Opinion

“The minimum wage must be universal, and its height must secure a dignified level of living in conditions of healthy employment,” said the Akel president candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis about the ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday, aged 91, was celebrated in the West as a great leader but in Russia he was reviled for causing the collapse of the Soviet Union ...

Every year, thousands of couples travel to Cyprus to tie the knot. The allure of combining a wedding and honeymoon with something different, including good weather, are key drivers in ...

Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the ...

The release of the auditor-general’s report on the citizenship by investment scheme nine days ago sparked a political row in which everyone has become involved – the political parties, presidential ...

According to reports at the weekend, the state is to get tougher on benefits handed out to migrants and asylum seekers. Some of the measures make sense such as better ...

By Judith Garber August 24, 2022 marked the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Sadly, the day also marks six months since the Russian government launched its unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine – ...

You wait ages for the bus, and then three come along at once. Books are a bit like that, too, although in this case it’s only a pair of ...

It’s significant, but serious challenges remain With the world gripped by an ever-deteriorating energy crisis, with gas supplies and prices playing a central role, the discovery of a new ...

By Evdokimos Xenophontos In 1974 foreign banks were totally unwilling to participate in financing the Cyprus economy. It was up to the banking authorities, the finance ministry and the Bank of ...

Whoever is elected as archbishop is the church’s affair, but likewise it should not meddle with the state It is known that the Archbishop Chrysostomos has reached the age ...

Rail staff, dockers, rubbish collectors, postal workers and now even criminal barristers are on strike or will be going on strike in Brexit Britain. If higher pay is not forthcoming ...

ATTENTION-CRAVING auditor-general Odysseas will have experienced heights of ecstasy unknown to ordinary mortals in the last week, during which he was the only story playing. He released the report about ...

The government quite understandably is concerned about the efforts of the US-based, Lone Star private equity firm to take over the Bank of Cyprus and sees this as a threat ...

Public sector unions have always been strike-happy, but the two-hour work stoppage at the Limassol general A&E, which also sparked a sympathy strike by the Paphos hospital staff, ...

By DAVID BURTON If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance. Rolling Stone has described her as ...

The labour ministry will hold one final meeting with representatives of unions and employers organisations and will subsequently issue a decree setting the national minimum wage. Labour minister Kyriakos Koushos ...

Speaking at a press conference last Friday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela declined to lift the mandate requiring masks to be worn in all indoor spaces. “The experts are clear that ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Four Cypriots graced an OPAP sponsored supplement in the Sunday Mail on July 31. Renowned and respected, they have brought credit to Cyprus. ...

By Achilleas Demetriades An initial reading of Auditor-general, Odysseas Michaelides, findings reveals the corrupt system relating to the Cyprus Investment Programme (CIP). I would like to congratulate the auditor-general on ...

By Ruslan Nimchynskyi On August 24, 2022 Ukrainians celebrate Independence Day, marking the 31st anniversary of the country’s declaration of independence. It was our biggest national holiday, celebrated by millions of ...

When Noble Energy made its first discovery in the Aphrodite field in 2011 there was rejoicing and expectations, encouraged by politicians, that Cyprus would be selling natural gas a few years ...

The auditor-general’s eagerly awaited report about the notorious citizenship by investment scheme was released on Monday and catalogued a long list of irregularities. There were violations of procedures, violations ...

Last Tuesday, on the 75th anniversary of Indian independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to turn India into a developed country within the next 25 years. If all goes well, that ...