Opinion

Harriet Fletcher, Lancaster University “If you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t really there”. This famous quip says much about our rose-tinted nostalgia for the decade. The fun-loving hedonism of ...

It’s generally bad form to quote another journalist, but Stewart Lee’s day job is stand-up comedian, so we can make an exception just this once. Writing in The ...

Anyone using the roads these days can’t fail to have noticed the proliferation of people using e-scooters. They seem to be everywhere, weaving in and out from pavement to ...

In the Cyprus problem it is essential Greek Cypriots regain the moral high ground that has been lost due to our own stupidity By Christos P Panayiotides For quite some ...

By Gwynne Dyer Ukraine wants more offensive weapons including modern tanks, self-propelled artillery and combat aircraft from Nato countries for its war with the Russian invaders, but it won’t ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In recent decades, inflation in developed economies has been contained at historically low levels. With the onset of the pandemic in early 2020 and the ...

By Kathy Tzilivakis Often there’s a spark of inspiration or a flash of insight. Whatever it is, these ‘Aha!’ or ‘Eureka’ moments have led to some of the world’...

The relaxations to Covid measures that came into force last week are welcome, though disappointingly cautious compared to other countries. The problem is that the government is lifting restrictions at ...

Some cynical clever dick at the Home Office has devised a scheme to deter asylum seekers By Alper Ali Riza Rwanda is perceived as the most refugee-repellant country in the ...

For what seems like the umpteenth time, the European Commission has called on Cyprus yet again to take measures to protect its Natura 2000 sites and to respect its obligations under ...

By Jodi McAlister and and Kate Cuthbert, The first season of steamy romance series, Bridgerton achieved immense popularity – it is Netflix’s second-most watched television series of all time, beaten ...

Does President Anastasiades ever tire of repeating the same platitudes about the Cyprus problem whenever he meets a foreign dignitary? For whose benefit are these platitudes uttered? His visitors who ...

By Matthew Flinders After months of dodging the issue, it appears that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did in fact break his own emergency laws during COVID restrictions. The police ...

Some weeks back, when the effects of inflation were starting to be felt and the government, parroting the EU line, was still insisting it was transitory, this column argued that ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Did you hear the one about the IRA man who, when told by his superiors to sabotage a British vehicle by ‘Blowing ...

The auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides often censures ministers publicly for not following correct procedures or overstepping the boundaries of their authority. But what happens when he does the same? Can anyone ...

By Victor Ongoma Climate change is a threat to all aspects of our lives. Every degree of global warming is likely to increase the intensity and frequency of climate extremes, ...

Nothing illustrates better the deference extended to unions by the politicians than the president’s traditional address of the annual congress of the public employees’ union Pasydy, in the presence ...

Controlling prices by getting civil servants to draw a line between legitimate and illegitimate profit is a futile exercise What is the margin of profit? On the face of it, ...

With tectonic shifts on the world stage, now really is the time to solve the Cyprus problem and put Cyprus’ energy finds to use In a fast-changing geopolitical world – following ...

By Alicia Garcia-Herrero The unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine will devastate its economy, but the extent of the severity partially depends on ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The new generation is facing huge changes, at home and abroad. In an ever-changing world, it becomes more imperative to answer the following questions: Is education at ...

Defending Akel’s decision to boycott the speech in the House of Representatives via video link by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, deputy Aristos Damianou said the party had “reservations about ...

A tourism expert explains why the decades’ old dream of a tourism upgrade has no chance of success By Victor Mantovani I am not very fond of Sundays. As a ...