Musk’s politics are, quite literally, out of this world
By Thomas Gift
Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX recently made history by catching a Starship rocket booster as it careened back to Earth, wants you to vote for Donald Trump ...
A mere spectator? Europe and the imploding Middle East
By Luigi Scazzieri
A year after Hamas launched its October 7th attack on Israel, the Middle East is on the edge of a broader war. For a time, Europeans and ...
After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles to Gaza peace
By Matt Spetalnick and Jonathan Landay
Joe Biden is expected to use Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wind down the ...
Israel’s conundrum and America’s war in the Middle East
By Ioannis Tirkides
The Middle East is currently embroiled in a complex and potentially explosive situation that could spiral out of control. Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel on October 1 ...
Education: The cornerstone of societal progress
By Charalambos Charalambous
Education serves as the bedrock of any society’s development. To ensure we adequately prepare future generations for the complexities of the modern world, we must rethink ...
Israel will never wipe out Hamas and Hezbollah
By Brian Lait
I have studied both Islam and Judaism closely for many decades. Indeed, as a young man I attended prayers in a mosque when I worked in the ...
Refugeedom: always emotive, always with us
By Gavin Jones
Refugeedom is an emotive, complex subject which brings out the best and worst in people and has done so ever since I can remember.
The statistics are ...
The Cypriot startup ecosystem beyond tax benefits
Cyprus, the sun-soaked Mediterranean island, has long been known for its pristine beaches and ancient ruins.
But in recent years, a new attraction has been drawing a different kind of ...
Draghi’s industrial masterplan has decarbonisation at its core
By Simone Tagliapietra
A report on the future of European competitiveness, prepared by former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi and long awaited in Brussels, is finally out.
It is expected ...
What can bring the price of electricity down?
Good news on the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) front, but priority must now shift to implementing measures that will bring electricity prices down between now and 2030, when the GSI is ...
Will Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement influence US election?
By Jarrett Renshaw and Heather Timmons
Global pop star Taylor Swift’s support for Kamala Harris may have boosted the Democratic vice president’s hopes of attracting young voters, but ...
What to watch for at the Harris-Trump presidential debate
By James Oliphant
Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will battle each other next week in their first televised debate, a high-stakes clash that could give the winner an ...
Is Russia’s changing nuclear doctrine a significant concern – or just another empty threat?
By Jon Richardson
Russia’s announcement this week that it is revising its nuclear weapons doctrine has raised questions about what this means – and whether it marks a significant escalation ...
Financial institutions react to the FinTech challenge
By George Markides, George Kassinis, Andreas Soteriou
Over the past two decades, financial technology (FinTech) has transformed the established financial sector by introducing more efficient and innovative methods of providing ...
Ignorance provides the cover for dodgy public sector deals
By Savvakis C Savvides
The sad truth is that politicians and government officers involved in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements is that by circumventing what needs to be evaluated and assessed ...
Why our insight, compassion, integrity and agility matter more than AI
By Kyriaki Stinga and Dorina Mastora
There is an ongoing concern that AI might eventually take over human roles. However, as compliance officers in the legal field, we believe that ...
GIFT IFSC: Emerging as a preferred new age global financial centre
By Dr Dipesh Shah
The government of India implemented a major financial sector reform by establishing the country’s maiden International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in GIFT City, Gujarat. The ...
Market jitters and economic uncertainty
By Ioannis Tirkides
When the Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate from a range of zero to 0.1 per cent to 0.25 per cent, arguably to stem the yen’s ...
Expanded role of central banks necessitates reforms
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
Over the last 15 years, particularly after the financial crisis of 2008, the role of central banks (CBs) in developed economies has expanded and become even ...
Employers and industrialists federation fully supports tax reform
By Antonis Antoniou
The tax environment is a factor of particular importance in shaping the competitiveness of any country. And in countries like Cyprus, with limited natural resources and relying ...
Both sides of Cypriot diaspora must stand together
By Theo Theophanous
On July 21, 2024, Melbourne’s Federation Square was filled with more than 2,000 Greeks and Greek Cypriots and their supporters. The event was to commemorate the beginning of the ...
The US-Russia prisoner swap shows how journalists risk being bargaining chips
By Peter Greste
The photo of returning prisoners in an American plane, all grinning from ear to ear, says it all: the joy, the relief and the success of an ...
Elections and the new political landscape
By Ioannis Tirkides
A common thread runs through many of the elections taking place around the world this year: a rise in populism and nationalism, a move towards protectionism and ...
Akel: public hospitals should be the backbone of Gesy
By Stefanos Stefanou, Akel general secretary
In your editorial ‘Akel’s approach threatens ruin of public hospitals’ (Cyprus Mail, July 12), you commented on the positions I expressed in a press ...