Opinion

The government seems determined to go ahead with the ‘unfreezing’ of 1,851 positions in the public service as the little political resistance encountered when it took its proposal to the legislature ...

By Jeremy Wyatt and Joseph Ulatowski When Academy Awards boss Bill Kramer recently applauded comedian Chris Rock for speaking “his truth” about being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars ...

After laying the foundation stone for the campus of the American University of Beirut-Mediterraneo in Paphos, President Nikos Christodoulides said its establishment was “completely aligned with our policy to make ...

Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, left an indelible mark on music history. The renowned singer and performer whose revolutionary career influenced musicians from David Bowie to Beyoncé ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is riding high in the polls to the alarm of mainstream parties and is on track to win three state votes in the east ...

Everyone condemned the weekend attack on a young Turkish Cypriot woman in Ayia Napa by thugs. Everyone agreed that such violence against a woman was totally unacceptable behaviour which brought ...

By Les Manison Newly elected President Nikos Christodoulides promised in his campaign that his government would be one of “broad social acceptance”. For the economy this should mean a situation ...

Artificial General Intelligence would perceive human beings in roughly the same way as we see plants. By Gwynne Dyer I’m looking at a headline this morning that screams ‘AI ...

I refer to the article “Trash talking: Cyprus drowning in rubbish” (Sunday Mail, May 28) in which Andreas Yiannaki described the excellent work that he is doing to get the rubbish, ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Demographic trends, most notably the declining trend of indigenous populations, mainly due to low birth rates, is a key challenge for all developed countries. ...

Saturday, June 3 was World Bicycle Day, unanimously established by the UN General Assembly in 2018. The United Nations had a good reason to do so. The bicycle deserves to be celebrated. ...

I write simply to share my experience with readers which might be a unique occurrence or widespread. Sometime ago, the Cyprus Mail published an informative article about energy saving and ...

So, after some 63 years of the Republic’s independence, the newly elected president of Cyprus with years of political experience under his belt, has suddenly decided that legislation is needed ...

Whenever something goes seriously wrong in democracies, governments appoint judicial inquiries to investigate and report. They are often an expedient smokescreen geared to fend off blame and diffuse criticism. Politicians ...

THE POLITICAL renewal that Prez Nik II promised in the election campaign was put into practice, not for the first time, with the return to action of retired ambassador and ...

After a decade of high-sounding declarations, timelines that fell by the wayside, alliances that came to nothing and ambitious projects on paper – government ambitions for our natural gas reserves have ...

By Charles Ellinas Energy Minister, George Papanastasiou, initiated a debate around natural gas immediately following his appointment. In line with government goals, he has prioritized bringing natural gas to the ...

Diagnostics centres and medical labs affiliated to Gesy have been complaining because the unit price they are paid has been steadily falling. Phileleftheros reported that the unit price for diagnostics ...

The establishment of the National Security Council (NSC), which President Nikos Christodoulides believes would help him deal with security and strategy issues, was approved by the cabinet on Wednesday and ...

By Ethan Pancer, Matthew Philp and Theo Noseworthy In today’s world, our diets are often packed with fats and sugars. Our ancient instinct to crave calorie-rich foods, which once ...

When Elam was given the presidency of the ad hoc parliamentary committee on the demographic problem it may have thought of it as the ideal platform for its anti-migrant rhetoric ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE In mid-June readers of James Joyce’s Ulysses who know his characters Molly and Leopold Bloom, will know what ‘Bloomsday’ is all about. Ulysses is an ...

Universal outrage greeted the post by maverick independent deputy Andreas Themistocleous on Facebook mocking Greens deputy Alexandra Attalidou. There is no denying that his post was offensive, deeply racist and ...

The European Commission has informed the government that it does not accept the formula put together by the parliamentary parties for VAT on the construction or purchase of a primary ...