Opinion

Saturday 20 December | 04:20

Our View: Land of Dreams scandal exposes state-sanctioned corruption

The Anti-Corruption Authority issued a damning report about the way state services completely disregarded the rules and lawful procedures in issuing permits to the Land of Dreams development in Trimiklini. ...

By CM: Our View

Friday 19 December | 09:33

Rubio’s strategy: the tail wags the dog?

US President Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all ‘sanctioned’ oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuelan ports, which is technically an act of war. How seriously ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Friday 19 December | 04:20

Our View: Mixed signals undermine Christodoulides’ credibility on Cyprus talks

President Nikos Christodoulides tendency to make newsworthy public statements, almost on a daily basis, often result in sending mixed signals. So mixed they undermine his credibility. During his visit to ...

By CM: Our View

Thursday 18 December | 04:20

Our View: Teachers must not be allowed to get their way

We will all be reminded, once again today, that public schools exist to serve the teachers and that teaching unions would not have it any other way. Thanks to weak ...

By CM: Our View

Wednesday 17 December | 04:20

Our View: Don’t MPs realise freedom of expression is a basic right?

It was sad to see the hysterical reaction of the political parties to works by controversial artist Giorgos Gavriel, most of which lambasted his paintings. The art was dismissed as “...

By CM: Our View

Tuesday 16 December | 11:00

Geoengineering for grown-ups

A few days ago the European Union’s Earth Observation programme, ‘Copernicus’, made a special announcement at the end of its monthly report on the state of the climate. It ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Tuesday 16 December | 04:20

Our View: Foreign investment in Cyprus energy projects should be welcomed

There is little doubt that since the election of President Nikos Christodoulides relations with the United Arab Emirates have been significantly strengthened and taken on another level. There was cooperation ...

By CM: Our View

Monday 15 December | 08:12

Trump’s new strategy: how scared should we be?

President Trump’s National Security Strategy 2025 is a brief policy statement about a hugely controversial shift in US foreign policy away from the EU and Nato in favour of sovereign ...

By Alper Ali Riza

Monday 15 December | 04:25

Two futures for Cyprus: a regional crisis or a shared Nobel Peace Prize

President Nikos Christodoulides never misses an opportunity to declare his readiness for a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF) with political equality. He repeats the familiar phrase that talks should resume “from ...

By Kerim M Munir

Sunday 14 December | 17:57

Does size matter? Not in politics

At a museum recently, I caught myself focusing rather intently on a very specific spot on a statue of Zeus and thinking, “That’s… it?!” But the longer I stood ...

By Flora Alexandrou

Sunday 14 December | 16:49

Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine

A lot has happened in the past month I have been away, and I was struck by how, on at least three fronts, issues I have previously explored in this ...

By Loukis Skaliotis

Sunday 14 December | 14:01

World grapples with crypto and stablecoins

The regulation of digital assets has become a global priority, as governments and supervisory authorities attempt to balance innovation in payments and blockchain applications with the need to safeguard financial ...

By Andreas Charalambous, Omiros Pissarides

Sunday 14 December | 13:50

Recent energy developments and their significance

With 2025 coming to a close, announcements for new energy developments and projects in Cyprus and the East Med have been coming in thick and fast, with something new announced every ...

By Dr Charles Ellinas

Sunday 14 December | 08:30

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Could halloumi deal be key to solving Cyprus problem?

GREAT excitement and joy gripped the fast-contracting Cyprob mob after Thursday’s meeting of the true leader and the fake leader with the UNSG’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin ...

By Patroclos

Sunday 14 December | 08:00

Our View: Time for president to stop relentless grandstanding

President Nikos Christodoulides came up with another proposal in an interview with Politico last week. He said that if Turkey agreed to the Cyprus Republic joining Partnership for Peace (PfP), ...

By CM: Our View

Saturday 13 December | 04:20

Our View: Government’s superficial ideas for saving water laughable

If any evidence of the government’s scandalously slapdash approach to the country’s water shortage problem was required, it was provided by reports that the ministries of interior and ...

By CM: Our View

Friday 12 December | 12:34

Cyprus’ youth fitness crisis: Why the science leaves no room for delay

Across Europe, children today are moving less, exercising less, and presenting lower levels of physical fitness than any generation before them. Cyprus mirrors this trend with troubling accuracy. As a ...

By Charalambos Charalambous

Friday 12 December | 04:20

Our View: The construction of a new prison is an imperative

It is not the first time the Council of Europe’s committee for the prevention of torture has issued a damning report about Nicosia central prison, expressing “grave concerns” about ...

By CM: Our View

Thursday 11 December | 04:20

Our View: Rushed tax reform exposes Disy’s alignment with government

Parties that were left out of Tuesday’s talks that Finance Minister Makis Keravnos had with members of Diko, Dipa and Disy about his tax reform proposal, understandably, went on ...

By CM: Our View

Wednesday 10 December | 11:00

‘I don’t care!’

Two of my favourite actors Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford starred in The Fugitive. Ford’s character falsely accused of murdering his wife; Jones the lawman sent to catch ...

By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou

Wednesday 10 December | 04:20

Our View: Information needed to back up government claims about affordable housing

Another housing scheme was announced by the government at a special event at the presidential palace on Tuesday. The scheme envisages the construction of 500 housing units on state land in ...

By CM: Our View

Tuesday 09 December | 10:30

Venezuela: Performative murder

“If you’re on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you’re an immediate threat to the United States,” said US Secretary ...

By Gwynne Dyer

Tuesday 09 December | 04:20

Our View: Reshuffle sees president stake claim as candidate of the centre right

President Nikos Christodoulides caught everyone unaware with the cabinet reshuffle he announced on Friday afternoon, very soon after returning from his trip to Kyiv. It was a very well-managed reshuffle, ...

By CM: Our View

Sunday 07 December | 17:46

Musk’s Starship: if it sounds too good to be true…

Elon Musk promised to build a spaceship that would put people and cargo into Earth orbit at one-hundredth of the current cost per kilo and even enable human beings to ...

By Gwynne Dyer

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Our View: Land of Dreams scandal exposes state-sanctioned corruption

Rubio’s strategy: the tail wags the dog?

Our View: Mixed signals undermine Christodoulides’ credibility on Cyprus talks

Our View: Teachers must not be allowed to get their way

Our View: Don’t MPs realise freedom of expression is a basic right?

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Our View: Foreign investment in Cyprus energy projects should be welcomed

Trump’s new strategy: how scared should we be?

Two futures for Cyprus: a regional crisis or a shared Nobel Peace Prize

Does size matter? Not in politics

Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine

World grapples with crypto and stablecoins

Recent energy developments and their significance

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Could halloumi deal be key to solving Cyprus problem?

Our View: Time for president to stop relentless grandstanding

Our View: Government’s superficial ideas for saving water laughable

Cyprus’ youth fitness crisis: Why the science leaves no room for delay

Our View: The construction of a new prison is an imperative

Our View: Rushed tax reform exposes Disy’s alignment with government

‘I don’t care!’

Our View: Information needed to back up government claims about affordable housing

Venezuela: Performative murder

Our View: Reshuffle sees president stake claim as candidate of the centre right

Musk’s Starship: if it sounds too good to be true…