Our View: BoC must not fall into the hands of a private equity firm
The government quite understandably is concerned about the efforts of the US-based, Lone Star private equity firm to take over the Bank of Cyprus and sees this as a threat ...
Our View: Hospital staff sympathy-ploy strikes will not win over public
Public sector unions have always been strike-happy, but the two-hour work stoppage at the Limassol general A&E, which also sparked a sympathy strike by the Paphos hospital staff, ...
Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for Renaissance
By DAVID BURTON
If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance.
Rolling Stone has described her as ...
Our View: Businesses will most probably find ways round the minimum wage
The labour ministry will hold one final meeting with representatives of unions and employers organisations and will subsequently issue a decree setting the national minimum wage. Labour minister Kyriakos Koushos ...
Our View: Are we to wear masks forever?
Speaking at a press conference last Friday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela declined to lift the mandate requiring masks to be worn in all indoor spaces. “The experts are clear that ...
What do you do for your country? What does it do for you?
THE WAY THINGS ARE
By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou
Four Cypriots graced an OPAP sponsored supplement in the Sunday Mail on July 31. Renowned and respected, they have brought credit to Cyprus.
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Who, in the end, will undertake the criminal investigation?
By Achilleas Demetriades
An initial reading of Auditor-general, Odysseas Michaelides, findings reveals the corrupt system relating to the Cyprus Investment Programme (CIP). I would like to congratulate the auditor-general on ...
No Independence Day celebrations but we remain defiant
By Ruslan Nimchynskyi
On August 24, 2022 Ukrainians celebrate Independence Day, marking the 31st anniversary of the country’s declaration of independence.
It was our biggest national holiday, celebrated by millions of ...
Our View: Things are looking up for Cyprus energy, but that could change
When Noble Energy made its first discovery in the Aphrodite field in 2011 there was rejoicing and expectations, encouraged by politicians, that Cyprus would be selling natural gas a few years ...
Our View: President’s laxness over citizenship scheme unjustifiable
The auditor-general’s eagerly awaited report about the notorious citizenship by investment scheme was released on Monday and catalogued a long list of irregularities. There were violations of procedures, violations ...
Modi’s prediction for India is very ambitious
Last Tuesday, on the 75th anniversary of Indian independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to turn India into a developed country within the next 25 years. If all goes well, that ...
New European Innovation Agenda to scale up EU
By Mariya Gabriel
Innovation is critical to navigate the twin green and digital transitions and to secure the EU’s strategic autonomy. The New European Innovation Agenda, adopted by the ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: No sign of love among the bleeding obvious
THE RESTORATION of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel are not directed against Cyprus and do not affect relations between Cyprus and Israel, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos told our own ...
Our View: Time for foreign ministry to take on some responsibility
The foreign ministry on Wednesday issued a statement which said among other things: “For yet another time we are watching with astonishment and concern the effort of Turkey to distort ...
The misfortune of Cyprus is its people
In the past, I believed that the malaise of Cyprus was primarily caused by the incompetence and frivolousness of its leaders. Recently however, I have embarked on a process of ...
Salman Rushdie attack: the legacy of the decades-old fatwa
By Parveen Akhtar
In 1989, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic revolution in Iran ten years earlier, issued a fatwa – a religious edict – calling for the death of ...
Everyone knows profiteering is criminal
And the courts can do something about it
Greed is the unacceptable face of capitalism, and profiteering in times of pestilence and war a most loathsome and wicked kind of ...
Honest state: five proposals to fight corruption
The absence of mechanisms to fight corruption has downgraded our country
By Achilleas Demetriades
Corruption in Cyprus in 2022 has filtered through most aspects of our society. First we need to ...
The Greek economy: growth may surprise us
By Theodoros Pelagidis
In September 2021 the undersigned, diagnosed that inflation will not transitory, that it will be more persistent, higher and longer lasting, showing evidence of entrenchment since then. In ...
Our View: High time to end the HIO’s lack of accountability
Until a few months ago, most people were unaware that there was a commissioner for the supervision of Gesy. Those that follow the news, would have found out about his ...
Our View: Government will not be able to please everyone when it comes to Akamas plan
Although the Akamas local plan has still not been finalised, the villagers of Ineia have been protesting because they claim, it would not allow them to develop their land. Last ...
Our View: State cannot be expected to bail out struggling Paralimni shops
‘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 ‘...
Coffee and politics: high drama at the coffee shop
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 ...
Our View: Government right to promote vocational training
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 ...