Opinion

The further digitalisation of payments does not mean that cash is ceasing to have economic and social value. The recent initiative of the Association of Cyprus Banks and Visa to ...

Statistics are often viewed with scepticism. The familiar saying that “the numbers are thriving, but citizens are not” does not simply reflect a general sense of distrust. It, rather, highlights ...

For three decades, European policymakers operated under a comforting illusion: sovereign debt crises were peripheral disruptions confined to the southern periphery – Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus. The euro crisis of 2010...

It has been quite a week. First we had ‘Lula’ – Luiz Inacio da Silva (as nobody but his mother ever called him) – defying everybody’s expectations. After winding up two ...

By Giorgos Frangos The bill intended to implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) has been going back and forth between the interior ministry, the legal service and parliament for ...

The signing on October 26 of the main contracts for the development of the Kronos gasfield, worth up to $1.8 billion, marks the project’s transition into the construction phase. This is ...

In December 1982, ambassador Andrew Jacovides signed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) for the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) at Montego Bay, Jamaica. It crowned years ...

An unusual case came before the High Court in England last week of a well-known celebrity, code name PPT, who sought to stop publication by two media outlets of serious ...

PREZNIKTWO has found a new lollipop to suck – the opening of the fenced area of Ammochostos (Varosha) under the UN, who will facilitate the return of its residents. In exchange, ...

Attending an event to celebrate the 95th anniversary of football club Olympiakos Nicosia, President Nikos Christodoulides donated €95,000 as a birthday gift. The only justification he offered for this indefensible squandering ...

In an old Irish song, a wealthy America asks an Irishman, ‘How can I buy Killarney?’ an Irish beauty spot. The answer, ‘How can you buy all the stars in ...

It is deeply ironic that Cyprus’ state authorities are using a European regulation on media freedom, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), to restrict media freedom by exercising control over ...

Less than a fifth of students in secondary education attend vocational education and training programmes, said President Nikos Christodoulides, in an address to the opening ceremony of the ninth national ...

The coordinating committee of the Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus (Opok) supported the residents of Mitsero who oppose the setting up of an asphalt production plant in an area ...

Playing host to the Famagusta municipal council at the presidential palace on Monday, President Nikos Christodoulides said that his proposal about the fenced area of Famagusta, was still on the ...

The discussion about regulating property purchases by third country nationals resumed at the House interior committee last week. The committee had embarked on the discussion of law proposals that would ...

The debate on pension reform in Cyprus has now reached an advanced stage of consultation. The need for a sustainable and resilient social insurance system is beyond dispute. The issue, ...

Dear Ambassador John Breslow, A warm welcome to Cyprus for you and your family. Godspeed. At the Cyprus Forum 2026, you underlined that relations between our countries are at an “all-time ...

“The best is yet to come!” Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Trump adviser and then fiancée of Donald Trump Jr, blasted out at the 2020 Republican National Convention. The president looked bemused. ...

There needs to be a fundamental shift towards energy and water infrastructure, higher-productivity industries, fairer taxation and better incomes This opinion piece focuses on the challenges for the government in ...

We are all doomsday preppers now! Britain and Europe are sleepwalking into a war with Russia over Ukraine in a state of rigid groupthink from which not even the withdrawal ...

IN THE highly unlikely event that George Pamborides wins the Disy vote for the presidential candidacy next month it would be only the second time in its 50-year history that ...

Another ‘constructive’ meeting of the two leaders was held on Tuesday, according to an announcement issued by the UN. A week earlier, they had a ‘positive’ meeting, said the UN. ...

By Dina-Perla Portnaar Late in the evening, even past midnight, Paphos picks up the rubbish and for a few enchanted hours, civilisation smells like it has its act together again. ...