Opinion

We wonder if there are many countries in the world in which the legislature feels duty-bound to discuss the number of days of annual sick leave that is granted to ...

By Gulcin Ozkan For many years, it wasn’t the economy that determined voting behaviour in Turkey. The country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won almost every election he ...

US frustration has reached an apex By Arshad Mohammed, Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland US President Joe Biden effectively gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum on Thursday: protect ...

I read with interest, “Our View: Host of concerns about smart meters” (Cyprus Mail, April 2). While raising some important issues, there is at least one glaring omission: health and safety. ...

On March 8 a package was dispatched from a specialist confectionery shop, Dolly’s, in Surrey, UK to a young Cypriot recipient in Anavargos, Cyprus as a gift to celebrate western ...

Egypt has traditionally attracted significant interest, due to its distinctive historical and cultural weight, the sheer size of the country’s area and population, its geopolitical location and its control ...

The time to abolish “Daylight Saving” is long overdue! It makes no sense to deprive people of an hour’s sleep. The number of heart attacks and other health issues ...

There are plenty of crazies in Russian politics who make bizarre claims about their country’s victim status (“the evil West made us do it”) and issue blood-curdling but implausible ...

An open letter to the UK prime minister signed by 600 lawyers and retired judges, including three former Supreme Court judges, expressed grave concern that the UK government is not discharging ...

The arrival of over a dozen boats in the space of a week, carrying hundreds of Syrian irregular migrants, has sparked talk of ‘crisis’ and a migrant ‘invasion’. But how ...

Any tax reform should strive towards fiscal policies that strive for sustainable finances and ecconomic Equity By Orestis Aristides With regards to personal income tax, the option of taxing family ...

March was a busy month when it comes to environmental issues and climate change, marking both Earth Day and World Meteorology Day and giving the chance to politicians to publicly ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition politicians made some very pertinent points regarding a new peace process, in an article published in the last Sunday Mail, which the Greek Cypriot leadership should take ...

By Dan Baumgardt Although it always makes me scoff slightly to see Easter eggs making their first appearance in supermarkets at the end of December, there are few people who ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Apart from Ed Speleers, the trailer for An Irish Wish was uninspiring. I’m not a Lindsay Lohan or rom-com fan. Still, it was a chance ...

With one of Christianity’s most important dates fast approaching, several church scandals have dominated the headlines during the Lenten period that again raises the question of how much longer ...

The answer to the barrage of criticism by opposition parties over the government’s decision not to extend the tax discount on fuel beyond last month was provided by the ...

Leaving aside the series of setbacks to the installation of smart electricity meters involving tenders, courts and the potential loss of EU funding, news out of the UK recently presents ...

Newly re-elected Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has emerged as the main challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s reign. But in some ways, he is following in the footsteps of ...

Be warned: Cyprus motorists could be hit with hikes of 25 cents/litre by the end of the year By Charles Ellinas With Cyprus finance minister announcing that he will not ...

By Ruslan Nimchynskyi Ukraine categorically rejects the accusations, put forth by Russian officials claiming Ukraine`s involvement in the shooting at the Crocus concert hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. We ...

Nonsense to suggest Israel is fighting an existential war By Fahri Zihni The mediaeval Islamic cleric and wiseman Nasreddin Hodja’s fables and parables, which have evolved over centuries have ...

Erdogan’s party seeks advantage as Turkey’s local elections coincide with Ramadan By Ozan Aksoy Millions of voters in Turkey will head to the polls on Sunday to elect ...

By Roberta Metsola Summer 2024 will be the largest global election year in history. Much of the world’s population will be called upon to vote, including the people of Cyprus ...