Opinion

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) issued an announcement alleging that the Cypriot authorities had pushed back three boats carrying some 80 Syrian nationals, including women and children, who ...

There was good news from Geneva on Tuesday afternoon. A new, admittedly low-key process was set in motion, with the sides agreeing to work on specific confidence building measures before ...

Akel deputy Giorgos Koukoumas was under the illusion he had uncovered a major scandal when he announced on a Facebook post that the Cyprus Republic had contributed more than €3 million ...

By Andreas Theophanous When Russia launched its attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the US, the EU and other Western powers had a strong reaction. Russia soon became “the most sanctioned ...

By Tim Kremer  Residents of Cyprus who have invested in solar energy are growing increasingly frustrated as their solar systems are frequently shut down by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (...

By Loukis Skaliotis I watched with dismay the press conference appearance of President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday, March 12. Like his other TV appearance last January, it was another polished performance, ...

Tomorrow, Turkish Cypriot, Greek Cypriot, Turkish, Greek and British representatives will meet with the United Nations secretary-general in Geneva to discuss the Cyprus problem, for the umpteenth time, going back ...

Given Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the broader threat that President Putin’s regime poses to Europe and the prospect that Ukraine and America’s Nato allies may ...

Nobody knows what to make of the informal, five-party meeting in Geneva that was called by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who will also be running the proceedings. It is ...

THE FARCE about the multiple pensions seems set to play and play, with the House finance committee discussing the matter inconclusively every Monday, although deputies are determined to introduce a ...

The talks in Geneva between the Cypriot leaders and the guarantor powers Greece, Turkey and the UK next week convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the hope that an ...

By Loukis Skaliotis Europe has stated its goal for greater independence from the US. As with all things European however, it is not going to be an easy endeavour. Even ...

Political parties are discussing the increase of the number of deputies from 56 to 63. The proposal was discussed on Thursday at the House interior committee, submitted by its chairman and Edek ...

By Lysandros Lysandrou March 14th is celebrated globally as Pi Day. Of all mathematical constants, Pi is the best known and commonly approximated as 3.14. Thus, Pi Day honours the constant ...

It was no surprise that in his televised address, President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted the healthy economic indicators which his government’s “responsible economic policy” had achieved. The government, he said ...

A record quantity of cannabis was seized at Larnaca airport in 2024 the drug squad reported. There were 14 cases accounting for 194kg which was one third of the total quantity (617kg) ...

The word empathy means the ability to see the other person’s perspective. Netflix’s Zero Day with Robert Di Nero features tech havoc from within, stoked by dissatisfaction at ...

Recent reports of incidents involving violence by teachers in kindergartens serve as a stark reminder of a serious and recurring issue: violence, even when committed by individuals entrusted with the ...

The communications shrewdness that ensured the meteoric rise and election of President Nikos Christodoulides appears not to be working for him since entering the presidential palace. After a short honeymoon ...

The chairman of the House health committee, Efthymios Diplaros last Thursday demanded the resignation of all members of the board of Okypy, the body which runs the public hospitals, because ...

The administration of each municipality is exercised collectively by the council, in which the mayor, deputy mayors and councillors participate as members. Within the framework of their responsibilities, they manage ...

The age of electricity is upon us, but in Cyprus it is finding us unprepared. Most of the issues outlined below also apply to Cyprus. In a keynote address at ...

Since his election as president, Donald Trump has made sweeping changes to US national policy, yet the most underreported and equally important issue has been the cuts to humanitarian aid ...

By Loukis Skaliotis Worrying as world events have been in the last few days, at least they will prove useful in putting to rest the totally irrelevant, on and off ...