What a long-term strategic energy plan should include
The question is no longer whether Cyprus needs a long-term energy plan. The question is what such a plan should include.
A successful energy strategy must provide a coherent framework ...
Our View: Trump made right call despite appearing weak
The United States entered the war with Iran three-and-a-half months ago with the objectives of halting its nuclear programme, destroying its ballistic missiles industry, ending its funding of Hamas and ...
Our View: Selfish nursing unions are putting lives at risk
Every attempt by the government to address the nursing shortage at private hospitals has been blocked by unions. Some private hospitals and clinics are at risk of not being able ...
Why Cyprus needs a comprehensive, integrated and long-term energy plan
Recent warnings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), concerns raised by the auditor-general and growing criticism from energy experts all point to the same conclusion: Cyprus urgently needs a comprehensive ...
Our View: Attorney-general in a pickle over Mafia State report
After an investigation that lasted longer than two years, carried out by four lawyers, the anti-corruption authority on Tuesday released a 67-page report on the findings. According to the report, ...
Our View: Government right to clarify defence arrangements
AFTER Cyprus and France signed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) at the start of the previous week, some media reports claimed that this would lead to the permanent presence ...
East Med energy diplomacy returns to centre stage
The launch of the East Med Energy Center (Emec) in Houston this week and the revival of high-level regional energy diplomacy mark significant developments in East Med energy cooperation. The ...
What ultimately determines whether a compliance programme succeeds or fails?
By Kyriaki Stinga and Dorina Mastora
Most professionals would point to effective controls, robust governance, adequate resources, regulatory expertise or technological sophistication. All of these are important. They also share ...
Lessons for Cyprus from Armenia
A lot has been written about the parliamentary election that took place here in Cyprus three weeks ago. I will not attempt to add to that as I have nothing ...
The cash you may no longer use
From next month, a category of ordinary, lawful payment between two consenting adults becomes illegal to settle in cash in Cyprus. That category is rent. The change is arriving with ...
Surrounded by liars, Mr Anastasiades?
By Dimitris Xenofontos
In his recent podcast appearance with Marinos Nomikos, Nicos Anastasiades repeated his familiar narrative: Turkey, he argued, was not ready to abolish the unilateral right of intervention ...
Scope for fiscal stimulus is limited amid energy crisis
The global economy is facing a serious, but not unprecedented, energy crisis. The transportation of oil and natural gas has been negatively affected, mainly due to the closure of the ...
I saw many crimes near Nowak murder site
I heard Henry Nowak get stabbed and lived through the aftermath of vigils, counter-vigils and memorial vandalisms.
Belmont Road in Southampton where the murder occurred has some Victorian terrace houses, ...
Political speculation is cheaper than investigative journalism
Weeks after the parliamentary elections, much of the media’s energy remains focused on political manoeuvring, opinion polls, and speculation about the 2028 presidential race. This obsession is driven by three ...
Footballers’ fear of penalty shootouts
When Arsenal football club lost 4-3 on penalties to Paris Saint Germain (PSG) in the European Champions final in Budapest two weeks ago the question no England fan dared ask ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Is president unaware of Cyprob fatigue?
THERE was a time, some years ago, when a visit by a UN envoy to Kyproulla, with the aim of kicking some life into the Cyprob, would be big news, ...
Our View: Far right Cyprus party more likely to be part of political system than threat to it
Akel’s reaction to the distribution of the House committee chairs, which was completed on Friday, defied belief. It sparked an exchange of terse announcements with Disy, which accused Akel ...
The Cypriot defence pivot: a strategic illusion
The June 2026 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between Cyprus and France, and the 2024–2029 US–Cyprus Defence Roadmap, mark a radical departure from Nicosia’s historic military neutrality. While Cyprus hopes ...
The Cyprus tourists see, and the Cyprus locals live
By Dina-Perla Portnaar
What I’ve come to understand, now that I live in Paphos, is that Cyprus functions as a condensed mirror of the modern world. What many outsiders ...
Our View: Can the 3+1 energy dialogue finally deliver?
Another instalment of the 3+1 energy dialogue of Cyprus, Greece and Israel plus the United State took place on Thursday at Rice University in Houston. Like previous, such meetings, it dealt ...
Our View: The constitutional time bomb of deputy ministries
It defies belief that for years now, the executive and the legislature have been pretending there is no constitutional issue with the deputy ministries, the first of which was introduced ...
Our View: A World Cup built for revenue, not football
The 23rd World Cup kicks off today with one of the host nations, Mexico meeting South Africa. This will be the first time there will be three host nations – Canada ...
Our View: This may be the very last opportunity for reunification
The enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem that President Nikos Christodoulides has been asking for will take place in either July or August said the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, ...
Our View: Increasing pay for contract soldiers can’t be back door to civil service
Boosted pay and service benefits will be offered by the defence ministry to make the job of national guard private more attractive, according to press reports. The national guard is ...
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