Opinion

WHEN the combination of politicians, unions and civil servants take the responsibility of managing a business operating in market conditions there can only be one result – financial disaster and eventually ...

PERHAPS I have become a grumpy old man, no longer able to fight my innate conservatism and completely out of touch with the times. This was probably the reason I ...

The government’s refusal to release the Akamas Plan to the legislature was certain to raise suspicions among everyone interested in the protection of this area natural beauty. Many people, ...

The opening of the competitive electricity market has turned into an ongoing joke. The first deadline missed was in July 2014 and it was followed by one in July 2016, July 2019 and ...

Members of the House finance committee were quite right to stall the release of money needed to pave the way for international tenders that would allow private companies to create ...

President Tayyip Erdogan has been behaving like a man out of control, constantly on the lookout for imaginary enemies of Turkey to attack. The broadsides against Greece, which followed Prime ...

Despite being seriously ill, Archbishop Chrysostomos still enjoys grabbing attention by opening his mouth and talking about matters he should stay clear of, like the presidential elections. In an interview ...

By Philip Williamson, Durham University Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee, marking her 70 years on the throne. Like all jubilees since the first ...

The government’s budget estimates for 2022 now look way out of line The cost of living crisis afflicting households and businesses in Cyprus and most other countries is deepening as ...

MY FRIEND Costas Christofides made the big leap last Sunday, announcing his candidacy for the presidential elections to a full house at the Pallas theatre in Nicosia and received an ...

“Ninety per cent of ice flowing to the sea from the Antarctic ice sheet, and about half of that lost from Greenland, travels in narrow, fast ice streams measuring tens ...

The oil ban may not bring the pain to Russia that Brussels expects. The losers are the consumers The EU finally agreed on Thursday to impose a ban on seaborne ...

The governors of Cyprus have never promoted a comprehensive and viable plan of peaceful coexistence and mutual support of Greek and Turkish Cypriots I am convinced that in a well-structured, ...

The war in Ukraine entered its 100th day on Friday with President Zelenskiy saying that Russian troops had taken control of 20 per cent of the country. A few days earlier, ...

Three cheers for the monarch on her platinum jubilee but sustained boos for her first minister Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee this weekend is a good time to talk about ...

Is it just me asking or has the Electricity Authority lost the plot completely? Just before Christmas I received a ludicrously over ‘estimated’ electricity bill. We were all aware of ...

As far as I am aware there is no shortage of petrol, since there has been no rationing at any time and no rationing is being proposed. If that is ...

With reference to the 2021 tax returns I had previously had excellent help by prompt return emails from the Taxisnet office as with the recent changes to returns I found it ...

Article by Ambassador Liu Yantao on Global Development Initiative We live in a time when the world is beset by global changes and a pandemic unseen in a century. The ...

By Luigi Scazzieri Turkey’s objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO have put the spotlight on Ankara’s role in the alliance. Even if a compromise is found, Turkey’...

Understandably, everyone is complaining about the soaring fuel prices, which on Friday went up yet again, with unleaded 95 now at about €1.81 per litre and diesel at €1.88 per litre. The increase ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou There are few who can describe human remains with the eloquence of Irish Nobel poet Seamus Heaney. Grauballe Man is too long ...

On the face of it, the auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has a point in criticising energy regulator Cera for its decision not to grant the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) any ...

Two people have received jail sentences in the past week for rape, one of them was aged 24 and the other 70. The pensioner got ten years in jail and the younger ...