Our View: Nicosia municipality needs more state help with migrant housing
THERE is little doubt that Nicosia municipality, that has the old town under its authority, has been bearing the brunt of the immigration problem. Large...
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Our View: There can be no more lockdowns, safety measures the only way
It is becoming increasingly more difficult keeping up with changing measures aimed at controlling the spread of Covid-19. Every week there seem to be new...
Our View: EU Commission speaking for us all in expressing concern
The European Commission was talking on behalf of all of us in expressing concern over the latest Greece-Turkey stand-off in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s seismic...
Our View: Cyprus-Russia compromise tax deal a better option than seeing it scrapped
The finance ministry, understandably, would have been greatly relieved that an agreement was reached on the first day of talks with the Russian government and...
Our View: We’re jeopardising relations with EU over halloumi PDO mess
TEN DAYS AGO, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada was sent to the legislature for ratification. All such agreements...
Our View: Finance ministry was right to issue decree on bank charges
When the Bank of Cyprus sent a circular to all its customers, in the last quarter of 2019 about the introduction/increase of charges – including...
Our View: It is irrational to expect UK universities to make a mass exception
The anger of parents of National Guard conscripts who would have to pay the higher tuition fees at UK universities because army service will prevent...
Our View: An appeal to the public’s good sense more effective than threats
While the government handled the outbreak of the pandemic, the lockdown and the gradual restart of the economy in a very assured and calm way,...
Our View: Damage limitation the only realistic objective in Moscow talks
A delegation from the Cyprus led by Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides will go to Moscow next week for another round of negotiations with the Russian...
Our View: Reasons for rejecting CETA agreement are laughable
Our parliament has not only done a serious disservice to the country by voting against the ratification of CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) it...
Our View: Pursuing punitive measures via the EU will not solve anything
THERE have been some newspaper columns dealing with the Greek government’s distancing from the Cyprus government in the approach to Turkey’s unlawful actions in the...
Our View: Papadopoulos needs to accept responsibility for mess Diko is in
In complaining about the latest defections from Diko, party leader Nicholas Papadopoulos was unintentionally advertising his poor leadership qualities, exemplified by his refusal to take...
Our View: Greece chooses dialogue, Cyprus will have to do the same
Most people would have been greatly relieved to have heard that Greece and Turkey had agreed a moratorium on sea explorations for at least a...
Our View: Government has failed to offer crystal clear guidelines to category B travellers
In the last few days our offices have been inundated with calls and emails from confused Britons planning on flying to Cyprus this weekend asking...
Our View: Business model for Gesy is doomed
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) has decided to set limits on the number of patient visits per day for certain specialist doctors. This was inevitable...
Our View: With new leader, perhaps the Greens can now focus on green issues
The election of Charalambos Theopemptou as leader of the Greens was a much-needed change to the leadership of the party that for its entire existence...
Our View: With tourism crushed, it’s time for an economic rethink
IN a report we carried last month, two leading hoteliers were quoted as saying that they expected to have an idea of how the tourism...
Our View: Anastasiades could not have asked for more from France’s president
PRESIDENT Anastasiades’ visit to Paris for a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday was a big success. Not only had Macron taken a very...
Our View: State plan to promote studying in Cyprus must include all universities
The initiative for plans to promote Cyprus as a higher education centre, announced last week by the education minister and the House president is a...
Our View: Not easy, but dialogue the only way to ease Greco-Turkish tensions
The media may be relishing the latest standoff between Greece and Turkey because it stirs great interest in the news, justifies scare-mongering, sensationalist headlines and...
