#Our View

The disappointing results of the gas drilling at the Elektra-1 well in Block 5 of the Cypriot EEZ may have caused some surprise, bearing in mind ExxonMobil’s earlier assessment of ...

Last week’s biggest news was the protest by thousands of Turkish Cypriots (around 13,000) against the re-legalisation of hijab in schools. If you live in the Republic, though, you’d ...

At an event to discuss the pay-as-you throw system on Wednesday night, Disy leader and House speaker Annita Demetriou highlighted how the lack of planning has stymied yet another green ...

There are none so adept at gaming the system in Cyprus than public servants through the constant use of lawfare which they have honed to a fine art by making ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the tariffs that would be imposed on the United States’ trading partners, in what he described as ‘liberation day’ for America. Many in the ...

There is a tendency in Cyprus either to completely ignore EU directives or to implement them with excessive zeal. In the former category are nature conservation, waste management, water protection ...

“Shock at education committee: even rumours about human trafficking between students,” read a click-bait headline on a news website on Thursday. A newspaper was even clearer with the headline about ...

Everyone appears to have left Geneva relatively happy on Tuesday. It may be more accurate to say ‘not unhappy’ – anything else would be stretching it – because the anodyne outcome of ...

Every year, deputies vote through an extension to the deadline for paying road tax for the year by two-and-a-half months. Instead of paying the following year’s road tax by ...

The government appears reluctant to drop the resoundingly stupid proposal of forcing people in the vicinity of a football ground, before a match, to undergo alcohol and drug testing. This ...

There was good news from Geneva on Tuesday afternoon. A new, admittedly low-key process was set in motion, with the sides agreeing to work on specific confidence building measures before ...

Political parties are discussing the increase of the number of deputies from 56 to 63. The proposal was discussed on Thursday at the House interior committee, submitted by its chairman and Edek ...

It was no surprise that in his televised address, President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted the healthy economic indicators which his government’s “responsible economic policy” had achieved. The government, he said ...

A record quantity of cannabis was seized at Larnaca airport in 2024 the drug squad reported. There were 14 cases accounting for 194kg which was one third of the total quantity (617kg) ...

There is an unwritten law in Cyprus by which banks and semi-governmental organisations cannot make staff redundant. They can only offer a voluntary exit scheme by which it is up ...

The prospect of an informal, multi-party gathering in Geneva that would examine the possibility of a new peace process, which is anything but a certainty, appears to have worried some ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos should be congratulated for ignoring the reactionary pressure of the government doctors’ union Pasyki and going ahead with the submission of the bill that would establish ...

Another farcical meeting about multiple pensions was held at the House finance committee on Monday. This time deputies of all parties, including those supporting the government, turned against the government ...

We often wonder what is the point of town planning rules and so-called zoning? Do they exist so that they can be ignored by the authorities when a developer comes ...

The Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis has made a habit of producing numbers and percentages as proof of the good work he has been doing. While this is a ...

News of a proposed bill, tabled to parliament by the finance ministry and intended to resolve the issue of multiple pensions, is very welcome – but the proposed solution is still ...

Kudos to Depa MP Michalis Yiakoumi who is advocating harsher sentences for child predators. Although Cyprus’ criminal code enshrines life sentences as the maximum penalty for a number of sexual ...

The weather on Tuesday was not the only thing that rained on the goat and sheep herders’ parade. Goat and sheep breeders marched on the presidential palace clad in waterproof ...

Three years and a few million euros later, Cyprus is still struggling to implement a national strategy for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the meantime, their problems are ...