Could linking EU-Turkey relations with Cyprus issue lead anywhere?
By Joanna Christodoulides
It is no secret that Turkey is an important partner to the EU – or what Brussels would call a “strategic” partner. As crises multiply and the EU ...
Our View: Student grants fuel a culture of entitlement
There was not a single voice of dissent on Wednesday, when the deputies at the House education committee discussed the supposed need for higher grants for university students. When it ...
Our View: Government turns its fire on UN envoy
The government could not allow the meeting of Maria Angela Holguin with the representative of the Turkish government, Ali Burak Basceri, in the occupied area, to pass without comment. This ...
Our View: Is an employer legally obliged to have a collective agreement in place?
Cyprus’ unions have always championed collective agreements at the workplace, insisting that the regime existing in the protected public sector is also imposed in the private sector. The demand for ...
Aluf Benn’s despair
Aluf Benn, the editor of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, has been a steady voice of moderation and common sense for a long time amid the dogmatism and extremism of ...
Our View: Akel needs to understand what is really behind progressive change
Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou addressed the party’s central committee on Saturday about the plans for the 2028 presidential election. He announced the start of contacts with political and social forces ...
Cashback: store checkout as new ATM
The further digitalisation of payments does not mean that cash is ceasing to have economic and social value. The recent initiative of the Association of Cyprus Banks and Visa to ...
Statistics can be misleading
Statistics are often viewed with scepticism. The familiar saying that “the numbers are thriving, but citizens are not” does not simply reflect a general sense of distrust. It, rather, highlights ...
France’s debt trap and democratic revolt
For three decades, European policymakers operated under a comforting illusion: sovereign debt crises were peripheral disruptions confined to the southern periphery – Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus.
The euro crisis of 2010...
It feels like a big change could be coming
It has been quite a week. First we had ‘Lula’ – Luiz Inacio da Silva (as nobody but his mother ever called him) – defying everybody’s expectations. After winding up two ...
A Frankenstein bill supposedly designed to protect the media and journalists
By Giorgos Frangos
The bill intended to implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) has been going back and forth between the interior ministry, the legal service and parliament for ...
Kronos: A historic milestone
The signing on October 26 of the main contracts for the development of the Kronos gasfield, worth up to $1.8 billion, marks the project’s transition into the construction phase. This is ...
Cyprus helped shape law of the sea – now it must defend it
In December 1982, ambassador Andrew Jacovides signed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) for the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) at Montego Bay, Jamaica. It crowned years ...
UK court weighs suicide risk against media freedom
An unusual case came before the High Court in England last week of a well-known celebrity, code name PPT, who sought to stop publication by two media outlets of serious ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The road to nowhere is paved with proposals
PREZNIKTWO has found a new lollipop to suck – the opening of the fenced area of Ammochostos (Varosha) under the UN, who will facilitate the return of its residents. In exchange, ...
Our View: Taxpayers should not fund presidential generosity
Attending an event to celebrate the 95th anniversary of football club Olympiakos Nicosia, President Nikos Christodoulides donated €95,000 as a birthday gift. The only justification he offered for this indefensible squandering ...
Even your country has a price
In an old Irish song, a wealthy America asks an Irishman, ‘How can I buy Killarney?’ an Irish beauty spot. The answer, ‘How can you buy all the stars in ...
Our View: Media freedom cannot mean state control
It is deeply ironic that Cyprus’ state authorities are using a European regulation on media freedom, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), to restrict media freedom by exercising control over ...
Our View: Cyprus must rethink its attitude to vocational education
Less than a fifth of students in secondary education attend vocational education and training programmes, said President Nikos Christodoulides, in an address to the opening ceremony of the ninth national ...
Our View: Green groups should stop mindlessly opposing the operation of any industry
The coordinating committee of the Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus (Opok) supported the residents of Mitsero who oppose the setting up of an asphalt production plant in an area ...
Our View: President must stop moving the goalposts
Playing host to the Famagusta municipal council at the presidential palace on Monday, President Nikos Christodoulides said that his proposal about the fenced area of Famagusta, was still on the ...
Our View: Strict rules on property sales to third country nationals long overdue
The discussion about regulating property purchases by third country nationals resumed at the House interior committee last week. The committee had embarked on the discussion of law proposals that would ...
Dividends and social insurance: an insurance contribution or a new burden?
The debate on pension reform in Cyprus has now reached an advanced stage of consultation. The need for a sustainable and resilient social insurance system is beyond dispute. The issue, ...
Cyprus and the United States: let us think long term
Dear Ambassador John Breslow,
A warm welcome to Cyprus for you and your family. Godspeed.
At the Cyprus Forum 2026, you underlined that relations between our countries are at an “all-time ...
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