Our View: Sunbeds on Varosha beach is not high on list of current global crises
A video, showing a bulldozer clearing a stretch of the beach front in the fenced-off part Varosha while workers were placing sunbeds, sparked the inevitable...
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Our View: Seeking compromise on sanctions is wiser than threatening a veto
Foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides made a strong case for Cyprus with regard to the sixth package of sanctions against Russia planned by the European Commission....
Our View: If Akel has a way to halt inflation they should tell us
Labour Day offered an opportunity to Akel to repeat the narrative about the government widening economic inequality and creating a bleak future for the workers....
Our View: Ukraine has become a proxy war but we should not forget who caused it
Russia’s ‘special military operation’ for the alleged de-Nazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine has entered its third month with no end in sight. On the contrary,...
Our View: The predicament of independent candidates in Cyprus
Another candidacy for the 2023 presidential elections was announced on Friday, bringing the total of number of candidates standing, so far, to six. If there...
Our View: Hospitals can’t be run like government offices
We do not know who decided the state hospital working hours, but whoever it was deserves an award for cluelessness. Having the working hours for...
Our View: Whither religion? Easter may be the time to ask
Europe is united on some things, but religion isn’t one of them. The north is secular, the south and east more devout. Easter in the...
Our View: Time to review total state control over Covid measures
The relaxations to Covid measures that came into force last week are welcome, though disappointingly cautious compared to other countries. The problem is that the...
Our View: Failure to respect Natura obligations doesn’t bode well for Green Deal
For what seems like the umpteenth time, the European Commission has called on Cyprus yet again to take measures to protect its Natura 2000 sites and to...
Our View: Anastasiades needs new talking points on the Cyprus issue
Does President Anastasiades ever tire of repeating the same platitudes about the Cyprus problem whenever he meets a foreign dignitary? For whose benefit are these...
