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THE reckless irresponsibility of our political parties when pandering to voters is a real danger to the country. But nothing else matters if they believe

THE CYPRUS government appears to have invested a great deal of time and effort in persuading our EU partners to impose punitive measures on Turkey

IT TOOK three years to achieve interoperability of mobile phones between the two sides. This was not because of complex technical difficulties that needed three

IT IS often said by critics of the workings of committee, with ample justification, that a camel is a horse designed by committee. In Cyprus,

GREEKS gave Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party a strong mandate to head the country’s first post-bailout government, ending four-and-a-half years of left-wing rule by Syriza,

AFTER a brief lull, the parties have resumed their campaign against foreclosures. The spark for renewing the campaign was provided by news that the submission

STRIKES have become a regular occurrence at the Larnaca bus company Zenon. Every few months the bus drivers go on strike because the company has

ONCE a luxury for the wealthy, flying has become so commonplace that on a day in June last year, flightradar24.com tracked over 200,000 flights around

THERE was an outcry, a couple of weeks ago when it was reported that the government had not filed observations in a case before the

AS IF Cyprus did not have enough issues with Turkey, it’s slowly emerging that Ankara appears to be facilitating people-smugglers by allowing asylum-seekers to fly

EVENTS of the last few weeks must have shaken up the Anastasiades government, shattering its illusions and exposing the foreign minister’s theories about Cyprus gaining

AS MUCH as the authors of the national health scheme have tried to insulate Gesy from the effects of the market by setting up a

This is likely to be the first year, since the opening of the checkpoints in 2003 that more Greek Cypriot will have crossed north than

THE introduction of four-monthly exams at state secondary schools, like most things to do with a public education system run by unions and associations has

IS THE Cyprus Republic’s absence from cases brought against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by Greek Cypriots a government policy or

IT WAS ABOUT time the House of Representatives started asking questions about the farce of the political advisors that are hired on contracts by the

THE SACKING of Nicos Polyzos, the chief executive of the state health services Okypy, was not a surprise in itself as he had reportedly fallen

THE BOSSES of four of the biggest unions were invited to the presidential palace on Friday morning for talks with President Anastasiades who wanted to

THE ELECTION of the first Turkish Cypriot as a Member of the European Parliament provoked quite a reaction in Greek Cypriot society, a large section

WE DO NOT know whose advice President Anastasiades follows, in regularly offering his services as a mediator in industrial disputes, but wherever it comes from