Our View: Publication of banks’ interest rates should be welcomed
The Central Bank of Cyprus’ (CBC) decision to publish the interest rates being charged by each bank for different types of loans and the rates paid on deposits is a ...
Our View: Football clubs are incapable of taking responsibility
Hooligan violence, which led to three police officers being injured (one needed surgery), led to the calling off of the Apollonas-Ael evening match in Limassol on Sunday. This resulted in ...
The Cypriot startup ecosystem beyond tax benefits
Cyprus, the sun-soaked Mediterranean island, has long been known for its pristine beaches and ancient ruins.
But in recent years, a new attraction has been drawing a different kind of ...
Draghi’s industrial masterplan has decarbonisation at its core
By Simone Tagliapietra
A report on the future of European competitiveness, prepared by former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi and long awaited in Brussels, is finally out.
It is expected ...
What can bring the price of electricity down?
Good news on the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) front, but priority must now shift to implementing measures that will bring electricity prices down between now and 2030, when the GSI is ...
Sign a strategic agreement here and now
I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the response Serdar Atai got to his recent article, The Bitter Truth, published on September 1 in the Cyprus Mail. Admittedly, there were ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Patroclos still going strong
Dear Sirs,I’m a Belgian expat who worked in Cyprus between 2003 and 2008. At the time I was an enthusiastic reader of your paper (and Cyprus Weekly which sadly doesn’...
The aliens are in the bed
Sir,
Tony Milligan’s article in Thursday’s edition of the Cyprus Mail (Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiralling out of control – here’s why that’s so ...
Illegal use of firearms in villages
On Sunday at 5pm two Cypriot Youths turned up at my ancestral home in Droushia Village and stopped their khaki green Mercedes saloon vehicle on my drive to let the ...
Will Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement influence US election?
By Jarrett Renshaw and Heather Timmons
Global pop star Taylor Swift’s support for Kamala Harris may have boosted the Democratic vice president’s hopes of attracting young voters, but ...
Musk on track to become world’s first trillionaire. It’s a sign markets aren’t working
By Richard Denniss, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Apparently, the world is about to get its first trillionaire.
A report from the business intelligence agency Informa Connect ...
Overworked footballers
Dear Sir/Madam
After reading the article about footballers and clubs complaining to Fifa and others that there are too many games being played, I think they should start by ...
The role of Ukraine in US presidential debate
Before saying anything about the Great Debate in the US last week between the best-looking old man Donald Trump and the best-looking fifty-something woman, a few words about the way ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Big day looms: Odysseas faces martyrdom
THE BIG DAY is nigh. On Wednesday the supreme constitutional court will announce its decision about the Odysseas-general. His future depends on the half a dozen judges who have probably ...
Our View: President should be congratulated for improving US ties
If three years ago someone had predicted that in 2024 the Cyprus Republic would be signing a roadmap for bilateral defence cooperation with the United States they would have been dismissed ...
Sudan is burning and foreign powers benefiting – what’s in it for the UAE
Since then, the conflict has taken on a regional and international dimension. Several external actors are supporting the two warring parties with arms, ammunition and money. The United Arab Emirates ...
Our View: More radical thinking needed to ease traffic congestion
After the two-month summer respite, on Monday, with the opening of all the schools, early morning traffic jams returned to the roads, especially in Nicosia and Limassol; in the case ...
Our View: Business owners should be able to choose their own opening hours
The pharmacies association last week threatened to tell its members not to open outside of regular working hours – night and public holidays – from next month, if the issue of opening ...
If robots could lie, would we be okay with it?
By Stine S Johansen
Social norms say it can be okay for people to lie, if it protects someone from harm. Should a robot be allowed the same privilege to ...
Our View: Are football clubs above the law?
It was very reassuring to hear deputies and several parties at Monday’s House finance committee meeting strongly object to the scandalous bill prepared by the government that would increase ...
Teachers: good, bad, bungling
Parenting is a learning curve, teaching is a qualification. Praising a child’s efforts is often more productive than complaining about mistakes. Some highly-qualified teachers lack sensitivity or the personality ...
Our View: Would any girl volunteer to serve in the National Guard?
Many in the audience of the theatre on Sunday evening may have thought that President Nikos Christodoulides was joking when he said that from next year girls would be able ...
Our View: Government needs to be fully informed before taking GSI decision
The big decision about the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is expected to be taken today when all the stakeholders meet at the presidential palace to discuss details and address the ...
Netanyahu is Israel’s curse, but he and his strategy are safe
Six Jewish hostages were murdered by Hamas last week just before the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reached them, and a controversy has erupted in Israel about whether Prime Minister Benjamin ...