Our View: Scooter ban: Elitism or safety concerns?
How elitist does it sound when a deputy suggests scooters must be banned if no active measures are taken to ensure their safe circulation?
This view was expressed by Dipa ...
EU’s interest must be put above partisanship
By Marios Eliades
The President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Metsola recently visited Cyprus to inspect the progress on the Amalthea humanitarian aid project for the relief of the ...
EU Recovery and Resilience Plans – an initial implementation assessment
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
The EU has evolved relatively slowly and gradually over time, from a trade agreement between a small number of states in the 1950s, to ...
Cyprus government and banks piling-up cash
They could do more to support economy and citizens
Over the last two years the Cyprus government has produced mounting surpluses and boosted substantially its cash balances at banks. And ...
Why Israel must win the war against Hamas
By Oren Anolik
Hamas’ ongoing aggression against Israel has reached a critical juncture following the vicious attack on October 7, 2023 and has deep-rooted implications, not just for the region, but for ...
Our View: 2022 brought great uncertainty, and this year looks likely to follow suit
Time seems to be passing so quickly that it’s almost hard to believe that three years have gone by since the world was plunged into panic over a pandemic ...
Cyprus gas and the EU’s ‘own goal’
Solving the Cyprus problem and solving the energy crisis go hand in hand
With the European energy crisis intensifying and the likelihood of complete Russian gas cut-off increasing – Russian gas ...
Our View: Lack of trust no problem with little chance of new peace moves
The build-up to the next six-monthly UN report on the Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission and a second on the justifications for extending the Unficyp mandate from the end of ...