Our View: Diko is virtue-signalling about social justice
It was interesting to read a release issued by Diko about the “social mission of the state.” Written by Anastasia Papadopoulou, the coordinator of the...
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Our View: Anastasiades has led the Cyprob to a dead end
After the fiasco of Geneva, which officially confirmed no common ground existed between the two sides, we have been witnessing obligatory exchange of accusations and...
Our View: Vaccine portal problems cannot be dismissed as teething troubles
Recognising that the voters may have tired of listening to their daily tirades about the golden passports, opposition parties found a new angle of attack...
Our View: We’ve moved from one set of restrictions to another
There seems to be no end to the erosion of our personal liberties by the government in the name of public health protection. While the...
Our View: Auditor general’s view on passports report failed to mention an apology
It was astonishing that Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides felt obliged to issue a 3,000-word announcement on Tuesday to comment on the interim report by the Investigative...
Our View: Lack of Covid transparency not having desired results
A few weeks ago, the ministry of health decided that it would not mention in its daily communique whether the people that died from Covid-19...
Our View: Low key election campaign threatens to boost apathy
In four weeks, parliamentary elections will be held but apart from some party advertisements there has been very little campaigning. In fact, if it were...
Our View: No excuse for Easter lockdown
A little over a year ago, President Anastasiades had defended the strict lockdown over Easter, by telling us it was the way to ensure we...
Our View: Turkey has eliminated the basis for Cyprus talks
As expected, the informal five-plus-one- conference was a monumental failure. The Turkish Cypriot side, with Ankara’s full support, stuck to its position on two states...
Our View: Responsibility for discredited passport scheme lies with the president
The interim report of the investigative committee looking into the citizenship by investment programme was a catalogue of irregularities, possible illegalities, fraud, misinformation and conflict...
Our View: Popular path cannot safely accommodate both pedestrians and cyclists
The Pedieos linear path is one of the greatest achievements of local government in the Nicosia district – a nature sanctuary that stretches for miles...
Our View: Volte face on churches makes a mockery of lockdown policy
The slapdash way in which the government has dealt with the latest lockdown that came into force on Monday has undermined the whole exercise including...
Our View: There’s a word for it when the state determines the extent of civil liberties
Perhaps the new lockdown, which kicks in on Monday, is necessary given the consistently high number of cases and the failure of the government to...
Our View: Cherry-picking what data to feed the public during a pandemic does not inspire trust
The health ministry introduced a new method of reporting the number of Covid-19 deaths this week. It no longer states whether the deceased had underlying...
Our View: Government had no choice but to withdraw bill on foreclosures
The government did the right thing to withdraw the bill amending the law on the courts which had been changed beyond recognition by the political...
Our View: Strange that minutes of Crans Montana meeting suddenly in the spotlight
A week before the informal five-party conference in Geneva President Nicos Anastasiades has quite unexpectedly decided to talk about the minutes of his meeting in...
Our View: Calls for end to early retirement penalty are irresponsible
Being in opposition and having nothing tangible to offer voters ahead of the parliamentary elections, Akel decided to campaign for what could have appeal across...
Our View: Government should have given us no choice over vaccine
It was rather amusing watching the members of the council of ministers arriving at the state fair vaccination centre on Thursday, like a group of...
Our View: There is no justification in a democracy for persecuting artists
It was extremely disappointing to read that the ministry of education and culture is now pursuing disciplinary action against the secondary school head teacher Giorgos...
Our View: A sad reflection on the lengths parties prepared to go for votes
In the end, the fear of being blamed by businesses and the self-employed of depriving them of much-needed cash liquidity persuaded the opposition parties to...