Our View: Turkey’s Varosha actions violate international law, so why won’t the EU act?
Since the Turkish side began opening up Varosha last year, it has been predictably disappointing to see how the EU has been handling Cyprus’ pleas...
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Our View: Crans Montana ruckus shows how desperate Anastasiades is
The collapse of talks at Crans Montana may have happened four-and-a-half years ago but it has suddenly become a major issue. It returned to public...
Our View: Government in a pickle over taxi petrol protests
THE Republic’s official, probably a customs officer, who asked to check the petrol tank of a taxi, before it crossed to the north on Saturday...
Our View: Foreign minister should be doing his job, not electioneering
Although the presidential election is still 15 months away and none of the opposition parties have started discussing alliances let alone possible candidates, Disy is...
Our View: There is no quick fix for inflation
Prices have been rising for several months now, sparking indignant comments in the media and calls by opposition parties for government intervention. Preventing these rises...
Our View: Migrant figures staggering but EU action against Turkey unlikely
Beginning around March 2020, the government managed to take some action on clearing the backlog in asylum applications with the help of the European Asylum...
Our View: Auditor-general missed the bigger picture focusing on presidential staff
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides highlighted a problem with his letter to the legislature about the way workers are hired on contracts in the public sector and...
Our View: Hopes that red tape stymying foreign business has been cut
For decades now, since the presidency of George Vassiliou, governments have been announcing plans for cutting the bureaucratic delays and arbitrary decisions that so often...
Our View: Hit-and-miss Covid information only leads to questions
On Thursday, the government extended the existing Covid measures until December 2. With winter approaching, the Delta+ variant having made an appearance in Cyprus, cases...
Our View: Education budget bigger every year but little of it goes towards learning
About this time every year, government ministers go before the House finance committee to discuss their ministry’s respective budget for the following year. They are...
Our View: Cuts to electricity bills smack of populism
The Council of Ministers on Thursday decided to cut the VAT charged on the electricity bills of ‘vulnerable households’ from 19 to 5 per cent....
Our View: Without improvements Gesy will collapse
Our national health scheme, Gesy, has become untouchable. Any criticism of the way it operates – perfectly justified under the circumstances – is viewed as...
Our View: Bike push a case of running before we can walk
Apart from the new portal crashing, it was at least encouraging that it was due to strong interest in the government’s bicycle purchase subsidy scheme...
Our View: Coming months will see a period of lifestyle adjustments for many
Dire warnings have been coming from everywhere in recent weeks about inflation and the resulting hike in prices consumers will begin to really feel in...
Our View: Citizens should not have to beg politicians just to secure their legal rights
The story this week of the two children from Liopetri who had been denied citizenship because their paternal grandfather was a Turkish national who settled...
Our View: Troulli death decision step in right direction
Indeed it was unprecedented that a court on Wednesday found three teenagers guilty in the bullying death of 16-year-old Panayiotis Stefani who died from alcohol...
Our View: Unacceptable delays in moving Dali asphalt plants
Following another recent demonstration by Dali residents over the delay in relocating two polluting asphalt plants in their area, MPs picked up the topic again...
Our View: Question of ID for two children ludicrous
The naturalisation plight of two children of a Greek Cypriot mother and a Turkish Cypriot father is a bit like being thrown back in time...
Our view: Drivers in for a shock as cameras get into action
After around 13 years, Cyprus’ motorists will once more see traffic cameras on the roads as part of efforts to enhance safety and reduce fatalities....
Our View: The Herculean task of unclogging our roads
The months of lockdowns, restrictions on movement, distance learning and work from home, made us all forget about the traffic chaos that was part of...
