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The main news to emerge from President Anastasiades’ one-day visit to Israel on Sunday was that vaccinated Israelis would be free to travel to Cyprus without a PCR test and ...

Every time the police use some force against rioters or football hooligans, they are accused of using ‘excessive force’. Most of the time this accusation is unjustified, but on Saturday ...

It may be too much to say with any certainty that the tragedy that unfolded in Ergates village last Thursday would have been avoided if the state services had performed ...

Almost half a century after the Turkish invasion, the political parties decided that the people who benefited through the big increase in the value of properties in the free areas ...

A couple of days ago, President Anastasiades met with the members of the internal audit council, which comprises of three ministers, the state treasurer, a certified accountant and the commissioner ...

The restrictions on free movement that were imposed for three weeks from January 10 were not scrapped on February 1 but were left in place without explanation, and on Wednesday were extended ...

Akel, as the champions of state ownership, immediately seized the figures about Limassol port presented by the Cyprus Ports Authority to the House finance committee for its ongoing propaganda campaign ...

The short visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave President Anastasiades the support he was seeking ahead of the informal five-party conference that is expected to be held next ...

Opposition parties appear determined to keep their campaign against what they view as government corruption going for as long as they can. What is worse for the government is that ...

The political parties do not seem very keen on passing the code of ethics that would set certain rules regarding the behaviour of deputies. It was set to be voted ...

Did deputies, or anyone else for that matter, need Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides to inform them that public hospitals will not become viable by 2024, when the state financial support is scheduled ...

One of the concepts that used to be taught to first-time students of economics was the Latin phrase ‘ceteris paribus’, which translated into English means ‘all other things being equal’. ...

Outrage from all sides greeted the bulldozing of four listed buildings in old Nicosia by the Church. There was mass condemnation of the unlawful action by the Archbishopric, described as ‘...

After almost two years of political bickering and accusations flying in all directions the notorious Georghadji List, naming politically exposed persons (PEPs) and others with non-performing loans (NPLs) was posted ...

Concluding Thursday night’s televised address, President Anastasiades described the measures to combat corruption, which were to be announced the following day, as “the biggest mission ever undertaken in the ...

It has become rather tiresome highlighting the lack of consistency and reason in the measures imposed, to restrict the spread of Covid-19, but it needs to be done if only ...

PRESIDENT Anastasiades felt obliged to answer the accusations of corruption directed at his government and him personally in a televised address which he gave on Thursday night. Was this necessary, ...

The legislature’s initiative to tighten and rationalise the laughably ineffective law governing the publication of the asset statements by politicians is commendable. We do not know whether the initiative ...

The scientific advisory team was unanimous in its proposal for regulating the movement of citizens through the SMS authorisation system. According to press reports, the team advised the government on ...

The proposed reform of local government has been dealt a deathly blow by the opposition parties Akel, Diko and Edek, which have devised a way of maintaining the status quo – ...

When the health minister and the scientific advisory team submit their proposals at Monday’s presidential palace meeting about how to proceed after January 31, the date decrees on the lockdown ...

It was no surprise that last weekend’s revelations by the Greek Olympic medalist Sophia Bekatorou, who said she was raped by a high-ranking official of the Hellenic Sailing Federation ...

After a month of political wheeler-dealing, there is a strong possibility the 2021 budget will finally secure the number of votes needed for its approval today. We say strong possibility, because ...

The Anastasiades government’s tendency to shoot itself in the foot, would suggest that very little thought is put into some of its decisions. The latest row, over the increased ...