Opinion

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 ...

I refer to the article from Alper Ali Riza KC bragging about Cyprus having the “Best prison regime in the world” (Sunday Mail, October 16). It was of interest to me, ...

The Conservative party’s collective nervous breakdown began with Brexit By Alper Ali Riza Boris Johnson is the ultimate Come Back Kid. Hasta La Vista Baby indeed! Who would have ...

If opinion polls are anything to go by, Nikos Christodoulides has built an astonishing lead with presidential elections less than four months away. His lead may have been bigger at ...

WHO COULD have believed that there would come a day when only a pitiful 8 per cent of our population would consider the Cyprob the most important issue facing the country? ...

By Michele Ruyters, Greg Stratton and Jarryd Bartle Netflix’s recent series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has stirred controversy over its apparent glamourisation of a serial killer and perceived ...

Everybody would like to see modern, well-equipped public hospitals and medical centres which provide patients with a good standard of health care, without making them wait for a long time ...

While the finance minister’s statements that a planned green fuel tax would not be going ahead for now is welcome news for motorists, it is likely that is only ...

A day rarely goes by without Akel complaining about what it calls the ‘expensiveness’ people must cope with. The party either issues a written announcement, or one of its officials ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE The ancient Greek demokratia/polis system was an exclusive gents’-entitlement club, participatory and self-governing. Demokratia joins demos (people) and kratos (power). At the same time, ...

The three-month suspension of two doctors at Makarios hospital, pending a police investigation into their involvement in a case of alleged medical negligence, appears not to have been thought through ...