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Our View: Co-op inquiry makes unwelcome return to news as its head resigns other posts

March 27th, 20191365 Just when the government thought the uproar about its critical stance on the findings of the investigation into the collapse of the co-op bank had died down...

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Our View: More seriousness needed in approach to foreign policy

March 24th, 20192130 THE MUCH-TOUTED tripartite meeting with the ad hoc participation of the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not live up to the big expectations created by...

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Our View: Education ministry must end knee-jerk reactions prompted by others

March 23rd, 20191412 DECISIONS being taken by the education ministry for public schools are increasingly the product of knee-jerk reactions rather than studies and research. This...

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Our View: High rents an obstacle to tackling labour shortage in hotel industry

March 22nd, 20192798 HOTELS, restaurants and bars are once again finding it difficult to find workers. They are demanding that the government relax regulations preventing the...

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Our View: No reward for Solidarity’s shabby behaviour

March 21st, 20191798 IT IS almost three years since the last parliamentary elections and the dispute over the 56th seat has still to be resolved. On Tuesday the full bench of the...

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Our View: Pompeo meeting reflects government’s lack of perspective

March 20th, 20192161 When it comes to the government’s dealings with powerful countries there is one element usually missing – a sense of perspective. As a result, hype...

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Our View: Taking on CyBC unions will be no easy task

March 19th, 20191441 EVERY few years, the CyBC becomes an issue of public debate. The latest debate was sparked by the decision of Diko and Disy to vote against the corporation’s...

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Our View: Refugees have woken up to their true situation too late

March 17th, 20195250 The mayors of six occupied municipalities gave a news conference on Thursday to express their frustration about the failure of the state to support refugees...

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Our View: Georgiades planned resignation appears to be a face-saving move

March 16th, 20192338 WILL finance minister Harris Georgiades’ announcement that he will step down at the end of this year, ease the pressure on the government which has faced a...

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Our View: Public sector payroll creeping back to unaffordable levels

March 15th, 20192096 THE figures released by the Statistics Service about the total number of people employed in what is described as the ‘broad public sector’ should be cause...

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Our View: End to advertising on CyBC will boost independence

March 14th, 20191433 THE GOVERNMENT has increased its spending on the CyBC by €2.5 million in the 2019 budget to cover the loss of revenue from advertising, after last year’s...

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Our View: Local govt reform must include financial independence

March 13th, 20191700 The Union of Municipalities is set to make many changes to the draft bill for the radical reform of local government that was sent to it by the interior...

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If the Finns quit over healthcare delay, what chances do we have?

March 12th, 20192338 THE COALITION government of Finland resigned last Friday, a month before a general election, because it could not deliver on a healthcare reform package. The...

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Our View: Short-sighted Larnaca rejecting lucrative gas role

March 10th, 20195612 A VERY important point was raised at the Sixth Mediterranean Gas Conference that was held in Nicosia this week. At a panel discussion, top executives of the...

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Our View: Entire political establishment to blame for co-op collapse

March 9th, 20193009 As soon as the report on the collapse of the co-op bank was made public everyone united in calling for the immediate resignation of Finance Minister Harris...

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Our View: Too much noise with nothing to say

March 8th, 20193667 WHEN there is no news about the Cyprus problem, we have to make it up. It would be unheard of for a Cyprus president to meet with the British prime minister at...

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Our View: SGO employees seek to benefit from Gesy contributions

March 7th, 20192367 THE PLUNDERING of semi-governmental organisations (SGOs) by its employees takes many different forms and the unions always find new ways of doing it. The...

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Our View: Middle class latest hollow electoral target

March 6th, 20192008 Speaking to his party’s supreme council on Saturday Disy leader Averof Neophytou announced that the focus of policy was the middle class. He said: “The...

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Our View: We should expect no prosecutions over the Co-op

March 5th, 20192373 THE SAME mistakes that were made in relation to the investigation about the collapse of the economy seem set to be repeated in the case of the closure of the...

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Our View: Great news about gas, but no change to main obstacle

March 3rd, 20194260 THE EUPHORIA surrounding the gas find announced by ExxonMobil on Thursday was understandable to an extent. It was a piece of good news even though the...

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