Opinion

Last week the unions representing public hospital nurses were busy meeting to discuss the issue of staff shortages, after which they demanded that the health ministry proceeded with the hiring ...

The US presidential elections are scheduled for November 2024. Understandably, their importance for the global economy is difficult to overestimate. Developed economies are generally characterised, nowadays, by lacklustre growth, labour shortages ...

As a foreigner residing in Cyprus, I’ve been witness to recent events that have sparked conversations about the treatment of foreigners in this beautiful island. From my personal experiences ...

In the fourth article looking at the Cyprus problem from a diplomatic viewpoint, Andreas Pirishis examines how the Soviet Union scuppered a major effort by the US and UK for ...

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born,” wrote Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci in 1929. “Now is the time of monsters.” Gramsci’s remark is being ...

It has profound socioeconomic effects, as well as political consequences in shaping the outcome of elections and policies Cyprus is a wealthy nation; but that wealth is very unevenly divided. ...

I and my family are very disturbed by the aggressive pro Ukraine War propaganda we experienced at the May 9 ‘Russian WW2 Victory’ celebration in Molos, Limassol. I live across from ...

The authority against corruption has so far received 192 complaints, according to its head Haris Poyadjis. He did not say how many had been investigated but we suspect it is a ...

The beginning of the end of Pax Americana President Vladimir Putin of Russia on a state visit to China declared a new era in international relations. Well, he would say ...

THE EAGERLY AWAITED opposition proceedings in the case brought against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides by attorney-general George Savvides were filed by the former’s team of big-shot lawyers, whose fees he ...

By David Le Breton Once upon a time, human relationships unfolded without smartphones. The reality may be hard to recall, so profoundly have these devices transformed the way we relate ...

It is astonishing how fast the government and legislature work when it is necessary. In a few days this week, the government drafted a bill that would expand the business ...

Akel deputy Christos Christofides has written to the auditor-general asking him to examine the data of the Independent Social Support Agency, which is under the authority of the president’s ...

By Penny Tinkler Dressed in a mini skirt and passionate about boys, music, dance and fashion, the 1960s teenage girl is a pop culture icon, the seeming beneficiary of the ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, left Cyprus after meeting the leaders on Monday, with nothing to show for her efforts. Monday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot ...

By Iacovos Iacovou On May 9th, 1950, the foundations were laid for the creation of the greatest ever peace project in human history. It was back then that the French Foreign ...

Human Design 101: A personal exploration by SARA DOUEDARI As someone with a keen interest in astrology, I have always been fascinated by what the stars and planets suggest about our ...

The public servants union Pasydy issued an announcement on Tuesday expressing its “intense displeasure” over the legislature’s approval of regulations, which deprive its members and their families (as well ...

Last week a despairing reader asked me if the solution to the ‘Middle East Problem’ might be to throw money at it: just buy the Palestinians out. Offer every Palestinian ...

After 19 years of investigations by police, forensic pathologists and lawyers, three death inquiries, applications to the Cyprus supreme court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), a judge ruled ...

This is the second time this year I feel compelled to write about the development of – or lack of – the Aphrodite gas field. This is the fifth attempt made by ...

In the third article looking at the Cyprus problem from a diplomatic viewpoint, Andreas Pirishis examines the long-standing hostility towards the US and UK During the first years of its ...

By Sarah Marsh and Kate Abnett The black-clad attackers beat up Matthias Ecke so badly as he put up posters in Dresden that he needed surgery. In Nordhorn, a man ...

Supporting a global economic recovery and green development By Liu Yantao The “China collapse” and “China has peaked” rhetoric seems to be resurfacing recently in a part of the world. ...