Opinion

Foreign minister Constantinos Kombos described his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday night as “particularly constructive,” saying that he stressed “our strong will to return to the negotiations ...

A monthly guide to the world of venture investments news provided by the international angels community ICLUB In the June edition of the News Digest, we talk about the picks ...

By Averyl Gaylor On TikTok, ‘old money’ and ‘clean girl’ aesthetics are trending, with over three and four billion views respectively. Content tagged #cleangirlaesthetic and #oldmoneyaesthetic proliferates on the platform. ...

A few months ago, there was public outrage after it transpired that President Nicos Christodoulides had appointed as member of the public service commission a man who had a university ...

THEWAY THINGS ARE Going to her parked car, a teacher overheard a boy talking to pals, not about the usual social media trends but politics, and she could see where ...

Russia is decaying in a potent brew of absurdity and repression that is comparable to the Leonid Brezhnev-era of the Soviet Union, Oleg Orlov, one of the Russia’s most ...

The taxpayer will have to provide another €60m that was not budgeted this year to pay for the increase in CoLA (from 50 to 67.7 per cent of the rise in the ...

The Customs Department has always been notorious for its heavy-handedness in dealing with people. Customs officials always interpret complex bureaucratic rules in any way they please, relying on people’s ...

By Tanya Romanyuka, Head of Operations at TechIsland In the ever-evolving tech landscape, it’s undeniable that the role of HR has dramatically changed. It is no longer confined to ...

By Maria Demertzis The increasing interest in geoeconomics reflects a shift from designing economic policy based only on economic principles and objectives, to economic statecraft policies that aim to promote ...

And the church’s role in schools ensures it will stay that way By Fahri Zihni My late mother was born in the village of Tera, Paphos in 1924 to a ...

The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first glance like just another example of ‘...

Inside the game, my month-long election campaign experience in the Cyprus Football Association By Demos Georgiades Stepping into the political labyrinth of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), I had expectations. ...

It was obvious refugees could not be deported to Rwanda and that dangerous refugee criminals are eminently deportable but not an elected MEP Refugee decisions from the top courts in ...

IT IS STILL unclear whether the report about customs officials checking how much petrol is in a car crossing north actually happened or was a fabrication aimed at frightening people ...

Nothing illustrates the populist values of our politicians better than their recklessly slapdash handling of the foreclosures law, which they approved some nine years ago and ever since have been ...

The rate of inflation was down to 1.9 per cent in June, according to the latest figures released by the statistical service. In May it was 3 per cent, which suggests the ...

Nothing contained in the European Commission’s latest report on Rule of Law, regarding Cyprus came as a surprise. It was more of the same with some faint praise for ...

By Valentina Paz, Hassan S Dashti and Victoria Garfield Sleep plays an important role in keeping the brain healthy, which is why people are advised to get at least seven ...

The two draft reports of the UN Secretary-General, about his good offices mission and Unficyp clearly state the UN’s position about a new initiative. Antonio Guterres sets his own ...

Where is home? For most people, home is unquestionably where the heart is. It is more than just a place where you are born; it is where you become yourself. ...

By Anne Kauranen and Johan Ahlander High above a railway bridge spanning a foaming river just outside the Arctic Circle, Finnish construction workers hammer away at a project that will ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou has announced that he would initiate a dialogue with stakeholders about shop opening hours. This transpired after a meeting he had with Povek, the association that ...

In its Green Line Regulation report for 2022 the European Commission recorded 144 per cent increase in trade between the two sides compared to the previous year. In percentage terms this could ...