Our View: The UN framework has proved a lost cause for Cyprus
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and head of Unficyp, Khassim Diagne, on Thursday briefed the UN Security Council on the content of the UNSG’s two reports ...
Our View: Parliamentary immunity is a shield abused
Deputies decided to deal with the issue of their so-called parliamentary immunity, after the allegations of violent behaviour made against Disy deputy Nikos Sykas by his partner. It was not ...
Our View: George Vassiliou: The president who modernised Cyprus
Everyone speaks well of the dead, but the lavish praise heaped on George Vassiliou, since he passed away on Tuesday night, was both sincere and merited. As the third president ...
Our View: Students’ sense of entitlement knows no bounds
The sense of entitlement of some of our young is quite astonishing. This is not entirely their fault as this attitude has been cultivated over the years by the political ...
George Vassiliou: the president who understood the tragic consequences of dogmatism
Travelling widely during his five years as president from 1988 to 1993, George Vassiliou galvanised international interest in helping to resolve the Cyprus problem. His commitment to a settlement highlighted the obduracy ...
Our View: Is sour grapes behind Consumers Association attack on e-kalathi?
The Cyprus Consumers’ Association issued an announcement on Monday declaring that the e-kalathi app – created by the government to list the prices of a large range of goods in all ...
Pretending to help Donald Trump
The alarming events of the past couple of weeks have made it clear that not one but several crises are likely to occur in the relatively near future. It’s ...
Our View: Christodoulides should shutter support agency, it has no value
Director of the president’s office Charalambous Charalambous announced his resignation on Monday, bowing to calls to step down by almost all the political parties including those participating in government. ...
Denmark’s Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out
When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts this week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has been moving steadily away from it ...
LNG import back in the limelight
2025 was a tumultuous year for energy in Cyprus. Its two biggest projects, the import of LNG at Vasilikos and the GSI electrical interconnector, were in the limelight mostly for the ...
US policy now a manifestation of might is right
The new year is barely with us and already we have started with a bang, literally. The events from Venezuela have made front page news everywhere. Even here in Cyprus ...
Greenland: maybe an invasion (and maybe a backlash)
The Crazy Gang are high on the ‘brilliant success’ of their Venezuela caper and looking for new targets. Like Alexander the Great, Donald Trump weeps because there are no more ...
Economy in 2026: the world finds itself in a delicate balance
After a year of intense volatility, the world economy enters 2026 with a complex mix of challenges and opportunities.
Most economists expect that growth will remain moderate by historical standards, around 2.4 ...
Two economies, one island
A comment often quoted by the late Stephen Hawking, Lucasian professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, captures a risk that extends well beyond physics and into public policy: “...
Cyprus’ EU presidency promises to be a six-month eternity
Cyprus has taken over the EU Council presidency. It promises to take the bull by the horns and deliver tangible results, including on issues that affect the daily lives of ...
Did the US breach international law? Well, It’s complicated
A hierarchy of laws in the US can leave treaties up to interpretation
Does international law matter to the US? That is the question in the time of Trump’s ...
Tales from the Cofeeshop: Six months of glory, eight minutes of trouble
LESS THAN 24 hours after the super-production staged to celebrate the start of Kyproulla’s six-month presidency of the EU Council, with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as the guest star, Prez ...
The second life of a grand residence
How bbf: brought :legacy back to life – through the eyes of architect Floris Panayides
In the heart of Nicosia, just steps away from the city’s iconic Venetian walls, stands ...
Our View: Hybrid attack claims don’t answer corruption questions
The government finally came up with a narrative to defend itself against the revelations made in the video posted on ‘X’ last Thursday. Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou told CyBC ...
Our View: Communication tricks will not make video go away
From the moment the eight-minute video about the suspect fundraising methods used by President Nikos Chrisodoulides’ entourage for the election campaign appeared on the ‘X’ platform the government has been ...
When power challenges international law
The recent military intervention by the United States in Venezuela, involving the use of armed force on the territory of a sovereign state and the arrest of its incumbent head ...
Our View: Zelenskiy visit confirms Cyprus’ firm pro-West course
The invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the opening ceremony for Cyprus’ presidency of the EU Council was a welcome decision by President Nikos Christodoulides, who had also travelled to ...
Our View: Government cannot be constantly intervening in the labour market
The bosses of the three big unions on Monday sent President Nikos Christodoulides a memo listing four demands regarding the minimum wage, collective agreements, employment of third country nationals and ...
An uncertain New Year
A friend whose daughter studied in the UK, told me ‘She’s staying there, what future has she here?’ She’s not alone in making that choice. The Cyprus government ...