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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 ...

Cheap housing in the old part of Nicosia has for years attracted low earners, mainly foreign workers. Several incentive schemes to attract young families and revitalise this historic centre of ...

The behaviour of some public sector unions during the pandemic has been a disgrace. Instead of helping the government deal with the emergency situation, they have been going out of ...

Even if we had not heard the statements by the party leaders after Thursday’s national council meeting that discussed President Anastasiades’ participation in the informal five-party conference on the ...

Under pressure from the political parties, to address the issue of setting a minimum wage in exchange for their support for the 2021 budget, the government came up with a declaration ...

The despair of the interior minister Nicos Nouris about the migration situation is understandable. The inflow of migrants has steadily continued, causing the overcrowding of the Pournara migrant reception centre ...

When Cyprus was in the assistance programme, one of the main recommendations of the Troika was the reform of the local government system, which was a huge drain on state ...

Having exhausted all the Covid-19-related news stories the media have turned their attention to the vaccinations which, admittedly, are now the primary concern of most people. Since the arrival ...

The government has reverted to the excessive, repressive measures of last spring to protect public health despite assurances only a few days ago that there would be no ‘blanket lockdown’. ...

In an article published last Sunday in Kathimerini, the deputy leader of Disy and former finance minister Harris Georgiades argued that a federal settlement was no longer attainable. What was ...

The pandemic has been disastrous for schoolchildren, whose education has been continually disrupted since last spring. Schools closed for more than two months, public schools were completely unprepared for distance ...

After the discussions about the epidemiological situation and scientific advisory team’s proposals for additional restrictions, President Anastasiades came up with a positive point, according to deputy government spokesman, Panayiotis ...

Efforts to persuade the three deputies of Edek to vote for 2021 budget, which was rejected by the legislature last month, resumed on Monday when Disy chief Averof Neophytou met the ...