Our View: Has thin-skinned Erdogan boxed Akinci into a corner?
IT is doubtful that Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci thought his views about Turkey’s invasion of Syria, which were posted on his Facebook page, would...
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Our View: Bank union resorting to strikes to preserve power
ONLY in our union-dominated country was it possible for a union to call a strike because it wanted the employer to spend less money on...
Our View: UN resolutions on Varosha are unlikely to deter Turkey
PRESIDENT Anastasiades expressed “absolute satisfaction” with the decision of the UN Security Council, which on Thursday “reaffirmed its determination to implement resolutions 550 and 789...
Our View: Trump’s opened door for Turkey’s invasion of Syria
THE START of Turkey’s military operation in north-east Syria was announced by President Erdogan on Wednesday, three days after he received the go-ahead from President...
Our View: Shocking video begs the question how racist are we?
THE video featuring Greek Cypriot women directing grossly offensive comments at a Russian woman in a Larnaca car park went viral a few hours after...
Our View: Greece takes responsible approach with toned down rhetoric
Back in the days of Archbishop Makarios, when Greece’s government refused to follow his scheming or back his political brinkmanship, unflattering reports would appear in...
Our View: Hugely successful shipping sector never gets the credit it deserves
THE SHIPPING sector is the unsung hero of the Cyprus economy. Its very significant contribution is noted every two years when the Maritime Cyprus conference...
Our View: Cyprus being forced into a corner by gunboat diplomacy
Turkey’s decision to send its Yavuz drillship into the Cypriot EEZ southwest of the island that also includes part of block 7 is another illustration...
Our View: Banks are heading for a showdown with unions
THE days when the Cypriot banks could employ more staff than they needed and pay them wages that were envy of the rest of the...
Our View: Will the latest public service reforms go far enough?
THE GOVERNMENT is making another attempt to reform civil service. Its last attempt, in 2016, was rejected by the legislature for a variety of unconvincing...
Our View: Many questions over president’s use of a private jet
Although rumours have been circulating for some time now about President Anastasiades’ regular use of a private jet for his travels abroad, it only became...
Our View: Cyprus as a UN peacebuilding HQ a laudable aim
FORMER Akel MEP, Takis Hadjigeorgiou’s idea for making Cyprus the headquarters of a peacebuilding organisation for the region, under the umbrella of the UN, may...
Our View: Credibility lost amid constantly shifting positions
‘THE show must go on’ was the message from New York where President Anastasiades and his entourage had gone to attend the annual meeting of...
Our View: Public service’s lack of urgency is putting patients lives at risk
THERE will be a meeting on Wednesday at which the representatives of the health ministry and the state health services (Okypy) will submit proposals for...
Our View: Ignoring advice and warning from foreign economists is a national policy
OUR politicians pay no attention to reports about the Cyprus economy by experts at the IMF, ECB or World Bank. One reason might be that...
Our View: Level of hysteria over school abductions is uncalled for
PERHAPS it is a consequence of social media, which enable people to turn non-incidents into major causes for alarm, our society has become so paranoid...
Our View: Foreign ministers play to the cameras at UN
If any proof was needed that the Cyprus talks were literally going nowhere right now, or ever possibly, it was seeing the video of the...
Diplomacy is neither a tennis match, nor fencing
In recent years, the Ukrainian agenda has been imposed on mainstream European and global journalism. Endlessly blaming Russia for mythical ‘hybrid wars’, coming up with...
Our View: Thomas Cook collapse shows quality tourism conundrum unresolved
Well the 2019 tourism season started with a bang showing record arrivals by August, and now it’s about to go out with a bang. With...
Our View: School hijab fracas defeats concept of freedom of choice
THERE were plenty of knee-jerk reactions after a Nicosia headmaster cautioned a young Muslim girl in a hijab because under school rules, headgear was not...
