Opinion

AFTER weeks of build-up in the media, the visit by members of the European parliament’s Pega committee, which is gathering information regarding the use of the Pegasus and similar ...

It was certain there would be a strong reaction by unions after 156 workers employed by two ground staff companies at Larnaca airport were handed redundancy notices. An impromptu two-hour strike ...

There was violence at two matches at the weekend, exposing the ineffectiveness of the measures taken by the authorities to quash hooliganism and highlighting the need for new thinking. In ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE The storm cracked across the sky like a brutal artillery barrage just as the Adventure Club group had decided to make camp by the lake. The ...

By Jeff Mason, Richard Cowan and Heather Timmons The midterm elections in the United States on Nov. 8 will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control each house of Congress, and the ...

The Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have had major socio-economic repercussions reflected in slower eco-nomic growth and rampant inflation together with a related severe cost of living crisis in ...

Israeli voters are indefatigable. The election on November 1 will be the fifth in just three-and-a-half years, and yet the turnout is still likely to be around 70 per cent. That’s ...

But it’s great Britain has appointed an Indian as PM I laughed aloud when US President Joe Biden called Britain’s first Indian Prime Minister Rashid instead of Rishi ...

Last week’s meeting of the House interior affairs committee was dispiriting, with the permanent secretary of the interior ministry admitting that “We’re out of options” when it comes ...

MPs are desperately trying to fiddle with their proposed statements of wealth On Tuesday, October 25, Andreas Pasiourtides and Pavlos Mylonas, both members of the House of Representatives’ institutions committee, appeared ...

By Rebeca Pardo Cutting your hair or letting it grow, dyeing it or showing off they grey, sporting a mane or covering it. These are everyday acts with which millions ...

THE issue of C-sections in Cyprus reared its head again recently during a discussion at the House and on every occasion, it seems the number of women opting for this ...

A lot has been written and said lately about the plight of the elderly in Cyprus. Perhaps it has something to do with presidential electioneering. After all, with a growing ...

It’s only been three months since there was a massive fuss when two balconies on separate buildings collapsed in Paphos in the space of 24 hours and then it all ...

Conspiracy theories are nothing new. But over the past decade, social media has undoubtedly contributed to the amplification and circulation of false information, spreading unfounded stories on the existence of ...

It’s almost surreal to read about the serious attacks on employees of the company operating the new system of traffic cameras. Cyprus has waited decades for a system to ...

The spat over the renovation of the Cetinkaya stadium in the buffer zone that has been going on for a couple of weeks appears to be taking on bigger dimensions. ...

I just wanted to inform you about a scam going around that I hadn’t come across before. I thought you may want to inform your readers of it. I’...

Where is the real political marketing, where are the women in the elections? By Irene Demetriou When Margaret Thatcher ran for Britain’s most sought-after political position, modern political marketing ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Within the context of the upcoming presidential elections, various topics related to pensions are at the forefront of the public debate in Cyprus. These ...

The disgusting attempt at justifying the disgraceful vandalism at the National Gallery in London (Why just Stop Oil was right to target Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Cyprus Mail, October 19) was ...

Draft legislation by MPs threatens the fight for clarity over the sources of wealth of politically exposed persons You have probably heard that, in the past week, effectively all the ...

After many years of absence and the Covid pandemic we returned to Cyprus in 2022 for our summer holiday at The King Jason hotel in Paphos. We enjoyed our holiday there ...

Purpose Communications 9+1 PR trends coming in 2023 By Dimitris Ioannides Over the past three years PR professionals across all industries have had to adapt, evolve and pivot to get their client ...