Acceleration of digitalisation during the pandemic and changes in the labour market
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Over the last decades, the shift in favour of the digital economy has been accelerating. The utilisation of...
Opinion
Our transformation from martyrs into villains
Important to regain the support of international opinion on the Cyprus problem Before saying anything else, I wish to emphatically state that my goal...
Our View: Constant ‘clarifications’ on measures confusing and totally inconsistent
Much confusion has been caused by the latest batch of Covid-19 measures announced by the government on Wednesday. In fact, the health ministry officials that...
Fossil fuels: stranded assets and fire sales
An article with the innocuous title ‘Reframing incentives for climate policy action’ slipped out in the scientific journal Nature Energy three weeks ago and got...
The right to bear arms part of self defence in US
A look at the Kyle Rittenhouse trial In some states in the US when you leave home you check you have not forgotten your...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Wanted – a Turk loving UN whipping boy
OUR ESTABLISHMENT will not claim any kudos for predicting the return of the police state as anyone with half a brain would have seen it...
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim dead at 91
By Alex Dobuzinskis and Steve Gorman Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who helped American musical theater evolve beyond pure entertainment and reach new artistic...
COP26 and climate change: green transition will require more commitments
By Ioannis Tirkides COP26, the UN Climate Change summit in Glasgow, ended on 13 November after two weeks of negotiations and a one-day extension, admittedly...
Remembering Holomodor: famine genocide in the Ukraine
Ruslan Nimchynskyi writes of the horrors committed by the Soviet Union and their millions of victims Every year on the fourth Saturday of November...
Our View: Consensus has made a mockery of local government reform
Reform of local government has degenerated into farce. This was inevitable given that the government sought to achieve this through a misguided pursuit of consensus....
Our View: Cars allowed back on Makarios Ave a result of half baked municipal plans
In the end, Nicosia municipal council voted against banning private cars from the redesigned section of Makarios Avenue, which is set to be re-opened on...
Our View: New measure a lockdown of sorts for the unvaccinated
The government found a very smart way of presenting what is a type of lockdown for the unvaccinated. From December 15, only people over the...
Water, politicians and the neighbourhood florist
THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Working together FW de Klerk, who once ruled South Africa, is no more. Cancer claimed him earlier...
The Green Men of Cyprus
The ancient symbol of humankind’s relationship with nature dates back in Cyprus to at least the 3rd century BC By Martin Clark When I talk...
Our View: Personal data protection stymies fight against crime
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides was perfectly justified in expressing his disappointment over last month’s Supreme Court decision that retaining customer data for six months by telecommunications...
Our View: President either an inept negotiator or he got what he wanted
Although the publication of the minutes of meetings held at Crans-Montana in July 2017 were seen as a vindication of President Anastasiades’ stance, they also...
Comprehensive solutions vital to solve migration issue
By Achilleas Demetriades The increase in the flow of irregular migrants across the Green Line and via the sea is a matter of serious concern...
European Commission harming Greece and Cyprus with questionable forecasts
By Les Manison The autumn 2021 forecasts of the European Commission for Greece and Cyprus are excessively optimistic particularly on inflation rates and the government...
The world does not need more oil and gas
After COP26, this year set to mark first time in history that renewable power will be the largest area of energy investment By Charles Ellinas...
The nightmare of the annual tax return
By Christos P. Panayiotides Natural persons – the salaried, pensioners and self-employed – whose total gross income last year exceeded €19,500 are obliged to...
