Opinion

All ministers and deputy ministers will gather at the presidential residence in Troodos today for an ‘informal’ meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. This would not be a council of ministers ...

By Kelly Jakubowski Why is it that many people can’t remember where they put their car keys most mornings, but can sing along to every lyric of a song ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos appears to have made it his mission to put Cyprus’ banks under his control, even though he has no such authority. The latest idea he has ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Some in Cyprus won’t say they have adopted a baby, perhaps from the need to protect the child’s assumed identity or their private business. ...

This is the second year running that state broadcaster CyBC has shut down its radio news shows for three weeks, replacing them with music. In previous years the news shows ...

Saudi Arabian border guards have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, including women and children, who attempted to enter the kingdom along its mountainous border with Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) ...

After the last week’s scuffles between migrants from the infamous Ayios Nikolaous apartment complex in Chlorakas and police, President Nikos Christodoulides decided to intervene. On Monday he held a ...

Τhe EuroAsia Interconnector and Cyprus’ 2030 Energy Plan Cyprus issued its draft updated National Energy and Climate Plan, 2021-2030, (NECP) for public consultation on July 21 and to the European Commission (EC) ...

I am a resident of Cyprus and a concerned citizen regarding a growing issue that is undermining the beauty and renovation of Paralimni. Over the past few years, a group ...

Why has the finance ministry not included the subsidy in part of my electricity bill for the last two months? My bill was for the period 18/05/23 until the 29/07/23 and it ...

I was astonished to see the headline ‘Record heat’ in your 13/8/2023 edition. I live in Limassol and I can assure you the temperature has never been close to 40°C here ...

“The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine,” wrote Sextus Empiricus, a Sceptic philosopher who lived mainly in Athens and Alexandria almost 2,000 years ago. Justice may ...

Why is Cyprus trying to contain covid in cats? They are a menace and vile vermin. I agree it should be contained for humans’ sake. But not for cats’ sakes. ...

By Ester Lázaro Lázaro One night, upon returning to the cave that his tribe calls home, the monkey-humanoid Moon-Watcher finds a strange crystal object, a kind of monolith ...

The much-indicted septuagenarian former US president Donald Trump is running for president against the incumbent octogenarian Joe Biden in the 2024 race to the White House proving there is still life ...

THE VIOLENT scrap between the Turks and a dozen Brit and Slovak men from Unficyp was a great way to wake us up from our August slumber. Something exciting happened, ...

The violent attack on Unficyp personnel in the buffer zone by Turkish Cypriot soldiers and policemen, some in plain clothes was universally condemned by the international community. Never before has ...

The president of the Paphos association of recreational establishments such as bars and clubs will seek a meeting with the deputy minister of tourism to discuss the problems faced by ...

The latest economic data released by the statistical service on Wednesday were rather disappointing and although some negative trends were recorded, they did not justify the doom and gloom scenarios ...

By Karrin Vasby Anderson As the Barbie movie’s worldwide box office passes the billion-dollar mark, and some conservative pundits push back against its popularity with negative hot takes, the ...

There had been a hope that the new Archbishop Georgios would have ended the practice of interfering in politics and making dogmatic pronouncements on the Cyprus issue, as his predecessors ...

It was the brilliant minds of the ancient Greeks that laid the foundations for many things that still impact us today. From philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, architecture and medicine to literature, ...

It was a bit unexpected when the attorney-general’s office announced at the end of last week that it would be appealing the verdict and sentence handed down to Briton ...

It hurts the economy, society and the environment Under the democratic system of Cyprus the executive and legislative branches of government are elected by the people to serve the people. ...