Guest Columnist

By UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the Covid-19 crisis has a ...

The public has the right to access information and participate in decision making, but the government makes it very difficult says Green party leader Charalampos Theopemptou One the most important ...

There are three routes to fighting the decrees and all three would likely end up in Strasbourg By Achilleas Demetriades More than a year has passed since the decrees started ...

By Yao Agbetse It was hoped that elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) would consolidate the country’s democracy. Instead, the December 27, 2020 vote led to a return of open ...

By Penelope Karaoli When in 2019 one of our country’s most infamous bishops publicly claimed that gay men have a “particular odour” and that future mothers who “indulge” in anal ...

YIANNAKIS MATSIS argues that the only way to secure the long-term future of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots on the island is by preserving the Cyprus Republic, with some changes ...

Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras Reports and post-programme surveillance following Cyprus’ exit from the bailout agreement praised sustained economic growth at rates far higher than expected. Progress was also made on ...

Dr Dario Pontiggia The European Union has put sustainability and the environment at the heart of its future. This commitment is backed up with an unprecedented financial package: €1.8 trillion. Of ...

By Stephania Constantinou Over the last year, the world has witnessed an unprecedented number of extraordinary events that will be remembered as the most defining in recent history. One positive ...

By Costas Themistocleous A lot of ink will be used before the new five-party conference is held in a month or two. Perhaps even more than was used in all ...

An out-of-the-box approach By Christos Yiangou For too many decades Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have been trying hard, under UN auspices, to resolve the Cyprus problem and reunite their ...

The last round of the voting process at the Libyan Dialogue Forum in Geneva on February 5, 2021 resulted in victory for a list of people that includes Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi as ...

But serious, long-term investors must be able to trust the jurisdiction in which they invest By Peter Droussiotis Cyprus has many of the attributes required to build a diverse economy ...

Covid, brain drain and scientific mobility Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras Europe is currently facing significant societal, ecological and economic challenges that are aggravated by the coronavirus crisis. Research and innovation ...

During the pandemic, when access to loans is even more difficult, promising businesses have a better chance at a stock exchange where investors take decisions based on a company’s ...

By Demetrios (Akis) Hadjihambis There were recently two highly significant stands taken on the Cyprus problem which restore the traditional approach to finding a solution, and are all the more ...

By Sam Beever 2020 was a year that tested the strength of our communities and the resilience of our countries. It was a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. For Australians, 2020 ...

By Erol Riza The banking system in Cyprus is facing significant challenges linked to the low interest rate environment, the competition from Fintech companies and from the lower net interest ...

Dr Yiorghos Leventis On January 4, with the dawn of the new decade, Tehran announced that it had resumed uranium enrichment activities. This negative development is not surprising granted that the ...

The 61st round of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey are due to begin on January 25, following considerable pressure on Turkey by Germany, since the latter is trying to play ...

By Noga Caspi Isn’t it time everyone recognised the obvious? Women belong in all places where decisions are being made! Cyprus and Israel are two Middle Eastern democratic countries ...

Dr Yiorghos Leventis Seventy-six years ago, on Christmas Day of 1944, Winston Churchill set foot in Athens in an urgent political-military visit. The extraordinary arrival of the then British prime minister ...