of Ukraine. This ...

By Dr Andrestinos Papadopoulos That Cyprus-Egypt relations are presently at their highest level is an evaluation that represents an undisputable reality. We should go back to ancient times to trace ...

Last Friday, the Eastern Mediterranean Think Tank held a press conference at the Journalists’ House in Nicosia, where a comprehensive set of ideas for reaching an agreement between Greek Cypriots ...

Lady Susan Hussey was an adviser and confidante to late Queen Elizabeth II. She was also the wife of Marmaduke Hussey, chairman of the BBC 1986-1996. All of them feature ...

PREZ NIK’S frenzied efforts to convince the idiots among us that he did everything in his power to solve the Cyprob are without respite. This is the mantra he ...

Who could have thought that in 2022, almost 50 years after his passing, General Georgios Grivas would be dominating the news headlines and sparking angry exchanges between parties. Even more astonishing is ...

By Stefanos Stefanou, general secretary of Akel It is Akel’s conviction that the non-solution of the Cyprus problem is detrimental both for Cyprus and its people, Greek Cypriots and ...

During the debate on the state budget on Thursday, a deputy had heard of the latest statement about Varosha by the Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and asked that ...

The 2007 movie The Bucket List has gained a certain amount of cult status, encouraging viewers to never stop believing in themselves and to never lose sight of their passions. Although ...

When in the previous week, it was announced that parents’ associations of two schools in Limassol were planning a protest about the sheer volume of the school curriculum, many would ...

By Naja Later There’s always been something queer about vampires. Vampire stories are traditionally rife with dark desires and invisible secrets from their early canonisation in popular culture. But ...

It is very convenient for everyone to blame bad policing for the violence and vandalism by football hooligans, because then they can go on pretending that they have no responsibility ...

Aside from the issues of alleged unconstitutionality and probably pressure from the church about the new mandatory sex education law that were brought up on Friday at the House during ...

By Louisa Borg Haviara For centuries, economic sanctions have been used as a weapon of war and included trade bans, closures of ports against enemies, and bans on specific commodity ...

The scramble for quick solutions to secure affordable and reliable energy could imperil climate action There is no question that the energy crisis has forced governments to reconsider their priorities, ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Less than three weeks ago, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveiled an austere government budget, which includes a fiscal adjustment of £55 ...

He must define his position on the Cyprus problem I have repeatedly made it clear that for me the major issue of the presidential election campaign is – rightly so – the ...

Failure to address social and economic needs By Les Manison The budget is the main instrument of government policy for meeting the social and economic needs of its citizens. Indeed, ...

Rules that Scots do not have the right to self determination On November 22, 2022 the UK Supreme Court ruled that the people of Scotland did not have the right to self-determination ...

By Omar Khaled Abdelrahman, Christmas is a period for celebrating our relationships with family and friends – a time filled with nostalgia and sentimentality. Of course for many people it’s ...

The second presidential debate broadcast simultaneously by the four private television channels was held on Thursday night. Like the first one, the guests were the three leading candidates, who had ...

OUR DEPUTIES go on a three-month holiday having attended the last session of the House on Friday. The legislature will reconvene after the end of the presidential elections, giving deputies ...

Greece’s Eurobank has doubled its shareholding in Hellenic Bank it was announced on Thursday. It acquired 12.6 per cent of Hellenic in 2021 adding another 13.5 per cent of the shares this ...