Opinion

Elon Musk is heading for a crash. It’s only a matter of time before one or another of his random enthusiasms brings him down. But if I had the ...

With the recent ‘threats’ against Cyprus regarding the genocide in Palestine and its subsequent spill over into Lebanon, I’m curious as to whether any fuss has been made over ...

Economic theory has its roots in antiquity. As early as the 18th century BC, the Babylonian King Hammurabi’s Code includes references to property rights, contracts, credit and economic justice. ...

Now that the bronze, silver and gold dust has settled, we can perhaps reflect on the Paris Olympics 2024.  The Olympic games are a gift to us all from the ancient ...

I want to comment on your article regarding a ‘frustrated tourist‘ not finding relevant signage at archaeological sites I am nearly 65 and on my frequent visits to Cyprus in the ...

By Scott Lucas As delegates assembled in Chicago for the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, something surreal was happening 6,000 miles away in Israel. In Tel Aviv, the ...

GOOD to see the bickering kids have found a new toy (or should I say Tui) to fight over at a time when it was too hot to think or ...

It was not a surprise to hear Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar say that he had received a telephone call from the UN asking him to go to New York ...

By Michael A. Di Giovine By The Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 of a rare form of leukemia at age 15, will soon become the Catholic Church’s first “...

The government has gone ahead with the preparation of the constitutional reform it had proposed for the state legal service and the audit office, with Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis saying ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis in an indirect way on Wednesday confirmed the government was behind the move by tour operator Tui to stop taking tourists on day trips to ...

The Green Party has filed a formal objection to a massive photovoltaic plant proposed for the Mathiatis-Analyontas-Lythrodontas triangle, in the Nicosia district.The party is calling on all ecologically-aware people ...

By Lisa Richwine and Jorge Garcia What the f—? The F-word, once seen as the most shocking expletive in the English language, has become commonplace in pop culture. Deadpool & ...

It is good to see that the government has drawn the right lessons from the Larnaca port and marina fiasco. It has abandoned the grandiose plans of making the development ...

The government was at pains to justify its approval of the EU invitation to Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan to attend the informal meeting of the General Affairs Council ...

By Joanna Plucinska and Jon Nazca Sun seekers are turning to package holidays in Europe as soaring hotel and flight prices revive demand for the all-inclusive deals that had fallen ...

As we get closer to critical decision-making deadlines, there is no end to debates about the viability and future of the Great Sea Interconnector. But sadly, often these are not ...

I was caught speeding by one of the new traffic cameras in Larnaca in May of this year. Yesterday, I received two letters containing speeding notices, one demanding a payment ...

By Savvakis C Savvides The sad truth is that politicians and government officers involved in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements is that by circumventing what needs to be evaluated and assessed ...

Whilst trying to watch the annual Perseids meteor shower (originating from the Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle) this week, my view was interrupted and spoilt every night until the early hours of ...

By Kyriaki Stinga and Dorina Mastora There is an ongoing concern that AI might eventually take over human roles. However, as compliance officers in the legal field, we believe that ...

I refer to a letter in the Sunday Mail, August 11 titled, “Reform UK is not far right”. I must confess that I do not have a full understanding of the ...

Northern Epirus is a triangular Greek-speaking region that starts from the Greek-Albanian border and extends north-westerly to Vlorë (Avlonas) and north-easterly to Korçë (Korytsa) and the Small Lake of Prespa. ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 the American historian Francis Fukuyama called it the end of history. Liberal democracy had triumphed as the ideal system of government having seen off ...