Our View: The change in government rhetoric could be a good sign
It was good to see President Anastasiades adopt a softer tone in his address to the people on Wednesday, as did his ministers who presented...
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Our View: it’s not the time for hospital management and unions to be bickering
Everyone turned on the state medical services’ (Okypy) executive for Famagusta and Larnaca district, Giorgos Karotsakis for threatening to quarantine without pay any hospital staff...
Our View: Success shows bond issue well timed
Although news of the government’s bond issue had been met with some disparaging remarks in some quarters, it proved a resounding success. The government raised...
Our View: Government will have to be wary of errant priests come Easter
Reports about the extension of the restrictive measures to the end of the month could hardly have surprised anyone. Even if there were a steady...
Our View: Privileged public employees showing their worst side over crisis
For most working people the measures imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus have turned their lives upside down. Many are without work because...
Our View: No logic to closing supermarkets on Sundays
WHEN the latest restrictive measures were announced by the government, we pointed out the decision to close supermarkets on Sundays made no sense. It was...
Our View: Expecting some political parties to behave like grown-ups is futile
Expecting the leaders of some of our parties to behave like grown-ups, at least when the country is in crisis, is futile. Nothing it seems...
Our View: Consumers pay as EAC refuses to buy oil at cheapest prices
When the price of crude oil went into freefall, Energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis wrote to the chairman of the EAC board, asking him to examine...
Our View: Politicians should be advising loan delays only as last resort
It was inevitable that the suspension of loan repayments to banks for nine months would turn into an issue of political squabbling. Since the passing...
Our View: Not all of the new restrictions can be justified
EVERYONE must have expected the tougher restrictions on movement announced by the government on Monday as these followed an increasingly familiar script. A weekend of...
Our View: Success of rescue package depends on length of lockdown
NOTHING unites our parties and politicians like the mission to spend the taxpayer’s money ostensibly to improve to improve people’s lives. This unity and spirit...
Our View: Parents should be fined for letting their teens roam free during a lockdown
WE WOULD have hoped that this tradition with the bonfires would have been suspended now that the country is on lockdown. The weekend before the...
Our View: The public payroll should be reduced as soon as possible
It was appropriate that on the day the cabinet approved a €2bn relief package for the economy that the Employers’ Federation OEV brought up the...
Our View: Cleaner air, but government lacks the will to make it long term
One consequence of the spread of the Covid-19 is that it has reduced the pollution in urban areas. With most people working from home and...
Our View: Government has acted decisively despite some mistakes
THIS WAS the week that the world finally shut down. Borders were sealed, air travel halted, schools and business closed as societies went into quarantine...
Our View: Despicable govt workers’ unions devoid of sense of duty
Public employees’ unions have sunk to new depths of disrepute with their despicably selfish behaviour. Teaching unions and Pasydy, shamelessly demanded special treatment from the...
Our View: How far can the government’s economic measures go?
The announcement of measures to support the economy will soon become as frequent as those implemented to protect public health. It is to be expected...
Our View: Erdogan will most probably get what he wants from EU
When Turkey bussed thousands of Syrian refugees to its border with Greece having decided it would no longer stop them from trying to enter the...
Our View: Mistake to ban Cypriots from coming home
That mistakes would have been made by the authorities in their action plan to fight the spread of the coronavirus was to be expected. Decisions...
Our View: Effective citizen return ban is unconstitutional
Anyone arriving from abroad in Cyprus now needs a ‘health certificate’ issued by the country they were flying from. Even if they present this at...
