Our View: Government right to set limit on third-country students
SETTING limits to the number of third-country nationals that private colleges can enrol was the correct move by the education ministry. It had been advised...
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Our View: Akel’s criticism of foreign minister over Turkey is justified
Foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides is the latest state official who seems to believe he is above criticism. He follows the example set by the auditor-general...
Our View: Quantity over quality yet again in new tourism plan
Yet another national tourism strategy was unveiled on Tuesday by the deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios and this time it will be a 10-year...
Our View: New law could pave the way for improved government service
The government law that would cut the red tape and speed up the procedures for what are defined as ‘strategic investments’ is commendable, but whether...
Our View: Auditor-general looks childish in latest power struggle
The ongoing row between auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides and ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidou has taken comical proportions. Both have dug in their heels, waiting for the other...
Our View: House president shows true colours over MPs’ bad loan list
IN HIS first public appearance after being elected House president in 2016, Demetris Syllouris announced that he would introduce measures to improve the standing of...
Our Views: Guarantees for private hospitals not the issue, the state sector is
THE COUNCIL of Ministers’ decision to offer €70 million in government guarantees to private hospitals and clinics that join the national health scheme Gesy was...
Our View: Very good reasons why the Libya summit is not about the EEZ
Cyprus’ political parties have suddenly become interested in the Libyan civil war. For years they had shown complete indifference to what was going on, but...
Our View: Interpretation of privacy laws is absurd
The commissioner for the protection of personal data has imposed hefty fines, totalling €82,000, on three companies, belonging to the same group, for trying to...
Our View: Archbishop’s plan for Nicosia mansion appallingly misguided
ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos was furious about the organised opposition and social media reaction to his plans to turn the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios mansion into a Byzantine museum...
Our View: Opposition parties have no place in setting foreign policy
SOMETIMES, it is difficult to know whether the country’s foreign policy is the responsibility of the opposition parties rather than of the government. On Monday,...
Our View: Cyprus cannot placate both US and Russia
IN THE END, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled the five-country tour that would have also brought him to Cyprus last Tuesday. There were...
Our View: Fearing backlash, civil servants are being secretive about pension demands
REPRESENTATIVES of public sector unions met on Friday to discuss the issue of pensions. Although one of the teaching unions, Oelmek, proposed the staging of...
Our View: Minister right to warn of drought in times of plenty
It was encouraging to hear the minister of agriculture Costas Kadis say that despite the overflowing of the dams the government had no intention of...
Our View: Time for women’s groups in Cyprus to up the ante
There has never been a women’s movement to speak of in Cyprus. There are a few NGOs dealing with women’s issues, but they are not...
Our View: Soleimani strike underlines Trump’s slapdash MidEast policy
It was extremely surprising that even Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, felt obliged to distance his government from the assassination of Iran’s military commander Qassem...
Our View: we need a sense of perspective over EastMed pipeline
THE POLITICAL celebrations that followed the signing of the agreement for the construction of the EastMed pipeline were understandable. Not only had the doubters of...
Our View: Cyprus keeps shooting itself in the foot
THE actions of the authorities in Cyprus, who seem to think they are still living in the middle of the last century, never cease to...
Our View: Two leaders entering 2020 with same worn-out rhetoric
Both Cyprus leaders in their New Year messages spoke of their desire for a political solution as the island ended 45 years of fruitless negotiations...
Our View: Gesy the biggest hurdle facing government in 2020
The biggest challenge facing Cyprus in 2020 is the introduction of the second stage of the national health scheme Gesy. This is scheduled to happen...
