Our View

It’s only been three months since there was a massive fuss when two balconies on separate buildings collapsed in Paphos in the space of 24 hours and then it all ...

It’s almost surreal to read about the serious attacks on employees of the company operating the new system of traffic cameras. Cyprus has waited decades for a system to ...

The spat over the renovation of the Cetinkaya stadium in the buffer zone that has been going on for a couple of weeks appears to be taking on bigger dimensions. ...

If opinion polls are anything to go by, Nikos Christodoulides has built an astonishing lead with presidential elections less than four months away. His lead may have been bigger at ...

Everybody would like to see modern, well-equipped public hospitals and medical centres which provide patients with a good standard of health care, without making them wait for a long time ...

While the finance minister’s statements that a planned green fuel tax would not be going ahead for now is welcome news for motorists, it is likely that is only ...

A day rarely goes by without Akel complaining about what it calls the ‘expensiveness’ people must cope with. The party either issues a written announcement, or one of its officials ...

The three-month suspension of two doctors at Makarios hospital, pending a police investigation into their involvement in a case of alleged medical negligence, appears not to have been thought through ...

In two of the television debates of presidential candidates, Disy candidate, Averof Neophytou said the US lifted the arms embargo on Cyprus only after the candidate of the so-called centre ...

Ioannis Kasoulides’ first experience of government came almost 30 years ago when he was appointed spokesman of the first Clerides administration in 1993, while he served as foreign minister in the second. ...

Cypriots trust their bankers less than anyone else in the European Union, according to the latest findings of the Eurobarometer. Despite trusting the advertising material of banks, only 17 per cent ...

The Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus has very good reason to express concerns about the government’s intentions regarding the Regional Akamas Plan, which in theory should haven been ...

Pressure groups, rightly or wrongly, have a big say in shaping government policies in Cyprus, as part of the idea of stakeholders’ society. While some groups can make a positive ...

For anyone who can remember traffic on Ledra Street in the 1980s and Makarios Avenue prior to the changes recently completed, it was welcome news that cars would be prohibited ...

One of the recurring themes of the speeches and announcements by the presidential candidates is ‘helping the young’, all of whom claim this to be one of their main priorities. ...

The European Union’s report on migration and asylum, released on Thursday, said that Cyprus has seen a 122 per cent increase on 2021 in the number of irregular arrivals in the ...

It was about time the finance ministry ended the state funding of the Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA), a private entity, for organising the Cyprus Rally. There was no transparency in ...

The ultimatum issued to Unficyp by the ‘government’ in the north is another attempt to set in motion some kind of recognition process. There have been several such attempts over ...

Pensioners demonstrated in Nicosia on Tuesday in protest against what they described as government indifference to their plight. Their organisation, Ekysy, said the government had not done anything to protect ...

There is no doubt the reaction of the ministers of finance and transport to the allegations made against them by the auditor-general last week regarding dealings with Hermes Airports was ...

Finance minister Constantinos Petrides submitted the last state budget of the Anastasiades administration to the council of ministers for approval on Friday. It continues the cautiously, prudent economic policies that ...

In his speech at the Cyprus Forum on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Colin Stewart said he was extremely concerned because “the option of a mutually agreed settlement ...

WE doubt any other subject has been given as much time by the legislature’s committees as talking about Gesy and its related bodies, state medical services Okypy which runs ...

The Nicosia Central Prison was given a full episode on the Netflix series Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, made by Raphael Rowe, who had served 12 years in British jails, ...