Opinion

Last Sunday’s demonstration at the presidential palace was overshadowed by the mindless violence that unfolded at the Dias group premises. The fact many of the thugs that went on ...

In the end, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan made a passing reference to the reopening of the fenced area of Varosha in a speech he gave in the occupied north ...

The scenes of violence and vandalism by the thugs who stormed the Dias group building on Sunday night will have shocked anyone who saw them on television or social media. ...

Such a leader would have to tackle the Cyprus problem, the pandemic and corruption By George Koumoullis Is there such a thing as a ‘benevolent dictator’? For Cypriots, the associations ...

Implementing these policies and policing their application will be a logistical nightmare for the EU The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday its ‘Fit-for-55’ package, with 13 new policies designed to ...

The ECB’s revised inflation targeting reflects a doubling down on policy strategy that has been shown so far to be lacking Andrew Shouler Crunch time is approaching in the ...

The position taken by Takis Hadjidemetriou, as stated in his recent book The Republic of Cyprus 1959-1964: The State and the Parastate finds me in full agreement. In the preface, ...

Sirens are sounded in the Republic of Cyprus every year at the exact time President Makarios was overthrown on July 15, 1974. Makarios was receiving some Greek Egyptian children at the presidential ...

We are all witnessing a global unprecedented development as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Fear has spread around the globe due to the great number of people who tested ...

OUR ESTABLISHMENT has put up the price of all our items in order to pay for the muscle we have hired to check that customers have a SafePass. I know ...

On Tuesday it will be 47 years, to the day since the first Turkish invasion troops set foot in Cyprus. Within four weeks of this day the troops had taken control ...

By Manuela Bairos “Only a stronger, fairer and more inclusive social Europe will respond to the social consequences of the pandemic, ensuring intergenerational balance, the future of young Europeans and ...

At least the government has avoided the restrictions of the past such as curfews and SMS texting when it announced its latest Covid-19 measures on Friday afternoon. Perish the thought ...

By Αnna Kythreotou The refugee crisis is an ongoing humanitarian crisis, which has an impact on Cyprus as well as the rest of Europe. The rights of refugees safeguarded under ...

In the latest instalment of the ongoing dispute between contract teachers and the ministry of education, the House education committee has decided to write to President Anastasiades, presumably to intervene. ...

Efforts to open up the electricity market have been made unsuccessfully for years. Deadlines have been regularly missed while the top management of the Electricity Authority have been very adept ...

By Richard Dickenson They were chatting at the bar. ‘I’m a lesbian,’ she said. ‘Oh,.. er,.. that’s nice,’ he said, totally missing the point, as most lads would. ‘...

A tenacious family’s dogged pursuit of the truth could provide answers to a soldier’s 2005 death By Achilleas Demetriades The Nicolaou case is a very sad one indeed. Not ...

In the last few months, the authorities have been toying with the idea of placing 30kph speed limit in the towns to improve the safety of pedestrians. Road bumps have ...

The report on the Good Offices Mission of the UN Secretary-General was circulated at the UN in New York on Friday, giving a run-down of the current situation since the ...

Letter to the president Dear Mr President of the Republic, I am writing to offer you some of my experiences of the fire on Saturday, July 3. I’m sure you ...

By Trevor Hunnicutt President Joe Biden’s frustrations with Afghanistan boiled over more than a decade ago, and they never again eased. On a trip to Kabul in January 2009, shortly ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, a number of analysts concluded that the yields of bonds of countries with diametrically opposed economic performance ...

Whether it was a genuine oversight or part of their game of playing silly buggers with the public or not, the health ministry is allowing a lot of confusion to ...