Our View: A classic example of political subterfuge
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...
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Our View: We need speedier asylum procedures not more camps
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...
Our View: Parties have turned local authority reform into a bad joke
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...
Our View: Without the EU we would have no vaccines at all
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...
Our View: SMS permission system violation of our liberties
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...
Our View: Even our politicians ‘language of truth’ is vague
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...
Our View: Children’s education is the victim of adult tantrums over remote learning
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...
Our View: Increasing bed capacity, not lockdown should be government priority
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...
Our View: Edek’s three votes for budget proving expensive
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...
Our View: President’s denials over partition convince no one
Archbishop Chrysostomos did a great a service to the Greek Cypriot people by revealing last Sunday that President Anastasiades had, on more than one occasion...
