Our View: Diko is virtue-signalling about social justice
It was interesting to read a release issued by Diko about the “social mission of the state.” Written by Anastasia Papadopoulou, the coordinator of the...
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Our View: Vaccine portal problems cannot be dismissed as teething troubles
Recognising that the voters may have tired of listening to their daily tirades about the golden passports, opposition parties found a new angle of attack...
Our View: We’ve moved from one set of restrictions to another
There seems to be no end to the erosion of our personal liberties by the government in the name of public health protection. While the...
Our View: No excuse for Easter lockdown
A little over a year ago, President Anastasiades had defended the strict lockdown over Easter, by telling us it was the way to ensure we...
Our View: Turkey has eliminated the basis for Cyprus talks
As expected, the informal five-plus-one- conference was a monumental failure. The Turkish Cypriot side, with Ankara’s full support, stuck to its position on two states...
Our View: Popular path cannot safely accommodate both pedestrians and cyclists
The Pedieos linear path is one of the greatest achievements of local government in the Nicosia district – a nature sanctuary that stretches for miles...
Our View: There’s a word for it when the state determines the extent of civil liberties
Perhaps the new lockdown, which kicks in on Monday, is necessary given the consistently high number of cases and the failure of the government to...
Our View: Cherry-picking what data to feed the public during a pandemic does not inspire trust
The health ministry introduced a new method of reporting the number of Covid-19 deaths this week. It no longer states whether the deceased had underlying...
Our View: There is no justification in a democracy for persecuting artists
It was extremely disappointing to read that the ministry of education and culture is now pursuing disciplinary action against the secondary school head teacher Giorgos...
Our View: Prices should be determined by the market and not by populist parties
One of the measures that passes as social policy in Cyprus is the practice of political parties passing laws that impose lower prices for so-called...
Our View: People’s fears will delay the national vaccination programme
The EU health commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, reportedly told a teleconference of health ministers, discussing the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine on Wednesday that “it is essential to...
Our View: Getting big salaries for doing the minimum is a public employee’s ‘conquest’
Hospital workers will meet on Tuesday to decide what action to take in protest against Okypy plans to carry out staff evaluations. The public employees’...
Our View: judicial reform is a major issue needing exhaustive discussion
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis submitted the bills to overhaul the dysfunctional justice system to the House legal affairs committee in the hope that these would...
Our View: A show of no confidence in our political establishment
Cynicism is high among the public if the latest opinion poll conducted for the CyBC is anything to go by. According to the poll conducted...
Our View: Nurses refusing jab poses dilemma for understaffed health sector
The revelation that 50 per cent of nursing staff at state hospitals had not been vaccinated for Covid-19 came as a big surprise. This posed...
Our View: Rational thought has been another casualty of the pandemic
Apart from the loss of lives, the pandemic has also caused a loss of reason among those that govern us. Covid-19 has had a disastrous...
Our View: The folly of creating so many deputy ministries will come back to haunt us
The establishment of the Deputy Ministry of Culture has been set in motion. Last week the council of ministers approved the relevant bill and it...
Our View: When did political party leaders become vaccine experts?
Who would have thought that the Cyprus political party system would have produced an expert on Covid-19 vaccines? Edek seems to think it is qualified...
Our View: Government is oblivious to the harm it’s doing to children
The Anastasiades government has shown what its priorities are with the latest measures it announced. It is certainly not education as it has decided to...
Our View: the US can play a vital, supporting role in the Cyprus process
After the four-year hiatus of the Trump presidency, the United States appears to have taken an interest in the Cyprus problem once again. On Wednesday,...