Opinion

‘Cry of anguish’ from the shopkeepers of Paralimni read the headline of a story by Cyprus News Agency, which reported that shops were on ‘life-support’ and were seeking government support ‘...

With presidential elections looming in Cyprus, it has become increasingly popular to express one’s ideas and opinions about the current political and economic climate. The masses have taken over ...

The education ministry is correct to look at expanding the scope of vocational education on offer. Basic vocational training is offered at technical schools, but for some years now, the ...

It’s only one year since the fall of Kabul last August 15 and everybody in the countries that sent troops to Afghanistan has already forgotten about it (apart from journalists ...

It is ludicrous for the government to claim that it does not have the resources to meet the needs of vulnerable households Accounts and behaviour of the government, banks and ...

Jordanian-born Gabriel Dahabreh is one of the top thoracic surgeons in Europe. Since 2001, he has been serving as the director of the Thoracic Surgery Clinic of the Athens Medical Centre. ...

High numbers of foreign students being forced into crime part of the problem By Esra Aygin There has been a drastic increase in crimes in the northern part of Cyprus ...

Nobody cultivates the idea of state dependency and the sense of entitlement as much as Akel. It is an integral part of its socialist mindset and what’s worse, it ...

BEING a deeply religious man and an avid churchgoer, you would have thought the independent Diko-Edek candidate, who remains a Disy member, and will bring an end to the corrupt ...

A wind of change is blowing through the museums of Europe Just as the English think of Shakespeare as their very own, despite his universal appeal, the Greeks think the ...

Western governments and central banks together have contrived an economic and societal farce, but few are laughing By Andrew Shouler We are now well into what some call the silly ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Inflation has been ramping up for about a year now and has reached levels last seen more than forty years ago, during the stagflation of the 1970s ...

The criticism of presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides by his rivals, for his refusal to take part in any of the televised debates scheduled to be held on the CyBC next ...

It was very difficult to comprehend the thinking behind the supreme court’s decision to hand out a suspended 15-month jail sentence to a public employee found guilty of bribery ...

The furore involving a Savannah cat named Berton this week has again highlighted the long-standing issue of the importation of exotic animals into Cyprus and the possible consequences, in this ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou THE WAY THINGS ARE Death is the most certain thing in life, everything dies. And the hideous variety of ways by which death gathers its dues ...

The endemic plants of the island make its flora incredibly unique By Johannes Rötzer Summer, 2018. This was the first time I had the chance to visit Cyprus and fall ...

It’s hard to fathom why everyone is getting so excited about the latest ‘spying scandal’, but those shouting the loudest – like opposition Akel – are only interested in manufacturing outrage, ...

For a country that is not traditionally associated with sporting achievements, a tally of 11 medals at an international event such as the Commonwealth Games is quite the result. It is ...

Biggest rate increase for 27 years By St John Coombes This week the Bank of England increased interest rates by 0.5 per cent, taking interest rates to 1.75 per cent. This is the ...

By Richard Cowan A few Democrats in the US Congress have begun to voice what many have mulled privately: whether President Joe Biden, the oldest person to ever occupy the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Recent developments suggest that the US and the EU are moving towards stagflation, that is the coexistence of inflation and low economic growth, with ...

At a massive cost to us all – except the oil companies “I urge people everywhere to send a clear message to the fossil fuel industry and their financiers: that this ...

By Michele Groppi The killing of the al-Qaida leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in Kabul by a US drone strike on July 31 raises some crucial questions. It appears the ruling Taliban were ...