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Our view: Estia scheme in keeping with short-sighted populism

December 4th, 2018 THE EUROPEAN Commission may have ruled that the controversial Estia scheme to assist strategic defaulters with the repayment of their loans was not a state...

Cyprus

What Brexit means for UK expats – Ask the High Commissioner

December 2nd, 2018 By High Commissioner Stephen Lillie As I mentioned last week, EU leaders have now agreed the withdrawal agreement and political declaration on the UK-EU...

Guest Columnist

How the unified patent court provides security

December 2nd, 2018 By Ramona Livera On February 19, 2013, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement was signed by 25 member states of the EU, the first step in establishing a...

CM Regular Columnist

Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be dumbfounded by populism’s victory

December 2nd, 2018 By Gwynne Dyer Five of the world’s largest democracies now have populist governments, claimed The Guardian last week, and proceeded to name...

Guest Columnist

If France and Germany can reconcile, why can’t we?

December 2nd, 2018 By Esra Aygin THE way countries look at their past say a lot about how they envision their future. Coming from a country where to view the past means...

Cyprus

EastMed gas pipeline increasingly doubtful

December 2nd, 2018 So far it has been easier finding gas in the region than exporting it. The story behind the much-vaunted EastMed pipeline explains why By Charles...

Our View

Our View: Health plan is a colossal mess

December 2nd, 2018 IT WOULD be a gross understatement to say that the planning for the national health scheme (Gesy) is shambolic. The reality is it is a colossal mess, every few...

Coffeeshop

Cyprob wolves in sheep’s clothing

December 2nd, 2018 THE DECISION issued by the administrative court, ruling the cuts to pensions of public employees when the state was bankrupt were unconstitutional, is a...

CM Regular Columnist

Madhouse by the Thames

December 2nd, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza WHY ARE British MPs prepared to risk chaos in order to leave the EU, asked a highly respected German journalist from Die Welt last week in...

CM Regular Columnist

Partition would throw us into the abyss

December 2nd, 2018 By George Koumoullis THERE has been a lot of talk lately about the two-state solution. Very little though is being said about the consequences of this...

Our View

Our View: Anastasiades does not seem to realise he’s lost all credibility

December 1st, 2018 A DAY DOES not pass by without President Anastasiades making public statement defending his stance on the Cyprus problem and implying that those who criticise...

Our View

Our View: Pandering politicians playing fast and loose with taxpayers’ money

November 30th, 2018 THE SOLIDARITY Fund, which was set up after the 2013 bailout to fund social coherence will by amendment of the law governing its operation become a vehicle...

Our View

Going soft on hooliganism a sad example of consensus politics

November 29th, 2018 THERE has always been a tendency for government to give in to pressure groups, changing provisions of bills and amending policies in order to keep the public...

Guest Columnist

In Azov Sea, Putin plays a deadly Ukraine game

November 29th, 2018 When Vladimir Putin opened a new bridge linking Crimea to the rest of Russia across the Azov Sea in May, Russian officials said it was intended to integrate...

Our View

Our View: Only way to get drivers to ‘Think’ is increase penalties

November 28th, 2018 Every few months the justice ministry or the police start a new campaign aimed at improving road safety. On Monday Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou unveiled the...

CM Regular Columnist

Ukraine: no big war

November 28th, 2018 By Gwynne Dyer THE Russian-Ukrainian naval clash in the Black Sea is not going to end up in a world war. Ukraine would love to be part of NATO, but the...

Our View

Our View: All parties should oppose those blocking the crossings

November 27th, 2018 A TINY group of people opposed to the movement of people across the checkpoints have announced that every Sunday until January 20, it will hold a protest at a...

Opinion

Let there be light

November 26th, 2018 THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The house I lived in before my current home was freezing in winter and when I turned on the taps, it...

People

Bernardo Bertolucci of "Last Tango" fame, dies in Rome

November 26th, 2018 Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, whose 1972 movie "“Last Tango in Paris" shocked audiences with a notorious sex scene that came back to haunt him in his...

Opinion

Innovation – what kind and how fast?

November 25th, 2018 Direction and speed are crucial By Dimis Michaelides What kind of innovation? Imagine a horizontal line which I shall call the innovation...

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