Opinion

Over the coming years, Cyprus’ defence industry will reach double digits in relation to the country’s GDP, President Nikos Chrisotodoulides said on Monday as he welcomed the members of ...

The brief opinion piece by Maria Angela Holguin, the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, did not go down well with President Nikos Christodoulides, who saw it as an opportunity to ...

Cypriot business organisations expressed sorrow over the death of prominent entrepreneur Constantinos Shiacolas, describing him as one of the most distinguished figures in the country’s construction and investment sectors. ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reflected a feeling of profound change among European leaders at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference when she said: “Some lines have been ...

By Alexandros Clerides Not long ago, I publicly expressed the view that any person who is currently held as a remand prisoner – in other words, detained while awaiting trial – is ...

Last week’s column dealt with President Trump’s proposed Board of Peace and how it effectively formalised the split within the Western alliance. Cyprus has now found itself facing ...

“To them that hath shall (more) be given” is generally a reliable guide, especially in economic matters, but it doesn’t work if the beneficiaries are too stupid to take ...

By Nicoletta Kouroushi Cyprus continues to constitute a reliable and competitive investment destination within the European Union, offering a developed legal framework, modern business infrastructure and a strategic geographical location. ...

I am a pupil in Year 5 at The Junior and Senior School in Nicosia. I am writing to you because we have been learning about illegal bird trapping, and I ...

By Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar Almost a year ago in Geneva, in March 2025, both sides told the UN Secretary-General that they would commit to trust-building measures, which have yet to ...

The last time a Labour prime minister came under pressure to resign like Keir Starmer did last week, was when Harold Wilson faced a backbench revolt over trade union reform ...

THE CYPRUS Mail made the big time this week, having featured in one of the Facebook rants of the hottest ticket on social media, Annie Alexui, because it had referred ...

In the run-up to Cyprus joining the EU, then president Tassos Papadopoulos gave assurances to the European Commission that all of the island would become part of the Union. Papadopoulos ...

By Michael Paarlberg, Virginia Commonwealth University As protest and military action raised the prospect of regime change in Iran and Venezuela, the voices of both countries’ diasporas were heard loud ...

The president of the Cyprus association of private hospitals (Pasin), Marios Karaiskakis, could not hide his anger and frustration with the authorities, speaking about the nursing shortage on state radio ...

Low expectations were cultivated in the build-up to the meeting between Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday. The last time ...

The colossal ineptitude of the authorities in their ongoing efforts to import LNG is still on show. According to the progress report given by new Energy Minister Michalis Damianos to ...

By Louisa Nahas Fatphobia [fat-foh-bee-uh]is described in the dictionary as an unreasonable dislike or unfair treatment of people because they are fat, a deep-seated fear and hatred of fat ...

While it is a positive development that society takes a critical approach to decisions by the executive, the legal authorities and legislature, and people are much less inclined to take ...

The House last week passed a law providing for stiffer fines for fly-tipping but at the same time MPs cautioned that lax enforcement makes the legislation moot. Under the changes, ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s appointment of Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the United States was once hailed as an inspired move to deploy a master of the “...

Just over a month into 2026, unfolding developments are already shedding light into the priorities that will shape Cyprus energy this year. These include EEZ and gasfield developments, electricity and renewables, ...

Once again, the debate over Iran is framed as a stark choice between strength and weakness, action and inaction. Between good and evil. This is a false binary. The real ...

The “Board of Peace”, unveiled by Trump on his second day at the Davos conference last month – ironically after spending the first day trying to walk back his threats to ...