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The war in Ukraine entered its 100th day on Friday with President Zelenskiy saying that Russian troops had taken control of 20 per cent of the country. A few days earlier, ...

Understandably, everyone is complaining about the soaring fuel prices, which on Friday went up yet again, with unleaded 95 now at about €1.81 per litre and diesel at €1.88 per litre. The increase ...

On the face of it, the auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has a point in criticising energy regulator Cera for its decision not to grant the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) any ...

The targeted measures for helping ‘vulnerable’ families deal with soaring inflation, announced by finance minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday, should be seen more as a gesture of help rather an ...

As long as authorities stay bogged down in the minutiae, traffic cams will see more delays Reading about the cascade of failures across the new traffic cams system is like ...

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 uproar among Greek Cypriots, all ...

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. He was correct to point ...

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. This narrative has been served ...

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, there has been an ...

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 are more than six, we apologise ...

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 government offices apply to state ...

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 UK is mostly an ...

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 government is lifting restrictions at ...

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 respect its obligations under ...

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 platitudes uttered? His visitors who ...

So the government has finally decided to set us free from our Covid shackles, not completely, but enough to make life a good deal easier for everyone. The extent of ...

After President Anastasiades’ meeting with the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, the government spokesman issued a written statement in which he said, they discussed the ...

Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), gave a thorough analysis of the problems facing the euro area as a consequence of the Russia-Ukraine war that came ...

Yiannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, and Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, on Tuesday, spoke of the need to attract ‘quality tourism’ that would endure in times ...

High prices of fuel, grain, meat and vegetables have become a popular subject for the media. Indignant stories about the the constantly rising price of fuel, the soaring cost of ...

A letter, demanding that the twice-yearly exams for lyceums should be scrapped, was sent to the education minister and it was signed by secondary school teachers’ union Oelmek, the confederation ...

The closing of RCB bank was announced by the bank itself on Thursday, ending speculation about its future that was fuelled by Tuesday’s announcement of the sale of a ...

When President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov was asked by CNN about the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, he gave the following response: “We ...

The arrogance with which the ambassador of the Russian Federation, Stanislav Osadchiy, addresses Greek Cypriots never ceases to astonish. When he gives an interview, and he has given more in ...