Opinion

There is a Turkish Cypriot saying that goes, ‘The one who told the truth was driven out of nine villages’. Perhaps no one in Cyprus embodied this more than the ...

Article 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus states that “Every person has the right to a decent existence and to social security. A law shall provide for the ...

By Christoph Burgener In this excerpt from his speech, at the reception for the Swiss National Day, Ambassador of Switzerland, Christoph Burgener, sings the praises of the federal system of ...

The recent announcement by the coalition government of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding the ‘Revitalisation and Employment Programme’ marks a significant shift in Europe’s economic policy. Faced with years ...

I have been writing this column twice a week for a long time, so I have a finely developed a sense for when the audience is sick of a subject. ...

There were no tanks in Whitehall, the King is still on his throne and the BBC is not broadcasting putschist propaganda, but there was a successful coup in Downing Street ...

WARNING: If you are bored of the Cyprob, stop reading now. PREZNIKTWO was in defiant mood at the presidential place on Monday evening in his speech to mark the 52nd ...

By Dina-Perla Portnaar My phone almost exploded recently because of all those alarming weather reports in the Dutch media. Notifications screamed about a so-called Code Red, an impending apocalypse measured ...

Every year, at the height of the summer, we face the same problem. The Electricity Authority’s power stations had great difficulty producing enough power to satisfy demand. The antiquated ...

By Gaston Browne Today, Glasgow will once again become the meeting place of the Commonwealth, as athletes and supporters from 56 nations descend on its red-sandstone streets for the Commonwealth Games. ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos said that energy programme was proceeding according to the schedule, and the first natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field was expected by the end of 2030 ...

On Tuesday, on the instructions of the interior minister, trucks, accompanied by police, were sent to the beach front east of Larnaca to remove caravans, tents, picnic tables, barbecues that ...

The Peer Review Committee (PRC) European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) noted the progress made by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) in strengthening supervisory and enforcement practices following ...

It would be so easy for Donald Trump to escape from the trap he has built for himself in the Persian Gulf. Just declare a victory and leave. So what ...

In the end, the eagerly awaited World Cup final, between two footballing powers, turned out to be a very disappointing spectacle thanks to Argentina’s unrelenting negativity and spoiling tactics. ...

Andy Burnhambecame Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, pledging to break with the politics of the past to deliver a new economic model to benefit a ...

As the World Cup comes to an end today, so will the euphoria that most of us have experienced start to fade. The distraction – similar to the Colosseum gladiator games ...

Whilst being very quick to criticise, I like to think I display balance in my freedom to express opinion. This is an open letter of congratulations and thanks to the ...

My parents have come to visit and my wife took them to the beach today. They went down to the beach to the right-hand side of the Four Seasons in ...

India and the United States are the world’s two biggest democracies, and both of them seem to be in danger. In each of them populist federal governments are deliberately ...

Cyprus’ modern history is defined by missed diplomatic opportunities, ideological blindness and the cold calculations of regional powers. Since 1974, the events leading to the island’s partition have been clouded ...

With Andy Burnham about to take over as UK prime minister in a very British coup, Cyprus marked 52 years since the coup against President Makarios with sirens blaring at 8.20am ...

THE INHUMANITY the Paphos authorities have shown in the treatment of the British father, whose three-year-old son was killed, after falling out of a fourth-floor hotel window in Paphos last ...

The number of inspectors at the labour and social insurance ministry, clamping down on illegal or undeclared work will be doubled, said Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas. There were currently eight ...