Our View: Minister might be over-optimistic about having traffic cams next year
The introduction of traffic cameras will be put off until next year, even though it had been scheduled for the last quarter of 2020. Then...
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Our View: House president hardly the man to be pushing MPs’ code of conduct
President of the House Demetris Syllouris proudly presented Volume A of the code of conduct for deputies on Monday. The 155-page draft, grandly titled ‘Code...
Our view: Policy of sweeping things under the carpet going strong
Government seems to make a habit of ignoring a problem until it becomes so complicated there is no easy solution to it. The 4,000 public...
Our View: Uncharted waters for banks in age of negative interest rates
On the first working day of March, companies will be charged for keeping their cash in the bank, as we enter an era of negative...
Our View: International community won’t step in over Varosha without a solution
It has been a few months since Varosha was last in the news but after last weekend’s highly-publicised meeting of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials...
Our View: Public sector privilege makes a mockery of equal rights for all
THE SENSE of entitlement of our country’s public employees knows no bounds, as the current dispute of their unions with the ministry of finance over...
Our View: Anastasiades conveniently omits Russia when he talks about reining in Turkey
President Anastasiades made an interesting, if rather simplistic remark in an interview he gave to Bloomberg. “Turkey feels unrestrained given US efforts to keep the...
Our View: Deputy ministries are simply adding to a bloated state sector
One of the measures announced by President Anastasiades for combating corruption in football was the creation of the deputy ministry for youth, sport and culture....
Our View: No surprise politicians ignore positive economic benefits of a solution
In the last few weeks there have been two reports about the economic benefits of a Cyprus settlement compiled by economists at two very different...
Our View: Akel remains unable to convince it can manage the economy
For the overwhelming majority of Cypriots, the Christofias presidency spelled disaster for the economy, emphatic proof that Akel could not be trusted to run the...
Our View: Tiny clubs plus big payrolls equals match-fixing in football
We have lost count of the number of meetings in the last few weeks held ostensibly to tackle corruption in football, which has suddenly become...
Our View: Edek should have gone to police, not had an in-house ‘trial’
IN THE END Attorney-general Costas Clerides had to order an investigation into the allegations of misuse of EU funds made against Edek MEP Demetris Papadakis...
Our View: More positives than negatives in Moneyval report
Inevitably, there were two readings of the Moneyval report that was released on Wednesday. The government saw it as approval of the work it had...
Our View: Government’s claims of vindication are misleading
The Anastasiades government wasted no time in adopting Tuesday’s statement by the Turkish foreign ministry, which said “news in the Greek Cypriot press according to...
Our View: Time Competition Commission stepped in over bank attitudes
The European Commission and the European Central Bank champion the market economy and competition but some of their directives have had the effect of stifling...
Our View: Crystal clear Turkey wants Akinci out
Some may accuse the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci of talking so forcefully about the danger of the north’s annexation by Turkey for electoral reasons,...
Our View: Frequent denials do not help Anastasiades’ credibility
IN AN ATTEMPT to close the matter of President Anastasiades’ use of the Saudi Arab investor’s private jet, government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios issued a long...
Our View: PEP bad loan list a litany of MPs’ shabby behaviour
THERE seems to be no end in sight to the saga about the list of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) with non-performing loans (NPLs), which the...
Our View: Fannon did not give the government what it was hoping for
In the end, the much-trumpeted visit of the US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Francis Fannon did not give the government what it...
Our View: Nicosia needs to learn some planning lessons from Limassol
On the day that mayor Nicos Nicolaides announced that Limassol would be turned into a friendly, green, smart city for citizens and businesses, Nicosia municipality...
