#Our View

Nobody should have been surprised to be listening to Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou taking credit for the 13 per cent increase in the average salary in the last two years. It ...

In the end, the education ministry surrendered to the teaching unions over the evaluation system, the bill for which it had submitted to the House for approval. As expected, the ...

President Christodoulides’ relentless efforts to give the Cyprus Republic and himself a ‘role’ in international affairs backfired at the weekend, when the spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry issued a ...

Although an Israeli attack on Iran was seen as a possibility it still seems to have taken most of the world by surprise when it happened in the early hours ...

Another decision was issued by the European Court of Human Rights, after an application by the owner of an apartment block in Varosha. It ordered Turkey to pay compensation of €18,000 ...

Ever since its independence, Cyprus has enjoyed relations with India. There was probably solidarity as both had been British colonies that fought for their freedom, and both suffered the consequences ...

The European Commission sounded a warning about state expenditure for this year as it was forecasted to grow by more than the government stipulated it would. The government’s commitment ...

It appears the political parties have taken on the responsibility of deciding how the foreign-language courses at the two public universities would be introduced. The only snag is that there ...

When President Nikos Christodoulides first spoke about his government’s plans to develop Cyprus’ defence industry at the end of last year, many may have thought he was joking. He ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (Cysec) has been spurred into action by the allegations, made last week by Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, about links between Cyprus-based foreign exchange firms ...

The ludicrous ‘referendum’, held by the secondary teachers union Oelmek, overwhelmingly rejected the bill that would introduce a new system of evaluation of the work of each teacher. A total ...

While everyone claims to want corruption eliminated, nothing is done even when it is staring them in the face. The case of Cyprus-registered Blue Ocean, the company that was managing ...

It was no surprise to hear that the council of ministers decided on Wednesday to cover the deficits of Okypy, which runs the state hospitals until the end of 2026. Speaking ...

Nobody would have been surprised to hear the latest twist in the saga of the football clubs, which had the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) certifying that all of them satisfied ...

In principle, it’s hard to disagree with the slew of green taxes coming our way, at least in theory. After all it would be difficult for anyone to defend ...

Allegations about shady dealings and corruption at the interior ministry’s service administering properties owned by Turkish Cypriot are nothing new. We have been hearing them for years. Administration of ...

FOR MANY years the authorities have been trying to address the issue of property buyers, who were not issued title deeds. In the past, many thousands of foreign buyers had ...

Was anyone naïve enough to believe the education ministry would be able to introduce a new evaluation system for public school teachers? Teaching unions have been preventing the proper ...

When the government decided to increase cost of living allowance (CoLA) from 50 per cent to 67 per cent of its calculated value for the year, it gave no thought to the ...

Every time a bill aimed at promoting law and order and helping the police do their job, is discussed, either in public or at the legislature, there will be some ...

The government should be congratulated for formulating a ‘holistic’ plan for dealing with forest fires. This was finalised at a meeting on Friday under President Christodoulides, attended by several ministers ...

The so-called Pancyprian Peace Council will stage a demonstration outside the presidential palace on Friday evening to protest against President Nikos Christodoulides’ scheduled visit to Israel on Sunday. In announcing ...

The Federation of Employers and Industrialists (Oev) said the key challenges facing the Cyprus economy are the rationalisation of energy costs, containment of wages and ensuring the labour supply meets ...

Is there any country in the world apart from Cyprus in which employees do not allow their employer to assess their job performance? And is there any country in the ...