Stark choices in the face of regional geopolitics and international fatigue with the Cyprus problem
By Christos P Panayiotides
For reasons that I have not been able to fully understand, ...
Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
Back in September 2020, when we reviewed the negative performance of the once-rapidly growing Turkish economy, we felt that the country’s economic policy had reached ...
We have the parliamentary elections in a fortnight’s time to thank for the lifting of more pandemic-related restrictions from Monday. The decision came out of the blue – like the ...
A RECORD 658 candidates from 15 parties/groupings will be contesting the 56 parliamentary seats up for grabs in the elections in a fortnight. Of these, I would guess that some 500, maybe more, ...
A whiff of corruption hangs over public life in Britain
By Alper Ali Riza
Former British prime minister Gordon Brown was absolutely right to observe last week that public office ...
Tuesday, May 11, 10am – 2.5 hours after the vaccine portal was opened for 27-28-year-olds.
As a 27-year-old who has been staring at a screen for over three hours, waiting for the ...
I have been following your reporting about the inability of privately insured individuals (many of whom, like myself are not originally from Cyprus) to receive the Covid vaccination. This is ...
By Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras
The brain waste phenomenon has been identified as ‘external’ when the potential of highly skilled migrants (HSM) is not put to use in the destination ...
The most entertaining story produced by the parliamentary elections, so far, has been the dispute about the Akel name that will be printed on the ballot paper. It will no ...
With elections approaching, the government decided it was a good time to advertise its commitment to fighting corruption. An event, addressed by Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis at the presidential palace ...
A record number of people submitted their candidacies on Wednesday for the parliamentary elections.
There will be nearly 660 candidates, 150 more than had stood for election in 2016, and an unprecedented 15 parties/...
THE WAY THINGS ARE
By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou
Richard Pine knowledgeably writes Greece Letter for the Irish Times. Earlier this year, examining their long years of war and discord, he ...
For 15 months this government has had no qualms about releasing information on a daily basis about people who died from coronavirus, without using any names, but only now seems to ...
Is the SafePass forcing us to get vaccinated? Why is it so selectively applied? A look at the balancing act between public interest and private rights
By Achilleas Demetriades
The ...
It was interesting to read a release issued by Diko about the “social mission of the state.” Written by Anastasia Papadopoulou, the coordinator of the Diko election programme for the ...
People often compare him to Hitler, yet it’s not only the French who see him in a positive light
Napoleon Bonaparte doesn’t come up much in conversation these ...
Cyprus has traditionally been a popular destination for Lebanese investors and families, there are now more incentives than ever
By Nicolas Tsardellis and Kriton Dionysiou
The economic downturn Lebanon is ...
Dr Yiorghos Leventis
The issue of nuclear disarmament is seminal in world affairs. Its importance dominated the agenda of relations between the liberal West and the communist East during the ...
Even though Ankara’s aggressive actions have stopped, the rhetoric has not changed.
The European Council meeting at the end of March asked Turkey to refrain from provocative actions against ...
Easter message exchange proves poor choice of words, but it is time for Cypriots to know what was tabled in Geneva
The problem was initiated by a reference made by ...
The official explanation, not just of the current government but also of all its predecessors, for the permanent stagnation of the Cyprus problem is ‘Turkish intransigence’. This claim is definitely ...
After the fiasco of Geneva, which officially confirmed no common ground existed between the two sides, we have been witnessing obligatory exchange of accusations and insults aimed at the respective ...
THERE is an expression that officials use to highlight the lunacy of executive decisions that are provisional, as a way of reassuring affected parties that asserts “nothing is more permanent ...
Turkish Cypriots have a legitimate complaint they have not received equal attention from the EU’s institutions
To square the circle is an impossibility in geometry but in politics it ...