Opinion

The buffer zone in old Nicosia is a perfect opportunity for a high impact Confidence Building Measure By Glafkos Constantinides Confidence Building Measures (CBM) are back in fashion, a kind ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Cyprus’ GDP decline in 2020 was confined to 5 per cent, despite disruptions in international trade, supply chains and air transport. At the same time, unemployment ...

By Daniel Meron Two years into the pandemic, nations across the globe are still struggling to cope with the profound challenges that coronavirus poses. Israel’s ability to deal with ...

If we want a solution, we must be willing to part with old ways, and make women not only a part but an indispensable part of the peace process By ...

By Achilleas Demetriades Developments in the global economy, the effects of the pandemic and the collapse of the “state of corruption”, all call for a new model of economic development ...

Diko seeks a ‘regulatory role’ in politics, but the party leader’s recent comments reveal why that should not happen I watched with interest the interview of Nicolas Papadopoulos, president ...

Brexit provides no reasonable justification for depriving British expats in Cyprus of the right to vote in municipal elections Brexit is no justification for disenfranchising British permanent residents settled in ...

The pursuit of sanctions against Turkey is no longer the priority of the government’s foreign policy. This was made clear both by President Anastasiades and his new foreign minister ...

By Ruslan Nimchynskyi Over three decades ago, Ukraine decided to embark on the path of freedom and democracy, a course it has maintained to this day. With the collapse of ...

By Maria Demertzis The Maastricht treaty, signed thirty years ago this year, committed European Union countries to the greatest step in integration they’d so far taken. It established European ...

There was a great amount of unwarranted – some might say – fanfare on Friday because parliament had finally passed the law establishing an anti-corruption authority. It only came more than 60 years ...

By Laura Glitsos The 2020s is the age of the reboot. Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated has been the revival of the iconic TV show Sex and ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) appears to have misunderstood its role. It is not a price monitoring service that decides whether price increases are acceptable or not, as the association ...

British permanent residents of Cyprus, understandably, were angered by the Cyprus government’s decision to take away their voting rights after Britain left the EU. Those whose names were on ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) appears to have misunderstood its role. It is not a price monitoring service that decides whether price increases are acceptable or not, as the association ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Teens rush to grow up, the old often long for past youth and decisions we’d alter if we could. Inbetween years ...

P.J. O’Rourke, the American journalist, political satirist and best-selling author who rose to fame as editor-in-chief of the now-defunct humor magazine National Lampoon, has died at the age ...

A few weeks ago, the legislature approved law that will protect whistleblowers. Under the law, private and public organisations as well as public authorities have a legal obligation to safeguard ...

I rarely ordered home delivery a decade or so ago. It wasn’t that big a part of the culture, beyond the odd once a week souvlaki or the usual ...

When the legislature approved by overwhelming majority, the reduced VAT for the purchase of primary residences in 2016, deputies claimed they were assisting the less-off and young families buy a home. ...

By Kenton White, During the tense negotiations over the Ukraine crisis, the idea of “Finlandizing” Ukraine has been suggested as a solution. This idea refers to the way a small ...

The island does reasonably well against its own clean targets because so far it has been setting the bar very low By Charles Ellinas Cyprus’ distorted renewables market was led ...

Open letter addressed to the attorney-general of the Republic Dear Mr Giorgos Savvides, I am monitoring the issue of the resettlement of the Famagustians in their properties, within the fenced-off ...

By Les Manison Although the date of the presidential elections is still 12 months away there is already excessive attention being focused on the prospects of the many potential candidates. And ...