Opinion

Water bills have been transferred from my local area (Oroklini) to the ‘Larnaca’ district although no-one bothered to let us know. Only upon asking Oroklini council where had my September ...

By Catherine Gegout The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif. The ...

By Nicolas Poumpourides I was recently the trainer at an advanced six-hour training session for the staff members of the Cyprus Financial Services Supervisory Authority (CySEC). In the course of ...

We recently returned from a holiday in Paphos, not having been in the previous five years due to Covid etc. I was pleased to read that tourism has increased, but ...

How can Cyprus be an energy hub since no financially viable gas has been discovered? The government managed to spend a lot of money on Vasiliko with nothing to show. ...

In the immediate years after the Cyprus financial crisis of 2012/2013 there was a compelling need to stabilise government finances with austerity and banks with credit restraint, however, such policies have ...

How sad to see the closure of the fish tavern Ayios Georgios in Peyia with its world class view. It seems that it is to be taken over by the ...

By Philip Almond Netflix’s upcoming biblical biopic, Mary, has been attacked on social media because the title character and her husband Joseph are being played by Israeli actors. The ...

Donald Trump’s refusal to engage in a smooth transfer of power during the interregnum in 2020-21 pales into insignificance compared with President Joe Biden’s sabotage of Trump’s ...

Donald Trump’s return to the top of US politics may be a triumph or a disaster, depending on who you ask. One thing’s for sure, though: such an ...

For several years I have enjoyed tuning in at mid-day of weekdays to hear a CyBC radio programme of classical music presented in English by Saskia Constantinou. This programme which ...

By Luigi Scazzieri Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revived EU enlargement. European leaders often talk about enlargement as a ‘geopolitical necessity’. However, the rhetoric on enlargement never extends ...

By Sam Poyser When bombs tore through two crowded pubs in central Birmingham on the evening of November 21 1974, they claimed the lives of 21 people and injured 220 more. They also led ...

MP Rita Superman and a representative of the Third Age Observatory on Wednesday spoke about how Cyprus was failing its aging population – and the thousands of domestic workers who take ...

Intense negotiations continued until late on Thursday, but to no avail. All parties appear to be determined to hold onto their positions until the very last moment, with overtime beyond ...

By Laura Minor The latest series of Channel 4’s reality dating show Married at First Sight UK has sparked widespread criticism for normalising harmful behaviour. The charities Women’s Aid ...

Following the lead from the G20 meeting in Rio, discussions at COP29 on Wednesday were all about money. The amount that appears to be gaining momentum among developed countries is ...

It was rather amusing to hear the director of the president’s press office Victoras Papadopoulos responding to the scathing remark made by the former prime minister of Greece, Antonis ...

It’s fair to say humans have stolen from each other since the beginning of time. Thieves reap the benefits of other peoples’ labour without the slightest pang of conscience, ...

In what is seen as a boost to COP29, the G20 backed a new climate finance goal. In their joint declaration on Tuesday, they said “We look forward to a ...

Audit office spokesman Marios Petrides was on a television show last week talking about public tenders and insisting the state’s policy should be to award a contract for public ...

Four young people perished on the roads after midnight on Saturday in two separate car crashes. In the first, on the Frenaros-Dherynia road, three young men, aged between 18 and 20, were ...

We are entering week two at COP29 and progress is still painfully slow and often acrimonious. Too many issues are still open and require closure this coming week. Top priority ...

COP29 has completed its first week with some successes, but also with a series of controversies. France’s top climate official is not going to COP29 in Baku after Azerbaijan’...