Our View
Some have speculated, more in jest than seriously, that President Anastasiades and Disy chief Averof Neophytou are engaging in a ‘good cop – bad cop’...
Our View: Rational thought has been another casualty of the pandemic
Apart from the loss of lives, the pandemic has also caused a loss of reason among those that govern us. Covid-19 has had a disastrous...
Our View: The folly of creating so many deputy ministries will come back to haunt us
The establishment of the Deputy Ministry of Culture has been set in motion. Last week the council of ministers approved the relevant bill and it...
Our View: When did political party leaders become vaccine experts?
Who would have thought that the Cyprus political party system would have produced an expert on Covid-19 vaccines? Edek seems to think it is qualified...
Our View: No rational reason for approving Evrychou road
Ever since the Makarios presidency, the construction of roads has always been considered a big vote-winner. We cannot say whether it is as effective today...
Our View: Government has made mockery of claim measures dictated by epidemiology
The complaints made by the representatives of the restaurant and café owners about the health protocols that have to be followed were understandable, to an...
Our View: Extending foreclosures suspensions will harm not aid vulnerable groups
It would have surprised nobody that Akel has submitted a proposal for the suspension of foreclosures until the end of July. There are parliamentary elections...
Our View: Averof throws off the abject negativity of a solution
Disy leader Averof Neophytou broke with a long political tradition on Tuesday when he spoke in glowing terms about the positive effects a Cyprus settlement...
Our View: Government is oblivious to the harm it’s doing to children
The Anastasiades government has shown what its priorities are with the latest measures it announced. It is certainly not education as it has decided to...
Our View: the US can play a vital, supporting role in the Cyprus process
After the four-year hiatus of the Trump presidency, the United States appears to have taken an interest in the Cyprus problem once again. On Wednesday,...