CM Reader’s View

Since 1976 I have been interested in Cyprus and travelled several times to this beautiful island since 1977, and recently also spent a few days in the north to get to know ...

The current outdated swimming pool legislation is ridiculous, unaffordable, unenforceable and lifeguards aren’t exactly hanging off trees waiting to be selected (Swimming pool law damaging Cyprus property and tourism, ...

We all know so much more now, especially if we were a part of the Thatcher-enabled noughties tsunami of off-plan buyers of Cyprus property. Nearly, we estimate, 30 per cent of ...

Sir, I am very concerned that Beiging’s basement bloggers have not drafted a welcome for the new Cyprus President, to be published as if written by the current China ...

The following exchange between Senator Bob Menendez and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 22, 2023, exemplifies the Foreign Relations Committee chairman’s uncompromising commitment to human rights and the rule ...

I read with astonishment the story regarding Wednesday’s cabinet decision aiming to curb violence in sports stadiums (Cabinet approves drug and alcohol tests for fans at sports stadiums, Cyprus ...

I am a Kostas Georgiou, 50 years old with cerebral palsy since I was eight months old – the polio vaccine gave me the deformity – and all my left side is shorter ...

I agree with your editorial ‘Shortage of nurses not the problem; the system is’ (Cyprus Mail, March 22). From first-hand experience, another problem is that the Nursing Council registration system doesn’...

Congratulations on your expose of the shady corrupt practices at the Civil Registry and Immigration Department (Government admits abuse in migration department, Sunday Mail March 19). The blatant abuse of the ...

As a regular visitor to the beautiful island of Cyprus and having a partner who is Greek Cypriot, I always look forward, with anticipation, to staying at our flat in ...

Congratulations to Mr Andreas Gregoriades for at last exposing this cemetery tax which according to his lawyer is not a tax but a levy which Oroklini council has imposed to ...

I would very much appreciate it if you could help bring attention to the gruesome reality of Cyprus highways. As a regular commuter to the city, I use the highway ...

We are given to understand that the President-elect’s cabinet will be equally divided between men and women. Would not the government be more effective, if each post was taken ...

Dear Sir, The motto of the recently introduced system of online contribution payments to the social insurance service is ‘Fast, Simple, Safe’. I cannot vouch for the system’s safety, ...

Accepting bothersome bureaucracy is a worldwide challenge not restricted to Cyprus, may I ask the above question and refer readers to the possibility that the ME3 “yellow slip” is less ...

The incumbent president of Cyprus was recently in London for a diaspora event which also celebrated 60 years of the establishment of the RoC. In his speech he said he feels ‘...

Today my complaint is about CoLA! I know that nearly all my friends take care of their grandchildren. Unstintingly! When do we all get paid for “childcare“? And we should ...

This election Sunday all persons testing positive with Covid will be allowed to break their quarantine and go to vote. It is amazing that no one is in danger of ...

I’m a retired British police officer and have lived here permanently for over two years. I pay my taxes here and contributions towards Gesy despite not actually being allowed ...

I have been following with interest the ongoing saga of the repossessions legislation. Not surprisingly, the borrowers organisation want to continue a ban on all repossessions, regardless of the financial ...

Marinos Papageorgiou’s November 16th article “Environmental education: A necessary tool” is spot-on. If we do not engage and educate the next generation about environmental challenges and give them tools ...

I read with interest the article from Alper Ali Riza KC comments about Brexit, saying how Brexit has brought “Britain to her knees” (Start talking to Russia again, Sunday Mail, ...

I read with incredulity the recent article by Paul Lambis reproduced in your publication regarding the St Nicholas monastery at Akrotiri. The article describes a scenario which simply does not ...

Can somebody please explain just what educational learning is to be gained by off-loading gangs of young teenage school kids on Paphos harbour and letting them run riot. This morning ...