Opinion

By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski In the pantheon of Renaissance art, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stands as an unrivalled icon. This half-length portrait is more than just an ...

Francis is a pope of many firsts: the first to use that name, the first from Latin America, the first from the Jesuit religious order. Since last week, he’s ...

Pressure on the government to take in the 27 migrants trapped in the buffer zone for close to a week is being stepped up by Unficyp and the UNHCR. On Wednesday, ...

This once-teen devoured sci-fi novels and it’s revelatory to watch as what knowledgeable and imaginative writers predicted becomes reality. Applications then lacked tech innovation, but with time, AI has ...

The Nicosia municipal swimming pool will be closed for the fifth consecutive summer season in 2024. This is because the public bodies are singularly unable to manage a project with a ...

It was technology that got us into this global climate crisis, and it will be technology that gets us out of it. Specifically, technology that lets us go on living ...

One of the key adjectives the president and his ministers routinely use to describe their policies is ‘anthropocentric’, or human-centred. It is one of those words, loved by the current ...

Cyprus’ participation in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has become a subject of discussion by political analysts only in recent years. Some consider it a mistaken and damaging choice, while others ...

Unficyp should have asked Turkey and UK to foot their bill as well as Cyprus and Greece By Fahri Zihni The United Nations (UN) has three key principles for its ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The US and the EU face common challenges, including escalating geopolitical turmoil, climate change, digital transition and taming inflation, while, at the same time, ...

Hi!Breeding season has started for the sea turtles. I am a nature lover and regular visitor and swimmer at Parasolia beach in Kiti. Last year was a great one ...

I have lived in Cyprus since January, and used the roads and pavements of Limassol and beyond as a pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist and driver. As a headmaster, I have also ...

Why did Trump not take the stand and be cross-examined in front of the jury? The paradox about Donald Trump’s conviction on Thursday for falsifying business records is not ...

THE SERVILITY so generously shown to the visiting Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hammad Al Thani by awe-struck Prezniktwo was truly impressive. It was, after all, the first ever ...

Elections like never before will be held next Sunday. In one visit to the ballot box, people will have to vote for Members of the European Parliament, a district governor, ...

The International Monetary Fund praised Cyprus for its strong economic performance in its latest report. It commended the substantial primary surpluses, the ongoing efforts to reduce the public debt and ...

Irrespective of the outcome of the case brought against the auditor-general for inappropriate conduct, the government and the political parties should seriously consider ending the permanence of appointments to certain ...

Now that the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has made the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will soon face a monumental choice: whether ...

By Catherine Strong, Bianca Fileborn and Paige Klimentou The perennial question of what to do with musicians and their work when they are found to have been abusive has arisen ...

How elitist does it sound when a deputy suggests scooters must be banned if no active measures are taken to ensure their safe circulation? This view was expressed by Dipa ...

By Marios Eliades The President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Metsola recently visited Cyprus to inspect the progress on the Amalthea humanitarian aid project for the relief of the ...

As a fan of period dramas, the allure of Bridgerton’s world was irresistible from the very first episode. With the much-anticipated third season upon us, I decided to embark ...

When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took power in 2022, far-right parties across Europe hailed her victory, expecting the fiery new leader in Rome to pursue a nationalist agenda and battle ...

“Why did he do it? We were all told it would be the autumn and we were hoping by then we could turn things around. It is very perplexing,” said ...