Opinion

The EU is currently facing adverse shocks that reflect inherent weaknesses, including: (a) the difficulty in building consensus and promoting unified positions, (b) an over-dependence on the US, especially on ...

It seems there will be a summit between presidents Trump and Putin to discuss Ukraine in the absence of Ukraineand Europe. There has been no diplomatic preparation for a summit, ...

Wildfires, droughts, increased electricity demand, impacts on agriculture and tourism: with climate change they have not only become permanent but are intensifying. And making it even more challenging, the Mediterranean ...

By Flora Alexandrou With its Greek-tinged tone, kakistocracy is a word familiar to some, unfamiliar to many, yet more relevant than ever and increasingly accurate in describing systems we still ...

By Nouritza Matossian Born April 26, 1944, died August 6, 2025 Ruth Keshishian’s heart beat to the polyrhythms of Cyprus and Armenia. Her brilliant mind encompassed different disciplines and structures driven by her ...

WE HAVE entered the slow season for news as all the great and the good have gone on holiday. The main news story, as I write this, is that it ...

The muted reaction in the Republic to the arrest of the five Greek Cypriots in the north last month on trumped-up charges came as a surprise. If this had happened 10 ...

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit ...

A few days after the Limassol fire, President Christodoulides addressed the public from the presidential residence in Troodos, with the solemn-looking community leaders of the affected villages standing around him. ...

President Donald Trump said “great progress was made” in Wednesday’s talks on ending the war in Ukraine between his special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian president Vladimir Putin. Nothing ...

Ruth Keshishian, who had an encyclopedic knowledge and understanding of Cyprus’ history and literature, and owned the Moufflon Bookshop in Nicosia for decades, passed away on Wednesday night. She was 81. ...

Many were surprised to hear that President Christodoulides had asked the United States government to send a team of experts to conduct investigations on how the recent fires started, evaluate ...

Absolute power, especially held over long periods, can corrupt absolutely. Not always in evil ways, but in how the powerful can feel no compunction, once in office, to serve as ...

Three days have passed since an anti-occupation gathering organised by Famagusta municipality but the negative comments by political parties continue. They have all expressed their disapproval of the “unacceptable” views ...

Now would be a good time to watch a Netflix documentary series called Chimp Empire. It’s about one year of an ongoing war between two bands of chimpanzees, shot ...

The arrest of the five Greek Cypriots by the occupation authorities last week has put the Cyprus government in a rather difficult position. Even more difficult after the military court ...

In addition to trying to solve the overarching Cyprus problem, governments have faced many interrelated challenges, including ensuring the adequate functioning of physical infrastructure systems, implementing reforms required for EU ...

At long last, some Western leaders have found the political will to try to put a stop to the killing in Gaza. President Emmanuel Macron became the first G7 leader ...

Every year, on “national” days of celebration and remembrance, marked separately in the northern and southern Cyprus, politicians regurgitate dusty old speeches that portray the island as still defined by ...

Even though it is recognised as a state by 143 of the 197 states of the UN TV pictures of starving babies dying of hunger in Gaza was too much for France, ...

HAVING failed to quieten the widespread public criticism of his government for its perceived inept firefighting policies with his pained looks and heart-felt apologetic words, Prezniktwo decided the only way ...

Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas announced on Tuesday that he would be submitting a declaration of interest to the European Commission with regard to the Security Action for Europe (SAFE), the ...

The main reason there had been no Public Warning System (PWS) in operation during last week’s wildfires, to issue people in the middle of the blaze with much-needed information, ...

Cyprus’ pharmacists on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of keeping the absurd opening hours, which forces all pharmacies to close between 1.30pm and 3pm every day except on Wednesdays and ...