Opinion

Imogene Smith, Deakin University and Jacqui Macdonald, Deakin University For many dads, having a child is unplanned. What happens next can vary. One man said: We broke up and she ...

By Dr Elias Allayiotis Everything that we have comes from soil; the food that we eat, the things that we use every day, even our own body grows from nutrients ...

By Roberto Sciffo The evidence of ‘energy dependency’ becomes more acute when events, such as what is currently happening in the Ukraine, bring to light both the sensitivity of international ...

It was about time the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs the national health scheme Gesy, tried to address the weaknesses of the scheme that incur higher costs and also ...

For a company’s business strategy to work successfully, it must be based on changes taking place in the economy and in each sector, on political developments and on the ...

Turkish Cypriot parties, unions, NGOs and media have openly slammed the financial aid protocol signed by the north’s regime and Turkey, which will restrict democratic rights and freedoms by ...

‘What happens in Davos stays in Davos’, they say – or at least it should stay there, because some foolish things are said at the ‘World Economic Forum’, the annual conclave ...

Will style or sincerity prove to be the vital thing when it is time to vote? It used to be said of the Conservative party in England that it was ...

Time for presidential candidates to tell us more than what their dreams are The setting of the stage for the forthcoming presidential elections is slowly being completed. Fortunately, there is ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The exit of the UK from the EU remains at the forefront of public interest and continues to divide. The main provisions of the ...

The targeted measures for helping ‘vulnerable’ families deal with soaring inflation, announced by finance minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday, should be seen more as a gesture of help rather an ...

PREZ NIK has been taken over by a Turk-bashing mood in the last couple days, reinforcing my unjustified suspicion that he is considering seeking a third term. On Saturday morning ...

It is astonishing that in the year 2022 that deputies are discussing whether the names of person’s parents should be included on identity cards. What is even more astonishing is ...

As long as authorities stay bogged down in the minutiae, traffic cams will see more delays Reading about the cascade of failures across the new traffic cams system is like ...

After receiving the go-ahead for ‘dynamic measures’ from the overwhelming majority of its membership, the bank employees’ union Etyk announced a 24-hour warning strike at Hellenic Bank. Etyk’s executive ...

By Paul Lambis Following all the buzz surrounding this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Ukraine emerged victorious, thanks to the enormous support from the European public who voted by phone, ...

“Well, my dear, we didn’t know where to look. The old codger was getting away with it again, fielding the questions like a man only nine-tenths of his age, ...

‘A company that cooperates with the CIA based in Cyprus,’ read the headline of a report which appeared in a daily newspaper on Tuesday. The suggestion was that this was ...

Everyone is waiting to hear what the government plans to do about the rising prices that have hit living standards and do not look like falling any time soon. President ...

The EU’s €210bn plan is far-reaching but Cyprus is woefully behind In addition to its plan to stop using Russian oil, the EU has gone further, trying to grasp ...

By Achilleas Demetriades There is a protracted impasse when it comes to the Cyprus problem. We are faced with the worst situation since the invasion, one step before partition. Many ...

Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus and Russia’s of Ukraine are not the same With regard to my article of last Sunday, while many people have contacted me to congratulate ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will almost certainly not be in power three years from now. The war he foolishly began in Ukraine has fatally undermined his political credibility among the ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has breathed new life into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Collective self-defence under Nato’s umbrella protects Europe and North America from shared enemies in ...