Our View: What chance does the BoC really have?
ONCE, it was the wealthiest and healthiest company in Cyprus, in the shares of which people put their savings, the rock-solid foundation and engine of...
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Our View: So-called solidarity fund just another name for rusfeti
MUCH HAS been written and said about the ridiculous ‘solidarity fund’ set up by Demetris Christofias, a couple of months after his election, in...
Our View: If the government wants to help businesses it has to stop pandering to EAC unions
MANUFACTURERS have every right to protest about the extortionate electricity rates that have eroded the competitiveness of their products. Four businessmen have written to the...
Our View: A twin resolution authority will not aid the smooth running of BoC
THERE seems to be no end in sight to the ongoing row between the government and the Governor of the Central Bank. Although finance minister...
Our View: Only the president and his ministers should be entitled to government cars
DEPUTIES, who had unquestioningly approved the squandering of hundreds of millions of euro from state coffers over the years, have decided to the take a...
Our View: Harassment of foreign investors harms us the most
THE INTIMIDATION and harassment from state authorities and local associations, suffered by an Indian businessman who decided to invest several millions of euro in an...
Our View: Further pre-emptive cuts are necessary
CYPRUS has the highest probability of a sovereign debt default, according to a Euro Exit Probability Index known as CEPIX and formulated by CAPCO, a...
Our View: ‘Social’ dinner was much ado about nothing
IN THE END, all the fuss and political grandstanding that preceded the dinner for the two leaders and their spouses, hosted at the residence of...
Our View: Union bosses continue to live in the past
ENGOMI MAYOR Zacharias Kyriacou’s proposal for reducing the municipality’s spending by a small reduction in staff working hours has come under attack from the unions....
Our View: A dysfunctional banking system will not help in attracting investors
IN CURRENT market conditions, characterised by illiquid banks, an impecunious state, a rapidly shrinking economy and zero business confidence, foreign investment appears the only hope...
