Opinion

Listening to a French early morning broadcast the other day while stuck in a seemingly eternal traffic jam, I learned that Paris is considering banning SUVs. Perhaps Nicosia could follow ...

An article in the Cyprus Mail (EU threatens legal action against Cyprus for environmental failures, November 17) makes clear that Cyprus really deserve some serious legal actions from EU and no ...

I am a resident of Yermasoyia and I am writing to share a persistent issue that has been affecting the quality of life for myself and many others in the ...

The whole of Cyprus suffers from noise pollution from entertainment venues. To eradicate this the House of Representatives passed a revised law on the control of noise from entertainment venues ...

Chief medical officer: with hindsight UK went into lockdown a week late By an uncanny coincidence, news emerged from northern China of a new type of unusual pneumonia last week ...

IF THE JOB of President of the Republic was ever advertised as a vacancy, one of the perks of the job listed, apart from having dictatorial powers and being worshipped ...

At a meeting with ministers and other officials last Monday, President Christodoulides revealed that he had tried to secure the services of experts from abroad to help with investigations of ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades issued a statement on Friday, welcoming the decision of the Authority Against Corruption to investigate serious allegations of corruption made against him in a book by ...

What a complete mess the authorities have made with the road works in the Akamas. It appears that restrictions set out by the environment department, in line with the Akamas ...

By Timothy J. Moore Though anxiety about the fate of live theatre performances still lingers, Broadway is celebrating its third season since reopening after the Covid-19 pandemic, with a lineup ...

Deputies at the House commerce committee criticised the government for the delay in appointing a Commissioner of the Development for Mountain Communities. The post had been vacant for more than ...

In a recent interview, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted what it takes to lead the mammoth digital platform that is changing global culture. Chew also discussed the app’s ...

By Olivia Skordi Black Friday is “celebrated” on November 24 this year. This event started in the United States to mark the Christmas season by promoting extreme price discounts and offers ...

The saga of the Aphrodite gas field continues, although according to the latest information from Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou, there is a possibility it would reach its conclusion, in some ...

It has become rather tiring listening to Akel politicians constantly complaining about the difficult material circumstances of many people and demanding more state spending to support them, while never suggesting ...

Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called “an extension of myself” owing to his wife’s prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly ...

By Dorina Mastora The advent of digital currencies presents us with a new epoch characterised by an innovative breed of money. At the heart of this revolution is the digital ...

By Michael Martina and Greg Torode When Chinese President Xi Jinping met executives for dinner on Wednesday night in San Francisco, he was greeted with not one, but three standing ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In recent years, advances in machine learning algorithms, combined with an unprecedented increase in the volume of data and the underlying strength of computing ...

And why would East African Asian refugees support dumping other refugees in a part of the world they themselves were forced to leave? A lot can happen in British politics ...

WHO WOULD have thought that instead of the much-trumpeted humanitarian sea corridor, which is still cooking, our Kyproulla would be used for a non-humanitarian air corridor, without our Kyproulla even ...

After someone praised the government’s prompt and decisive response to the sanctions imposed on Cypriot nationals by the UK and US governments last April, in a conversation with a ...

By Charles Ellinas The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in September a review of the energy transition progress on meeting the Paris Agreement goals, referred to as ...

The establishment of a committee has become the answer to every problem faced by the government in Cyprus. Nicos Anastasiades started this practice during his presidency, setting up a committee ...