Opinion

After being apart for nearly 30 years, in April 2003, we were finally able to meet our parents’ childhood friends. I was lucky to grow up in an open-hearted family. Mum’s ...

They could do more to support economy and citizens Over the last two years the Cyprus government has produced mounting surpluses and boosted substantially its cash balances at banks. And ...

I refer to the article in the Sunday Mail (April 21) and the suggestion that the proposed change in the law on swimming pools will be met with huge relief by ...

THE DISCIPLES of Odysseas, the first ever auditor-general in the world with a big cult following, were devastated by the news that the attorney-general filed a case at the supreme ...

West’s foreign policy blunders to blame for migrant crisis What to do about boat people? The problem is not as overwhelming in UK as it is in the Mediterranean ...

Candidacies were submitted on Wednesday and Thursday for the most complex elections ever held in Cyprus. On the same day, June 9, people would be voting for Members of European Parliament ...

By Ioannis Tirkides These are unprecedented times. We are simultaneously on the cusp of a technological revolution and the promise of unparalleled economic prospects, and on the brink of total ...

For years, people have been complaining about the scandal of the multiple pensions collected by politicians and state officials. Some of these officials, having served in different posts, were collecting ...

It seems only a matter of time before the Attorney-General George Savvides will submit the request to the supreme court to have Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides removed from his post for ...

By Edith Jennifer Hill and Lydia Woodyatt Have you ever wondered if your partner really loves you? Well apparently so have thousands of TikTok users, who are testing their theories ...

For the government, there seems to be only one way for formulating policy – inviting stakeholders to the presidential palace for discussions. This is the way President Nikos Christodoulides likes to ...

Consider this: Barbie, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift. This trio isn’t just reshaping pop culture, they are redefining economic power in ways we cannot ignore. It’s a trend that surged ...

A few weeks ago, a column in Phileleftheros, under the headline “‘Islamic State’ in occupied area: Turkey’s plan for settlement and Islamification,” issued the following warning: “Ankara aims at ...

Drug alarmism has always been very dear to politicians and journalists. In the past, they would talk about ‘white death’ with reference to marijuana, giving the impression that someone smoking ...

Extreme nationalism always looks foolish or even deranged to those who have not caught the virus, but in India it’s now official. In January, India’s Ministry of Defence ...

By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is using his hush money trial to squeeze his loyal army of small donors and personally lobby major backers ...

It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside By Ye In (Jane) Hwang You’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t ...

I am writing to address the recent article headlined “The worst economic crisis in Turkish Cypriot history” (Cyprus Mail, April 14). While the article correctly notes that inflation stands at 94.5 per ...

A young Bangladeshi man recently deported, was a gentle person with very good English and basic Greek, obviously a good worker having been gainfully employed for years. His friend, a ...

The key pillars of development, financing ownership and governance of affordable housing explained By Erol Riza Cyprus, like many other EU countries, faces a socio-economic problem of a shortage of ...

It is extraordinary that the West still buys into the idea that it was necessary and proportionate for the defence of Israel to destroy Gaza The UN Charter which was ...

OUR ESTABLISHMENT would like to mention that today is its 33rd birthday. The first ever Coffeeshop appeared in 1991 on April 21 (admittedly an unfortunate day as it coincided with the day ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed his “particular satisfaction” that his stated objective of linking the EU-Turkey relations with the Cyprus issue was achieved at the special meeting of the European Council ...

By Pierre Micheletti A little over ten years after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the coast of Lampedusa, claiming the lives of 368 migrants, another boat ...