Opinion

A bill to unfreeze 977 positions in the civil service this year was discussed at the House finance committee on Monday. Several thousand positions had been frozen during the economic crisis ...

My early impressions of Cypriots were formed by friends introduced to me by my late husband, Andreas, a very good man, therefore the friends he chose were good people and ...

US President Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking has given Europe an unexpected spur to action, but any sense of “Europhoria” about the region’s chances of turning this moment into ...

What happened on the Nicosia-Limassol highway on Sunday was beyond belief. Some 2,000 members of the Movement of United Cypriot Hunters (Kekk) blocked the Limassol-Nicosia highway in both directions for a ...

Given its importance to Cypriot consumers and industry, I am returning back to the burning subject of electricity prices. These must come significantly down now and not just wait for ...

Most assessments of the developments and prospects of the EU are unfortunately negative. The EU is increasingly criticised for its inflexible policy decision making framework, excessive bureaucracy, inability to play ...

Swimming pools use relatively little water as they simply circulate the water that’s already there, but putting a cover on pools to stop evaporation in mid-summer would help. Irrigation ...

Recently travelled from Larnaca airport. The new regulations on water bottles are 60 cents for a 500ml bottle. When we got there all bottles were now 750ml for €1.90 and hiding at ...

I saw the ‘diplomats’ all descending on Geneva, including the past president – who really didn’t want a solution when he was president. All having a good time at taxpayers’ ...

It would be an exaggeration to claim that US President Donald Trump’s two-hour telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday was a failure, but by now I ...

The Famagusta district office has informed grieving families who applied for the issuance of the death certificate for their loved one that they had to wait until July to be ...

The Sunday Mail’s March 9 review of the movie Nightcrawler your reviewer writes: “A journalist with no morals, you say? Is there any other kind?” Yes, there is. I found ...

In 2016 – nine years ago – I was part of a campaign with experts and dedicated volunteers from Cyprus and abroad urging the authorities to implement specific measures to prevent tragedies like ...

A stunning silence has greeted Israel’s deadly breach of Gaza ceasefire deal There was an operational meeting in London last week of commanders of the so-called coalition of the ...

THE MORE I see Prezniktwo in action the more he reminds me of an insecure schoolkid constantly seeking the approval and praise of the grown-ups by boasting about his perfect ...

Everyone appears to have left Geneva relatively happy on Tuesday. It may be more accurate to say ‘not unhappy’ – anything else would be stretching it – because the anodyne outcome of ...

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had expected to become Turkey’s opposition presidential nominee on March 23, 2025; instead, he lost his freedom and college ...

Every year, deputies vote through an extension to the deadline for paying road tax for the year by two-and-a-half months. Instead of paying the following year’s road tax by ...

Many people associate physical fitness solely with exercise or sports. However, it is much more than that – it is the key to longevity and a life full of health and ...

The government appears reluctant to drop the resoundingly stupid proposal of forcing people in the vicinity of a football ground, before a match, to undergo alcohol and drug testing. This ...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) issued an announcement alleging that the Cypriot authorities had pushed back three boats carrying some 80 Syrian nationals, including women and children, who ...

There was good news from Geneva on Tuesday afternoon. A new, admittedly low-key process was set in motion, with the sides agreeing to work on specific confidence building measures before ...

Akel deputy Giorgos Koukoumas was under the illusion he had uncovered a major scandal when he announced on a Facebook post that the Cyprus Republic had contributed more than €3 million ...

By Andreas Theophanous When Russia launched its attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the US, the EU and other Western powers had a strong reaction. Russia soon became “the most sanctioned ...