Opinion

Many were baffled, to put it mildly, by the government’s decision on Wednesday to approve a bill giving the commerce minister the power to set a maximum gross profit ...

Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), gave a thorough analysis of the problems facing the euro area as a consequence of the Russia-Ukraine war that came ...

By Sabrina Chakori, Ammar Abdul Aziz, Martin Calisto Friant and Russell Richards You pick up a piece of plastic litter from the beach, and get a small buzz. You’ve ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I always enjoy the articles in Sunday’s Living. Those related to women’s health give interesting and diverse opinions on what’s good and bad ...

Yiannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, and Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, on Tuesday, spoke of the need to attract ‘quality tourism’ that would endure in times ...

The voting of the bills for the creation of a deputy ministry for culture were put off again last Thursday. These bills have been in the pipeline since 2020, discussed at ...

Ukraine crisis has created opportunities for the East Med region and Cyprus gas With the EU seeking to get-rid of Russian gas – now at 40 per cent – by two-thirds by the ...

Russian troops are stalled for the third week outside most of the major cities of eastern and central Ukraine, but they have failed to surround and cut off any of ...

Worrying talk of a push to re-establish a bank which cost us all so dearly The trigger for writing this article was a discussion on Omega TV last week which ...

Predatory marriages and UK inheritance law The abuse of marriage is usually associated with deceiving the immigration authorities of a state to obtain residence by people who have no intention ...

High prices of fuel, grain, meat and vegetables have become a popular subject for the media. Indignant stories about the the constantly rising price of fuel, the soaring cost of ...

NONE of our courageous politicians has yet broken the vow of silence they took with regard to the unveiled threats issued by Mother Russia’s ambassador Stan Osadchiy 10 days ago. ...

By Judith Garber, US Ambassador to Cyprus This year for Women’s History month, in Cyprus, the United States, and around the world we recognised the achievements of women and ...

By Ioannis Tirkides The war in Ukraine and the sanctions will have profound effects on the Russian economy itself, will cause a geopolitical shift, and will certainly have serious macroeconomic ...

A letter, demanding that the twice-yearly exams for lyceums should be scrapped, was sent to the education minister and it was signed by secondary school teachers’ union Oelmek, the confederation ...

When asked to estimate their own intelligence, most people will say they are above average, even though this is a statistical improbability. This is a normal, healthy cognitive bias and ...

The closing of RCB bank was announced by the bank itself on Thursday, ending speculation about its future that was fuelled by Tuesday’s announcement of the sale of a ...

When President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov was asked by CNN about the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, he gave the following response: “We ...

When it comes to advertising a product, marketeers strive to entice us in by piquing our curiosity. However, things do not often turn out as expected when the actual product ...

Despite this year’s extended cold snap, we’re only a couple of months away from probably yet another scorching summer, which was brought home to us on Monday during ...

After months of dithering and mixed signals that gave rise to speculation about his intentions, President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday finally spoke in a clear and direct way about next ...

Evolving economic models must be based on pragmatism as well as ideological perspectives By Andreas Theophanous During the eurozone crisis Germany imposed its own philosophy of strict austerity in addressing ...

By Andreas Charalambous Russia’s recent decision to invade Ukraine and the immediate, coordinated and unprecedented reaction of its Western allies are creating global economic turmoil and intensifying the climate ...

Veteran negotiator at various rounds of Cyprus talks should think twice about running for president Andreas Mavroyiannis recently told a journalist that he does not rule out the possibility of ...