Our View: Voter registration numbers indicate growing apathy, disillusionment
It’s a sad indictment of our politicians that out of almost 72,000 eligible but unregistered voters, only around 10,000 at best signed up for the...
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Like a hidden vault
The likelihood of seeing meaningful capital statements published in Cyprus is slim On Monday, September 13, the statements of wealth of members of parliament...
Police escorts for politicians being cut by around 50%
The police escorts of political leaders and former state officials are being reduced by about 50 per cent, following a decision by the Justice Minister...
Our View: Public perceptions of corruption won’t change until parties change
More than nine out of 10 Cypriots consider the problem of corruption to be widespread. According the latest Eurobarometer survey 95 per cent of Cypriots...
Cypriots trust the army more than politicians – EU survey
Almost nine out of ten Cypriots say that they do not trust the political parties and point to the army as their most trusted institution,...
Whopping 84 per cent have no trust in political parties
Cypriots appear to be satisfied with their lives but do not trust political parties, according to the national analysis of the EU’s autumn Eurobarometer. According...
AG: politicians should stick to what they know
ATTORNEY-general Costas Clerides on Monday had some choice words for politicians, suggesting they should stick to what they know best. Appearing on a CyBC television...
In the land of the crows
By George Psyllides THOUGH Cyprus has seen scandals before, one could say that 2014 was the year when the political corruption abscess finally burst. Or...
Politicians’ security draining police force and state coffers
By a Staff Reporter POLITICIANS and VIPs who are not state officials should pay for their own security, the head of the police association has...
Why the man in the know was banned from econ probe
By Loucas Charalambous ALL THESE ridiculous goings-on surrounding the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into the collapse of the economy should surprise nobody. In this country,...
