Our View
It should not have surprised anybody that in the ‘PISA 2022’ international evaluation of students Cyprus finished in the bottom quarter of the rankings –...
Our View: Irrationality surrounding foreclosures is becoming stronger
There is no end to the long-running foreclosures farce, which will be on centre stage at the House plenum on Friday, when the government bills,...
Our View: Pulling buses from roads a total over-reaction
Public outrage, understandably, greeted the news that a school bus full of children had caught fire while in motion. Nobody was hurt, but the fire...
Our View: EU unanimity has become our only weapon
A few days ago, Disy president Annita Demetriou added her voice to the issue of EU unanimity, following a vote by the European Parliament to...
Our View: More punishment for the taxpayer due to government failures
MPs were out beating their breasts on Thursday, in tears for the poor public who are faced with the new carbon tax slated for early...
Our View: Deafening silence on death of Henry Kissinger
While tributes poured into the US from around the world on Thursday after the death at 100 of controversial, American politician Henry Kissinger, the silence...
Our View: Tourism policy should be looking ahead
Is there anything duller than listening to the deputy tourism minister droning on about ‘sustainable tourism’ at the recent Malta conference at a time when...
Our View: ‘Begging bowl’ shouldn’t be necessary when it comes to healthcare
It was no surprise to read that in 2022, social protection and healthcare expenditure, which encompasses inpatient and outpatient care, medicines and sickness benefits, measured...
Our View: Lax controls are bad for business
At a meeting with ministers and other officials last Monday, President Christodoulides revealed that he had tried to secure the services of experts from abroad...
Our View: Investigations by anti-corruption authority are to be welcomed
Former president Nicos Anastasiades issued a statement on Friday, welcoming the decision of the Authority Against Corruption to investigate serious allegations of corruption made against...