Opinion

By Dimitris Eleas When I was a child in Greece, I remember my father saying, “Chinese steel breaks – cuts – like bread.” (I’m not sure if he himself still remembers ...

By Flora Alexandrou As scholars remind us, national identity is not a fixed concept, nor does it have a single agreed interpretation. It shifts with time, place and circumstance, and ...

Cyprus’ GDP is growing rapidly and banks are making big profits, but is the welfare of most people benefiting from such developments? The answer is a definite no as the ...

If Cyprus has problems of identity so too does the UK Flags and national anthems were in the news in UK and Cyprus lately in ways that caused mild but ...

THERE are still two-and-a-half years for the presidential elections but the scheming and plotting by rival blocks has already started. It was therefore no surprise to see an article by ...

Only last month former president Nicos Anastasiades made public a letter he had sent Disy leader Annita Demetriou, complaining because the party failed to publicly defend the work of his ...

We do not know how our politicians came up with the idea that society has a moral duty to ensure that living conditions for students at public universities are as ...

Cyprus has been facing a nursing shortage for some time, but nothing was done by the authorities apart from mounting a campaign encouraging young people to study nursing. The campaign ...

The terms of three commissioners will end in the next five weeks, it was reported, and President Christodoulides will have to decide whether these will be renewed or new people ...

We’re all subjective when it comes to what we consume for sustenance or pleasure. The rich can be picky and pricy about what they eat, the poor are stuck ...

By Tomaz Lovsin The European Union is at a crossroads in its digital policy. A draft regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSA) — often called “Chat Control” — would ...

The decision by the main unions to stage a national, three-hour work stoppage to press for the full restoration of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) came as no surprise. ...

Every once in a while a politician or party leader advocates the need for collective decision-making, usually in relation to economic matters. And to back this demand, the example of ...

by Euripides L Evriviades Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent interview with Patrick Bet-David on August 26 declared that Israel had recognised the Armenian genocide. “I think we have. I think ...

By Stephania Christodoulou Industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L., also known as Klostiki or Kannavin, is deeply rooted in the history of Cyprus. Its indelible mark is found to this day ...

Two Africa-based advocacy groups, ‘Africa No Filter’ and ‘Speak Up Africa’, launched a “Change the Map” campaign in April. “When whole generations, in Africa and elsewhere, learn from a distorted ...

By Demetris Roti, Emilios Charalambous and Maria Aristidou It is an undeniable fact that Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) are a key contributor to the European Union’s growth as they ...

On Friday, the English court of appeal overturned a temporary injunction granted by a high court judge requiring the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping Forest, London to stop ...

Like the end of the beach holidays in August, all good things must come to an end. So too my short-term optimism with Donald Trump’s policies working towards achieving ...

Perhaps it was the heat or the tail end of the silly season that caused the massive meltdown the past week over an interview hosted by YouTube provocateur and MEP ...

By William Gourlay A Turkish proverb – düştüğün yerden kalk – counsels that one should arise from where one has fallen. Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of Istanbul and ...

The blame game was in full swing on Friday at the parliament during the second meeting on the devastating Limassol fire in July where tensions were high and there were ...

Every now and again Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has an outburst relating to some alleged scandal or other, that seems to fade from the headlines as quickly as it appears. ...

Reports emerged in the Turkish Cypriot press on Tuesday that only Turkish Cypriots holding Republic of Cyprus ID could cross to the south of the island as of August 25 causing ...