Opinion

By Phillip Carter Is Turkey’s recent spelling change about being more authentically Turkish? Or is there more to the story? In June 2022, the United Nations agreed to change the ...

We are given to understand that the President-elect’s cabinet will be equally divided between men and women. Would not the government be more effective, if each post was taken ...

Dear Sir, The motto of the recently introduced system of online contribution payments to the social insurance service is ‘Fast, Simple, Safe’. I cannot vouch for the system’s safety, ...

In his victory speech on Sunday night, president-elect Nicos Christodoulides said his top concern “is the termination of the Turkish occupation and the reunification of the country,” and vowed to “...

THE CANDIDATE our establishment did not endorse, won last Sunday’s run-off election by a relatively comfortable margin of 15,000 votes and in 10 days will be crowned Nikos the Second, to ...

Famagusta hoteliers are becoming anxious about the failure of the government to make a decision about the employment of workers from third countries. The Famagusta branch of the Hoteliers Association (...

By Rosie Nelson Non-binary singer Sam Smith has caused waves with the release of their music video for I’m Not Here to Make Friends, a triumphantly queer declaration of ...

If anyone wanted to see how stakeholders’ participation could turn into a joke, they would need look no further than our public education system in which this concept had been ...

This year’s Grammy Awards were the usual lavish spectacle, with scores of styled-out celebrities competing for a prestigious award to boost their reputation and music credentials. Beyoncé became the ...

The absolute pettiness of the outgoing president was on full display on Sunday when he entered into a very public spat with Katie Clerides, Disy member, former MP and daughter ...

Statement by the Ukrainian ambassador to Cyprus Ruslan Nimchynskyi On February 14-15 the Russian ballet is coming to Cyprus – Limassol and Nicosia – as part of the so-called Gala Ballet ‘Celebrate ...

Sunday night’s victory speech by president-elect Nicos Christodoulides struck the right tone in every respect. He showed restraint and humility, avoided the posturing of the victor and delivered a ...

Nikos Christodoulides won Sunday’s run-off election to become the eighth president of the republic. He took 51.91 per cent of the vote, edging Andreas Mavroyiannis out by 15,000 votes. It was ...

Here are a few fairly safe predictions for what will happen in Israel in the next year. Prime Minister Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu will not go to jail. The independence of ...

ChatGPT will shake, not break, our lives says devotee Alix Norman, who shares how you can use this innovative new technology Remember when the World Wide Web took off? I ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Fiscal policy traditionally focuses on satisfying certain nominal targets, mainly regarding the fiscal deficit and public debt. An interesting discussion is currently taking place ...

By Jeff Evans It’s the middle of the night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly you have ceiling plaster smashing down on you, pictures are falling off the walls ...

This year keep it romantic and green! By Maria Savvidi Valentine’s Day is widely celebrated every year on February 14 as a day to express love and affection to significant ...

Many of the buildings that collapsed were poorly built to satisfy the greed of shyster developers The cluster of earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria last Monday were bound to ...

After an overlong election campaign, even by Cyprus standards, tonight we will have one of two former civil servants of the ministry of foreign affairs as the new president of ...

IN THE END Prez Niccolo’s Machiavellian scheming aimed at making his errand boy the heir to his throne, that our establishment wrote about weeks ago, did not go to ...

In announcing his backing for Nicos Christodoulides’ candidacy, on Thursday, former justice minister, Ionas Nicolaou, cited several reasons for his decision, some of which were shining examples of misinformation. Why ...

We may have a unique opportunity to achieve the political climate Cyprus so badly needs In the aftermath of the first round of the presidential elections, many political analysts provided ...

By Phivos Voscarides The Cyprus problem has been a persistent issue for far too long. With each passing year, the divide between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots grows more profound, ...