Opinion

It is astonishing that the Cyprus authorities are all turning a blind eye to the systematic dumping of sewage in the sea off Moni. Even more astonishing is that the ...

American actress Hayden Panettiere, famed for roles in television shows such as “Nashville” and “Heroes,” has died aged 36, her family said in a statement issued by her publicist on Sunday. ...

I paid to watch a story the ending to which I already knew. That was precisely why I went. Before the lights went down, I knew about the giant with ...

When Antonio Guterres crossed the Green Line on July 28, on his first official visit to Cyprus as secretary-general, the question that occurred to me was not what he had come ...

The phrase “war on the young” is a prominent concept popularised by professor Scott Galloway of New York University, outlining how modern economic, political and social systems profoundly disadvantage younger ...

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is a populist politician in the same way that Nigel Farage of Reform UK is populist and, although the PM would vigorously deny the comparison, ...

Few relish holidaying alone. I met Freida, who did, at a mutual cousin’s home in Ireland, who was thrilled I was living among Greeks. A love of Greek and ...

A political order represents an overarching framework extending far beyond routine election cycles. Within its architecture, a dominant vision of political economy dictates how state authorities and private actors perceive ...

It was ironic that when the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, early in the year said that the UN would resume its peace initiative after the completion ...

A big public debate was sparked by the decision of Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou to ask the police to investigate the crowdfunding appeal announced on Monday by journalist Makarios Drousiotis. ...

Four candidates will be standing in the elections of the leadership of Edek on September 5. The elections were made necessary by the resignation of party leader Nicos Anastasiou, after the ...

The number of public sector workers increased by 300 (0.6 per cent) last month, compared to July 2025, taking the total number of people employed to 53,747, according to the latest figures released by ...

‘Artificial intelligence’ based on Large Language Models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea Bubble. After the Crash, some specific functions of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has always traded in soundbites. Rational argument has not often featured in his public discourse, probably because he has realised that it is only soundbites that are ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) has entered a new phase. The recent decision by French infrastructure investor Meridiam to become the project’s 66 per cent majority shareholder has renewed confidence ...

The geopolitical landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean is undergoing a fundamental transformation, driven by escalating regional conflicts and shifting energy alliances. Nearly a decade after the collapse of the 2017 Crans-Montana ...

I watched Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but for three hours I was transported somewhere much older than Brooklyn. As the opening images appeared, I wasn’t only watching the ...

The years 2025 and 2026 were marked by intense geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, with adverse worldwide effects on the cost of living and economic growth. The policy responses of EU ...

The disruption caused by Donald Trump’s presidency continues to reverberate far beyond the United States. Whether in foreign policy or domestic governance, his instinct to dismiss inconvenient facts rather ...

The UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres paid a historic visit to Cyprus last week and promised to convene a 5+1 meeting. To achieve results he asked the parties to prepare adequately ...

CAN WE believe a word Prezniktwo ever says? In an interview, broadcasted by ANT1 on Monday night, he said that he would decide whether to seek re-election in 2027. And this ...

Ever since his election, President Nikos Christodoulides has followed an unchanging strategy on the Cyprus problem. It is a strategy that is all words and no action, a strategy that ...

By Dina-Perla Portnaar There’s unity in what women feel but have been conditioned to dismiss as personal failure, namely the ongoing exhaustion, which is political, structural and by design. ...

Cyprus authorities were caught completely unaware about the deal that saw two thirds of the shareholding in the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), which was held by Greece’s state-owned Admie, ...