Opinion

KYPROULLA celebrated its 62nd anniversary of independence on Saturday with the traditional military parade, held in the sweltering Nicosia heat, which proved no deterrent to crowds of people turning up ...

By Charles Ellinas A report on the ‘Digital Quality of Life Index 2022’ ranks Cyprus 37th in the world by overall digital wellbeing, down two places since last year’s edition, ...

In his speech at the Cyprus Forum on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Colin Stewart said he was extremely concerned because “the option of a mutually agreed settlement ...

By Lana Haworth Vladimir Putin’s edict announcing the call-up of thousands of reservists for his so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine appears to have caused widespread panic and protests ...

By Pooyan Tamimi Arab and Ammar Maleki A young woman’s death in custody in Iran on September 16 has sparked nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini’s fatal injuries resulted from an ...

WE doubt any other subject has been given as much time by the legislature’s committees as talking about Gesy and its related bodies, state medical services Okypy which runs ...

The Nicosia Central Prison was given a full episode on the Netflix series Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, made by Raphael Rowe, who had served 12 years in British jails, ...

By Cynthia Sear and Andrew Dawson As we have seen from coverage of The Queue – capitalised and thus now, apparently, a proper noun – the English are proud of their queuing ...

In an unprecedented move, the ministries of transport and finance issued a joint statement announcing they would terminate negotiations about expansion work with Hermes, the company running the airports. It ...

As far back as I can remember, there has always been a voice in my head telling me that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. It would ...

Vladimir Putin’s desperation was plain in the emergency measures he declared last week: immediate mobilisation of at least 300,000 more troops, the sudden decision to use fake referendums to turn ...

It is possible for people and turtles to co-exist By Panagiotis Georgiou Lady’s Mile is a 5km long beach with exceptional ecological value, that supports a plethora of plants ...

After the two-hour strike on Saturday evening at Paphos airport, which inconvenienced the passengers of eight flights, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos felt obliged to reassure ground staff workers taking part ...

The government has been hailing the visit by Assistant Secretary-General Rosemary Di Carlo as if some great victory had been achieved. It has been its main talking point since Friday, ...

Anne Bailey, University of Oxford On Friday, September 16 2022, the day the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state in Westminster Hall first reached its ten-mile capacity and had ...

The roadmap to resolve the dispute with Israel is welcome but Europe is still phasing out gas The news this week that the energy ministers of Cyprus and Israel agreed ...

By Dr Panayiotis K Mavros The permanent division of our country is in sight and it is our utmost duty to strive hard to unify Cyprus, turning it into a ...

Now is the time for Cypriot diplomacy to make a move with concrete, realistic proposals The recent decision of the US government to lift the US arms embargo on Cyprus ...

By Special Correspondent The killing of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s ‘morality police’ on September 16 has triggered a massive wave of national protest ...

The prospect of a recession in Cyprus is a distinct possibility According to the latest Eurobarometer by the European Commission seven out of ten Cypriots describe the economic situation of ...

On Wednesday it was reported that President Anastasiades was to meet Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, later in the day, in New York, where they were both staying for ...

I ALMOST shed a tear reading the report of Nicos Christodoulides self-pitying speech at an election gathering in Polemidia, where he took on the role of the wronged victim of ...

Expanding Nato eastwards was a failure of intelligence as well as statecraft Compare and Contrast. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who ordered the invasion of Ukraine after lying to the whole ...

There’s an election in Italy on Sunday, almost exactly 100 years after Benito Mussolini’s ‘blackshirts’ marched on Rome and brought the first fascist dictator to power. Giorgia Meloni, the ...