Opinion

When Finance Minister Makis Keravnos announced the scandalous plan by which the state would raise the betting tax and use the extra revenue to pay off the tax debts of ...

A few weeks before the ‘pay as you throw’ scheme was scheduled to come in to force, Akel issued a statement arguing that its introduction should be put on hold ...

The political system was overjoyed on Wednesday by the council of ministers’ decision to lower the voting age to 17. The decision inspired the familiar and tired rhetoric about broadening democratic ...

By Rose Cairns TikTok and Instagram influencers have been peddling the “Barbie drug” to help you tan. But melanotan-II, as it’s called officially, is a solution that’s too ...

The cinema owners’ association has appealed to the government and the political parties to exclude cinemas from the venues at which a price cap on bottled water would be imposed. ...

It’s a familiar scene: You settle in on the sofa, ready to unwind with a good movie on Netflix. You start scrolling, and scrolling and scrolling. Hundreds of films ...

If one thing was made clear by Monday’s meeting of the two leaders it was that neither possesses the political will, mettle or flexibility that would give the stagnant ...

The deputy minister of tourism Costas Koumis was very proud of the fact that last year’s tourist arrivals exceeded four million for the first time. Koumis had expected arrivals ...

In the 80 hours between Wednesday, January 15, when the Gaza ceasefire agreement was announced, and Sunday, January 19, when it went into effect, Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 123 Palestinians ...

By Branko Milanovic Almost never are witnesses to historical events aware they are observing or participating in a history-changing event. Often, the very protagonists of the historical events are unaware ...

According to the ministry of energy the government is close to approving Chevron’s development plan (FDP) for the Aphrodite gas-field, centered around exports to Egypt using a subsea pipeline, ...

By Savvakis C Savvides The recent debacle leading to the rush decision on how to proceed with the Larnaca marina project proves, yet again, that we never learn from our ...

By Loukis Skaliotis “Maybe the world isn’t ending after all. Or at least, not yet anyway.” The above would be a good summary of US President Biden’s (now ...

By Euripides Evivriades AI is not a distant challenge; it is already reshaping our economies, democracies and societies. However, the debate remains dominated by a few corporations amassing billions in ...

By Leontios Ierodiakonou Last week’s article ended on a pessimistic note, about six decades having passed since the first hostilities began. Many things have changed – the displacement of a ...

So why are the Israelis still bombing Gaza? US foreign minister Anthony Blinken was first on the Gaza ceasefire bandwagon last week. Israel and Hamas are right on the brink ...

IF HE WAS not such a union-pandering communist, we could have felt a bit of sympathy for Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou, after he was hung out to dry by Prezniktwo, ...

The Cyprus problem show is back. Nothing constructive or meaningful will be agreed, but that was never the objective. As has been made evident over the decades, the two sides ...

The audit office report about the state health services, Okypy, which was discussed at the House health committee on Thursday, must be seen as a red alert, an urgent warning ...

The unpaid tax debts of the football clubs are causing endless embarrassment to the government, which is paying for its inept handling of the matter. President Christodoulides, who made it ...

By Aarushi Bhandari In previous eras of internet culture, mockery of the rich and famous was usually relegated to far-left forums. But as 2025 begins, ridiculing the rich appears to have ...

The arguments of the two sides – legislature and executive – regarding the law on disclosing the names of donors to the Agency for Social Support that is run by the first ...

A long-time Cypriot friend absolutely adored Johnny Logan and What’s another year? On her greetings cards she writes rhyming poetry, declaring ‘The other kind is just chopped up prose!’ ...

Labour minister Yiannis Panayiotou never ceases to amaze with his economic thinking. On Tuesday morning, speaking on CyBC radio, he described the increases of about five per cent in the ...