Opinion

It is still very early to say whether the ceasefire agreement signed by Israel and Hamas on Thursday will lead to the full implementation of US President Donald Trump’s 20...

Many will be wondering whether the Deputy Minister for Innovation, Research and Digitalisation Nicodemos Damianou was joking on Wednesday when he said the government would introduce AI into the public ...

Nobody could say with any degree of certainty that the ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas on Wednesday will last longer than a week or two, but it was a ...

There is still some time to go until the parliamentary elections, but speculative reports based on opinion polls have already been appearing. According to the latest poll conducted by Prime ...

By Pantelis Solomou Imagine you stumble on a time machine and land in ancient Athens. You walk the streets telling people you’re from the future. Most laugh you off, ...

It beggars belief that political parties want to amend the law governing the staging of demonstrations and public protests, which the legislature approved just three months ago. On Monday they ...

When a bad man does a good thing, we should honour him for it even if his motives are selfish. Donald Trump is only trying to ‘bring peace to the ...

The way President Nikos Christodoulides speaks in public, nobody would have guessed that he had once had a career as a diplomat, that he served for almost five years as ...

In recent interviews Mike Wirth, Chevron’s CEO, detailed the company’s priorities and plans for the foreseeable future. He said “so long as the world is using oil and ...

I am the non-EU spouse of a German citizen living in Cyprus. We applied for my residence permit (MEU2) more than 10 months ago. Since then, I only have a temporary ...

I’ve just been reading your article in regards to the Irish family receiving special recognition due to their continuous return to Larnaca, Cyprus. I’m wondering is there a ...

Currently, a controversial discussion is taking place concerning the EU budgetary framework for the period 2028-2034. This topic will certainly be a key priority in the coming months, which coincide ...

At last, there is a glimmer of hope of reaching an end to the killing in Gaza. Following the UN General Assembly last week there has been an incredible amount ...

By Flora Alexandrou Cyprus has just marked 65 years of independence, a milestone that should inspire pride and reflection. Instead, it arrived with a bitter aftertaste. While foreign capitals sent warm ...

Data for the years 2022 to 2024 and the first seven months of 2025 indicate that the purchases of Cyprus real estate by foreigners are rapidly increasing. This frenzy in buying Cyprus properties ...

If elected to government Reform UK said it would deprive millions of foreign nationals living in UK of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) which is the right of permanent settlement ...

PREZNIKTWO was in a sulk on Monday when asked by hacks to comment on Ersin Tatar’s claim that during the meeting at the UN two days earlier, the UNSG ...

Attorney-general George Savvides has been one of the most maligned state officials in Cyprus. For years he has been the target of a campaign instigated by the former auditor-general who ...

By Robert Muggah For many in Venezuela, the question is no longer whether tensions with Washington will reach a boiling point – they already have. Rather, the big unknown now is ...

The use of force by the police outside the foreign ministry, and across the road from the presidential palace, on Thursday night, to disperse a small crowd of demonstrators, protesting ...

The audit office should be commended for highlighting the long-term water policy failures, for which all the governments of the last 30 years have a share of responsibility. They have all ...

A gentle friend has a small farm he loves, and one of his prime pleasures is talking about how he’s improving it, and the affection he has for the ...

By Dr Sergii Nizhynskyi Since my appointment in July 2025, I’ve been guided by what I call the Ten Commandments of Strategic Partnership, which I presented to President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Happy Independence Day Cyprus On Independence Day everyone is From our beloved Cyprus today and The little children will wave Cypriot flags All day and with colours bold and spirits ...