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If there is one issue that encapsulates the inadequacy of politicians, the failure of state services to draft medium- and long-term plans for the benefit of the country and the ...

While the government’s initial stance about the migrants stranded in the buffer zone was justifiable, as time goes by it is becoming more difficult to defend. It is leading ...

Many people, understandably, have been complaining about the high prices they are paying for fruit and vegetables. Prices have remained consistently high in the last couple of months, with the ...

President Christodoulides, for the last couple of weeks, has been forecasting “some development in the Cyprus issue,” which could materialise in August or early September. He repeated this prediction again ...

In a country in which we have union rule, it is inevitable that a small organised group has become a key player in public health, often dictating policy. Osak, a ...

The Deloitte Triton Paphos Marina Consortium has signed an agreement to provide consultancy services for the competitive tenders’ procedure for the Paphos marina project. The consortium will put together all ...

It should have come as no surprise that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) opened an investigation into the controversial Vasiliko LNG terminal regarding procurement fraud, misappropriation of EU ...

The national guard celebrated its 60th birthday on Thursday by holding manoeuvres in Zygi in the presence of President Nikos Christodoulides and the Minister of Defence Vasilis Palmas, both of ...

The European Commission acknowledged in its rule of law report for 2024 that some progress had been made by Cyprus in tackling long term weaknesses of the system of justice, but ...

Apart from complaints by farmers, little has been said in public about the acute water shortage facing the country. It is almost as if it is no problem for the ...

Pasydy, the public servants’ union, issued an announcement last Thursday “expressing satisfaction” for the agreement with the finance ministry for a 1.5 per cent pay rise in the civil service from ...

Now that we have marked the 50th anniversaries of the coup and Turkish invasion, we should heed the advice of the UNSG’s envoy Maria Angela Holguin, who said in ...

It is exactly 50 years today that Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus, was launched and within a few weeks – by August 16 – the offensive was completed, with the invasion force spreading eastwards ...

Hopefully, we witnessed the last episode of the farce regarding the submission of asset statements by elected officials on Tuesday. For 20 years, within the framework of the so-called ‘pothen esches’ ...

When House president Annita Demetriou took over as leader of the deeply divided Disy, in the aftermath of the presidential elections, she was viewed as a temporary solution – a caretaker ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou announced on Tuesday that the 12 per cent penalty imposed on pensions taken two years before the legal retirement age of 65 cannot be abolished. If it were, ...

In a special session of the House of Representatives on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of ‘twin crime’ of the coup and occupation attended by the president, the party ...

On Monday Cyprus will mark the 50th anniversary of the coup against Archbishop Makarios and on Saturday the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion that followed it and led to ...

A divorce settlement is being negotiated between Natural Gas Infrastructure Company (Etyfa) and the CPP-Metron Consortium (CMC) which had the contract for the creation of an LNG terminal in Vassiliko. ...

The general secretary of Akel Stefanos Stefanou fired a broadside against the government on Wednesday for the situation at public hospitals, claiming that these were on the brink of collapse ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades may be under the illusion that by speaking out in public he is protecting his legacy and the way his ten years in office would be ...

The leaders of unions representing public employees – teachers, civil servants, national guard officers, police, hospital doctors, nurses – met on Tuesday to discuss a study about public sector payroll drafted by ...

The farewell letter by the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin did not deal with the specifics of her failed mission. These would probably be included in the ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou has presented a six-point action plan to tackle illegal garbage dumping, noting that the problem is out of control. The minister is right, of course – but ...