Coronavirus: Those stay-at-homes could overhaul the civil service
Open letter to the heads of the civil service on how their workers can be gainfully employed while working from home By Andronicos Zervides Dear...
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Coronavirus: Economic impact likely to be painful and long-lasting
By Les Manison The adverse economic impact of the coronavirus is likely to be severe and prolonged with some commentators now predicting a depression in...
Coronavirus: With cooperation lacking, virus crisis only highlights the divide
By Serkan Birgel What do Covid-19, natural gas and halloumi have in common in Cyprus? In one word: politics. In one phrase: the ‘Cyprus Problem’....
Coronavirus: How Europe will regain its strength
By Ursula von der Leyen The last few weeks have turned our world upside down. It seems like a lifetime ago that we were going...
Israel-Cyprus medical cooperation and innovation in the time of coronavirus
By Sammy Revel THE world’s population is currently facing a major crisis. Governments are taking drastic measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus. The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The EU and the coronavirus pandemic
By Nikos Korogiannakis and Antigoni Pafiti On 11 March 2020 US President Donald Trump stunned EU leaders by announcing a 30-day ban of air travel...
Coronavirus: The economic challenges of the Covid-19 crisis
By Andreas Theophanous The situation that has been created with the spread of Covid-19 almost throughout the world is indeed extraordinary. This pandemic, as declared...
Rule of law as defined by Constitution must be upheld at all times
By Nicolas Tsardellis The President announced yesterday afternoon new measures taken by the Council of Ministers to limit the spread of Covid-19. Τhe extension of...
We have been through worse and survived
By George Pirishis Economists around the world always face one limitation. Neither can they predict upcoming financial crises nor can they agree on a common...
My fight for a crematorium failed but I’m leaving with many happy memories
Expat View By Clive Turner This is what you might call ‘a wave and goodbye’ piece. After living here for 17 years and writing many...
Former Greek minister remembers Eurogroup mauling
By Nicholas Karides George Papaconstantinou is a self-effacing and clearly a deeply knowledgeable economist-turned-politician-turned-academic. It is almost impossible to think that a decade ago...
Gender equality: the secret behind Nordic economic development
By Anders Hagelberg and Timo Heino It is easy to be a Nordic ambassador in Cyprus. Not only are people friendly, the nature beautiful and...
Move fast, build to last: Europe’s new generation
By Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission Before I took office 100 days ago, I was struck by the boldness of Europe’s next...
Is it a currency? A commodity? Bitcoin has an identity crisis
By Tom Wilson So bitcoin’s a currency, right? Well, yes, it can be used to buy, sell and price goods much like dollars and euros....
Effects of negative and ultra-low interest rates
In response to ECB accommodative monetary policies and persistently high levels of excess liquidity, Cyprus banks have continually effected reductions in interest rates By Leslie...
Cyprus, the Achilles heel of Hellenism
For the past two years I have been proposing a moratorium on energy and a dialogue on Cyprus By Nicos Rolandis Over the past 16...
