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Is the SafePass forcing us to get vaccinated? Why is it so selectively applied? A look at the balancing act between public interest and private rights By Achilleas Demetriades The ...

Cyprus has traditionally been a popular destination for Lebanese investors and families, there are now more incentives than ever By Nicolas Tsardellis and Kriton Dionysiou The economic downturn Lebanon is ...

Dr Yiorghos Leventis The issue of nuclear disarmament is seminal in world affairs. Its importance dominated the agenda of relations between the liberal West and the communist East during the ...

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 deliveries of safe and effective ...

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 due to infrastructural investment, good ...

By Ruslan Nimchynskyi On April 26, Ukraine marks the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the catastrophic nuclear accident which occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. ...

By Judith Garber On my very first walk around Nicosia two years ago, I passed a group of young Cypriots creating posters calling on their fellow citizens to take bold ...

The Cyprus LNG plant and the East Med pipeline under the spectre of the Turkish ‘blue homeland’ in the East Med’s energy game By Panayiotis Tilliros The geopolitical and ...

The time to make a difference is now By Elisa Fereira They say that greatness is forged in crisis. If so, today the forge is working overtime: the worst pandemic ...

But it comes with both risk and opportunities for business By Antigoni Pafitis In the past few years there has been a great deal of interest in the concept of ‘...

By Faisal J. Abbas There has been widespread uproar at what was seen as misogynistic and insulting treatment meted out by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to European Commission President ...

By Andrew Shouler There’s something pretty rum about the events of the past year, rendering it well beyond a global health story. Besides its impact in terms of individual ...

By Les Manison In attempting to find mutually agreed arrangements on the Cyprus problem at the forthcoming meeting chaired by the United Nations many issues are likely to be raised ...

By George Georgiou Most will have heard about the crashing of the vaccine portal soon after it opened on Wednesday for those over 61. First of all, what genius decided to ...

A look at the possible liability of ministers for wrongful acts By Achilleas Demetriades My effort today relates to examining the obscure point of possible liability under tort of government ...

You know things are serious when supermarkets start locking away baby formula. Over the past year, 28,000 people in Turkey might have died of Covid-19. But what is affecting people more ...

Turkish Cypriots know only too well the fate of their hellim/halloumi. They fear it will join a long list of other products the government of the Republic gets to ...

China’s Ambassador to Cyprus, Liu Yantao, talks about the policy of poverty alleviation in China which he took part in Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his 2021 New Year speech, ...

From car emissions to polluting factories, the state is failing its people By Charalampos Theopemptou People often ask me which is the biggest environmental problem that we face. My answer ...

Dealing with it requires the mobilisation of many civil society groups, government departments and tougher penalties Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras More and more people are finding the courage to report ...

By Sophia Papastavrou The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has shown that by strengthening women’s meaningful participation in peace talks, transforming decision-making power, and bridging local conflict analysis ...

Landmark case highlighted rampant discrimination against female officers in the National Guard By Elena Riga, Maria Kozakou and Christina Anastasiou On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianidou Lottides, ...

How the Russian law enforcement agencies are undermining successful entrepreneurs and anti-corruption activists By Nicholas Anderson In February 2019, Michael Calvey, an American investor in the Russian market, was arrested along ...

By Ambassador Liu Yantao The National People’s Congress as China’s top legislature has approved by overwhelming majority a decision to improve Hong Kong’s electoral system. It is ...