Democracy heads into 2025 bloodied but unbowed
By Mark Bendeich
Democracy looks bruised but not beaten as it heads into 2025.
In a year in which countries representing almost half the world’s population called voters to the ...
A myth that freedom and democracy are under threat in 2024
President Joe Biden was in Normandy in France this week for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6 in which he gave a speech that drew a parallel ...
Media populism is undermining democracy
By Stephania Xenophontos
The growing intrusion of social media into the political scene has helped to undermine the sustenance of democracy.
Although, in essence, politics is a constant competition where ...
Cypriots dissatisfied with the functioning of democracy, concerned about migration
Over half of Cypriots are dissatisfied with the way democracy operates in their country, a proportion exceeding the average dissatisfaction rate in the European Union, Eurobarometer data showed on Wednesday.
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Minister of interior to discuss migration, democracy in Spain
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou will discuss migration issues on Tuesday, in Madrid, with his Spanish counterpart, Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez.
According to a press release, during their meeting the two ...
Important for democracies to listen to the public says Christodoulides
It is imperative to identify the challenges affecting democratic societies and to listen to the needs of the people, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday addressing the 2023 Summit for Democracy, ...
Cyprus remains a ‘flawed democracy’
Cyprus has been classed as a ‘flawed democracy’, ranking 37th in the list of countries analysed by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2022 Democracy Index.
The position on the table ...
Economist think tank dubs Cyprus ‘a flawed democracy’
Cyprus has been classed as a ‘flawed democracy’, dropping to its lowest level since 2014 on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2021 Democracy Index.
The overall picture globally, according to the ...
MPs urge caution over infectious diseases law
Opposition on Thursday called for caution over updating the 1923 law on infectious diseases to avoid restricting basic freedoms, with Akel arguing that lack of proper definitions of some words makes ...
Autocracy and democracy: the human race has a dual heritage
At first I was going to write about the ‘Arab Problem’, because there is not a single functioning democracy in the Arab world. This week’s presidential coup in Tunisia ...
Is political party state funding financing democracy?
Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras
Reports and post-programme surveillance following Cyprus’ exit from the bailout agreement praised sustained economic growth at rates far higher than expected. Progress was also made on ...