Opinion

By Nicholas Jenkins Banksy fans were delighted in August as nine animal-themed murals by the street artist appeared across London in as many days. Speculation is rife about what deeper ...

“The exploitation of the natural gas deposits, the pipelines, the electricity interconnectors, the terminal stations and everything else we are discussing in the meeting, will remain, yet again in the ...

The EU has advantages on one side, question marks on the other. In July, The Irish Times columnist Jack Power writing about Ursula Von der Leyen’s reelection chances said ‘...

After months of prevarication backed by unconvincing arguments, the presidential palace decided to release the names of the people hired on contracts as advisors to the president, ministers and deputy ...

A few days after the University of Cyprus (UCy) announced that it would accept students who had sat international exams (GCEs, IB) to undergraduate courses at which there were available ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is now the Democratic Party’s official candidate for president. In her acceptance speech, she introduced herself as if she were a complete unknown even though ...

I am a foreigner who relocated to Cyprus 1.5 years ago with my Cypriot wife. I would like to draw your attention to the unfortunate condition of the field opposite the ...

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 ...