Our View: Disconnects between the haves and the have-nots
Cyprus is currently beset by labour unrest from doctors to hotel employees to cement workers, predictable in that a number of collective agreements in different sectors are up for renewal ...
Dr Strangelove in Ukraine and the Middle East
By Euripides L Evriviades
Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, brilliantly satirised Cold War paranoia and its catastrophic potential.
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No end in sight to airbag recall scandal
I was very concerned to read the recent article on the airbag recall and the idea that cars may be forced off the road because of it. I have a ...
Am I the only resident tearing my hair out over water-bill issues?
Water bills have been transferred from my local area (Oroklini) to the ‘Larnaca’ district although no-one bothered to let us know. Only upon asking Oroklini council where had my September ...
Not arresting criminals inflicts damage on the ICC prosecutions
By Catherine Gegout
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif. The ...
The differences between sanctions screening and customer due diligence
By Nicolas Poumpourides
I was recently the trainer at an advanced six-hour training session for the staff members of the Cyprus Financial Services Supervisory Authority (CySEC). In the course of ...
Airport queues ruined a perfect holiday
We recently returned from a holiday in Paphos, not having been in the previous five years due to Covid etc.
I was pleased to read that tourism has increased, but ...
Amazing story but not true
How can Cyprus be an energy hub since no financially viable gas has been discovered? The government managed to spend a lot of money on Vasiliko with nothing to show.
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Cyprus government and banks selfishly hoard wealth
In the immediate years after the Cyprus financial crisis of 2012/2013 there was a compelling need to stabilise government finances with austerity and banks with credit restraint, however, such policies have ...
Loss of a lovely fish tavern
How sad to see the closure of the fish tavern Ayios Georgios in Peyia with its world class view.
It seems that it is to be taken over by the ...
Was Jesus Palestinian or Jewish?
By Philip Almond
Netflix’s upcoming biblical biopic, Mary, has been attacked on social media because the title character and her husband Joseph are being played by Israeli actors.
The ...
Biden had no democratic mandate to escalate the war in Ukraine
Donald Trump’s refusal to engage in a smooth transfer of power during the interregnum in 2020-21 pales into insignificance compared with President Joe Biden’s sabotage of Trump’s ...
Our View: Will Cyprus ever have its own political maverick?
Donald Trump’s return to the top of US politics may be a triumph or a disaster, depending on who you ask. One thing’s for sure, though: such an ...
Shrinking classical music programme a great loss
For several years I have enjoyed tuning in at mid-day of weekdays to hear a CyBC radio programme of classical music presented in English by Saskia Constantinou. This programme which ...
The EU and Turkey: A relationship adrift
By Luigi Scazzieri
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revived EU enlargement. European leaders often talk about enlargement as a ‘geopolitical necessity’. However, the rhetoric on enlargement never extends ...
A 50-year battle for truth: the Birmingham pub bombings and the price of injustice
By Sam Poyser
When bombs tore through two crowded pubs in central Birmingham on the evening of November 21 1974, they claimed the lives of 21 people and injured 220 more. They also led ...
Our View: Domestic workers a band-aid not a solution to eldercare
MP Rita Superman and a representative of the Third Age Observatory on Wednesday spoke about how Cyprus was failing its aging population – and the thousands of domestic workers who take ...
COP29 – Final deal on a knife-edge
Intense negotiations continued until late on Thursday, but to no avail. All parties appear to be determined to hold onto their positions until the very last moment, with overtime beyond ...
Class snobbery and sexism remain boost for reality TV
By Laura Minor
The latest series of Channel 4’s reality dating show Married at First Sight UK has sparked widespread criticism for normalising harmful behaviour. The charities Women’s Aid ...
COP29 – Wednesday was all about money
Following the lead from the G20 meeting in Rio, discussions at COP29 on Wednesday were all about money. The amount that appears to be gaining momentum among developed countries is ...
Our View: Government moves to quell criticism over Erdogan meeting
It was rather amusing to hear the director of the president’s press office Victoras Papadopoulos responding to the scathing remark made by the former prime minister of Greece, Antonis ...
Thieves and trust
It’s fair to say humans have stolen from each other since the beginning of time. Thieves reap the benefits of other peoples’ labour without the slightest pang of conscience, ...
COP29 – The G20 give a lifeline to COP29
In what is seen as a boost to COP29, the G20 backed a new climate finance goal. In their joint declaration on Tuesday, they said “We look forward to a ...
Our View: There is a simple solution to ensure plug not pulled on state projects
Audit office spokesman Marios Petrides was on a television show last week talking about public tenders and insisting the state’s policy should be to award a contract for public ...