Opinion

If union bosses were asked to choose whomever they wanted as the Christodoulides government’s minister of labour, they would not have found anyone more prepared to champion their interests ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE After getting into and out of Suits, I was happy to find on Netflix an actor I like, Nathan Fillion, and his female co-workers in The ...

The mending of relations between the government and the CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC), which has the contract for the construction and operation of the Vasiliko LNG terminal, is a positive ...

As the curtain fell on another hunting season, our concern deepens for the hills of Lythrodontas. Sundays, once a sanctuary for peaceful picnics around Ayios Demetrios church, now reveals a ...

It may seem that the violence and chaos that have gripped Haiti are finally being addressed. The unelected acting president nobody wanted, Ariel Henry, has resigned. An international police force ...

By Glafkos Constantinides The Cyprus problem remains unsolved for a good 50 years. In this political ‘production function’, to use a term borrowed from economics, the only constant is change. Little ...

I came across your item about the building work being carried out in Kyrenia harbour while doing research before booking a holiday – I live in the UK. I am shocked ...

British politics was dominated by racism and anti-semitism last week around the person and politics of Diane Abbott, the first black woman to be elected to the British parliament in 1987 ...

WHEN the story about the entrepreneurial archimandrites, who set up the start-up monastery Osiou Avakoum in Fterikoudi, broke and there was talk of film of them having sex with each ...

By Maria Demertzis On security issues, the European Union does not speak collectively with one voice and member states are very far from having the same objectives on defence. Yet, ...

In recent decades, a number of factors have contributed to a containment in defence spending, including: (a) the end of the cold war which, unlike prior conflicts, was accomplished peacefully, (...

FOR the last ten days or so, the media has been full of stories and reports about the goings-on at the Osiou Avakoum monastery and the two monks who are ...

By Mary Butler TD We realise that, in Ireland, we are fortunate to have a National Day that almost everyone knows. St. Patrick’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate ...

Although feeling duty-bound to pay lip service to the protection of the environment, Cyprus governments have traditionally shown scant regard for this. They routinely ignore the regulations and laws they ...

By Alison Cole Industrial. Mechanical. Brutal. These are the words acclaimed electro-acoustic composer Hans Zimmer uses to describe his music for Dune: Part Two. Dune: Part One (2021) showcased Zimmer’s ...

The humanitarian aid ship Open Arms finally left Larnaca on Tuesday, pulling a barge carrying 200 tonnes of food supplies and was expected to reach the Gaza coast by Wednesday night. ...

Reflecting on the Kim Kardashian Theory, I’ve recently watched on YouTube, I’ve come to understand a dimension of fame and feminism that challenges conventional narratives. Kim Kardashian, far ...

Speaking about her plans for the next school year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou set as a ministry priority “the transition to a modern, human-centred and inclusive school that will cultivate ...

Much has been said and written about the two-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed on an 82-year-old man for shooting and injuring a man who was attempting stealing electricity cable from his ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In recent decades, a number of factors have contributed to a containment in defence spending, including: (a) the end of the cold war which, ...

By Fahri Zihni It is now the 60th anniversary of the Turkish Cypriot community being subjected to social and economic embargoes. Yes, 60, not 50 years. These have been implemented through the ...

I am sure all who live in Cyprus are (sadly) aware of the deliberate act of feral cats “poisoning”. The slow death is horrific. Recently I personally witnessed and experienced, ...

The large magnitudes of tax evasion and tax avoidance are having a profound impact on the economy and citizens of Cyprus. Tax evasion is defined as the deliberate non or ...

There was a very amusing TV clip on BBC World Service last week in which its man in Beijing, Stephen McDonell asks delegates milling about at the Great Hall of ...