It’s been 27 days since the official rollout of the new system of traffic cameras and apparently as it turns out, no fines have yet been issued due to administrative ...
By Richard Dickenson
I suppose it was always inevitable but somehow it never seemed likely really to happen. For this is farewell. Time has, at last caught up.
My words ...
By George Christou
Comment
The increase in bank charges has become a big public issue in the last few weeks, the political parties, consumers associations and interest groups mounting a ...
The ‘test to stay’ scheme introduced in schools on Monday with several caveats is expected to be introduced in hospitals, the police force and fire service. The proposal is set ...
There were no surprises in the Turkish Cypriot ‘parliamentary’ elections, not even the unprecedented abstention percentage of 43 per cent, which to a large extent had been expected as there had ...
Limassol-based doctor defends friend’s position that a person’s health is in their own hands
Even as Novak Djokovic apparently ponders whether to sue the Australian government for ill-treatment ...
By Dr Stelios Platis
It is quite likely that in the next few days we shall come to see the stepping down of the UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, ...
By Glafkos Constantinides
The social and economic future of the old inner part of Nicosia, the Walled City, is in serious doubt. It is a unique area in many ways ...
Although I am not in the habit of blowing my own trumpet, I find the temptation to do so in this particular case irresistible. Those of you who read my ...
Novak Djokovic is world tennis champion, not an anti vax champion. He arrived in Australia armed with a visa that gave him a presumptive right to enter and take part ...
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The importance of financial literacy has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years. Many analysts consider financial illiteracy, defined as the lack of skills and ...
Its stability has been assured after weathering two major crises
By Maria Demertzis
Anniversaries are always a good time to reflect. The euro celebrates the 20th anniversary of its introduction ...
WE HAVE a long tradition here in Kyproulla of copying what happens in Greece. It is after all the centre of Hellenism and as loyal provincials, we do not have ...
In the early hours of Tuesday, the president of the UN Security Council, Odd-Inge Kvalheim made a couple of brief informal statements to journalists in New York following three hours ...
The health minister Michalis Hadjipantelas will return to the House health committee in a couple of weeks with amendments and changes made to the bill on Dangerous and Infectious Diseases. ...
By Achilleas Demetriades
Recent events have raised concerns as to the government’s ability to handle the serious issues the country is facing. Efforts to cover up the huge responsibilies ...
As expected, rising prices have sparked a new bout of calls by unions for the full restoration of the Cost of Living Allowance, by which wages are automatically adjusted every ...
By George M. Georgiou
Debates about central bank independence have traditionally focused on monetary policy, specifically the setting of interest rates. A central bank, it is argued, should be free ...
Former European Commissioner, Androulla Vassiliou, became a target of scathing attacks on social media after her inappropriate comments about a rape case in Thessaloniki. After a 24-year-old woman reported to ...
By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou
We had a laugh at New Year’s Day lunch when an environmental engineer told us science is looking at ways to reduce animal-ejected methane into ...
President Anastasiades expressed the hope that the UN Security Council resolution for the renewal of the Unficyp mandate would include the things that were missing from the report of the ...
COP26 president on what was achieved and what still needs to be done
By Alok Sharma
November last year was a pivotal moment for the planet, as the countries of ...
The brawl among young Syrian refugees living in Chlorakas a couple of weeks ago was a spark for unrest and protests by locals, who have been demanding the relocation of ...
Nothing would become Johnson more than having to resign over too many parties.
Boris Johnson was caught bang to rights. While still recuperating from fever and low oxygenation brought on ...