Opinion

By Maria Demertzis The private sector can cover at least half of the investment gap identified in Mario Draghi’s competitiveness report but will only do so if the EU’...

The election of Donald Trump caused a certain degree of unease in Nicosia, especially after the government’s unrelenting talking up of President Nikos Christodoulides’ ‘official’ meeting with the outgoing ...

By Euripides Evriviades From the moment Donald Trump triumphantly secured his election as the 47th president of the United States, much has been said and written about him, including unending ...

Emma Shortis, RMIT University On the Saturday before Election Day, I travelled from Washington DC to Charlotte, North Carolina, to attend one of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ last campaign ...

House president Annita Demetriou and independent deputy Alexandra Attalides deserve praise for submitting two bills aimed at ending the benefits for life given to a president of the republic and ...

Sixty-four years after independence and 20 years as an EU member-state, the Cyprus Republic still remains in the clutches of the Church. This is a legacy of Archbishop Makarios that no ...

By Chris Baumann Do you own any memorabilia depicting Elvis, Princess Diana, David Bowie, Prince or Michael Jackson? Perhaps a beloved t-shirt, a favourite mug, a special keyring or a ...

Donald Trump has long touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but if the U.S. president-elect seeks another summit he will find a North Korean leader emboldened by an ...

Donald Trump completed the unlikeliest comeback on Tuesday, winning the US presidential elections much more easily than he had done in 2016. His choice for vice president, Senator JD Vance said “...

I watched Ancient Apocalypse on Netflix. Interested in two strands of human development: space, and human advances towards civilization, the series drew me in. The sky and what evolves up ...

By Charalambos Charalambous As Cyprus enters a new era, the sports sector offers a valuable opportunity to enrich both the lives of individuals and the community as a whole. By ...

Botswana’s elections have always been seen as a model for Africa, but the one last week has a somewhat wider relevance. The way its politicians handled victory and defeat ...

Concern about the falling birth rates has forced the government to put together a package of incentives to persuade couples to have children, preferably at a younger age. President Nikos ...

Presenting his ministry’s budget for 2025 at the House finance committee on Monday, Health Minister Michael Damianos said that an action plan would be prepared in the immediate future for ...

By Loukis Skaliotis In a previous article I commented on the need for the world community to restructure the UN if it is to play a more effective role in ...

According to the United Nations 2024 is “the biggest election year in human history” with half of the world’s population – some 3.7 billion people in 72 countries – able to vote. Yet some ...

By Aidan Hehir “Where is the UN?” is a question that has often been asked since the start of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. As the death toll rises ...

In a previous article, we referred to the economic challenges faced by the EU. Some analysts and reputable media express the view that Germany is currently the “sick man of ...

My aim is to discuss how the conflicting views of both sides on the issue of property can be reconciled and what the new constitution of a federal bizonal and ...

The Cyprus government’s budgets for 2025 to 2027 presented to the House of Representatives in October 2024 constitute business as usual with just a mechanical updating of the government finance estimates for 2024. ...

In democracies people get the leaders they deserve Standards in public life have reached rock bottom in the US and UK. A convicted felon is poised to win the US ...

OUR DELUSIONS of grandeur hit red after the Prezniktwo’s meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House last Wednesday. Our constantly growing geostrategic/regional/diplomatic footprint, combined with ...

By Simone Tagliapietra and Cecilia Trasi  It has become clear that the European Union’s pursuit of a triple goal of decarbonisation, competitiveness and security requires better integration of the ...

From the moment the official visit of President Nikos Christodoulides to the White House for a meeting with President Joe Biden was announced, the president, his spokesmen and their media ...