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The government, even though it has issued a measured and calm response, cannot fail to have been rattled by the threat from Hassan Nasrallah to make Cyprus “part of the ...

Although the subsidy of electricity bills, after its last extension, would have finally expired at the end of June, the government has now extended it to for another four months – ...

If there had been any lingering doubts about President Nikos Christodoulides’ commitment to strengthening Cyprus’ relations with the United States, they completely disappeared on Monday when the two countries signed ...

A windfall tax on the banks’ big profits would harm the economy, Central Bank governor Christodoulos Patsalides said last week, in his first news conference since taking the job. He ...

The pressure on the government to allow the 26 migrants, stranded in the buffer zone – some since May 15 – to access asylum procedures is increasing. After Unficyp, the UNHCR and the European ...

In the end the teaching unions were vindicated – the biggest problem facing public education is not falling standards, low literacy, poor teaching, anti-social behaviour, but the lack of air-conditioning units ...

Every year we face the same problem when big fires break out in the countryside. We do not have anywhere near enough firefighting aircraft and have to rely on the ...

The revelation on Tuesday that government doctors are on annual salaries of about €150,000 did not go down very well with their union Pasyki, which immediately went on the offensive. Its ...

The biggest losers of Sunday’s elections for the European parliament were the parties of the so-called ‘centre’ – Diko, Edek and Dipa – which saw their total support almost halved since 2019, ...

Fidias Panayiotou, the 24-year-old, proudly apolitical YouTuber and TikToker with a natural talent for self-publicity, completely dominated Sunday’s elections for the European parliament. His independent candidacy, which offered literally ...

There is only one issue in today’s European parliament elections. How strong will the nationalist parties of the far right emerge? This has been the main talking point of ...

It was surprising the Cyprus News Agency correspondent in New York reported that the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin would continue her mission in Cyprus for another ...

The European Central Bank (ECB), as had been widely expected, reduced interest rates in the euro zone. It was a small reduction of 25 basis points, bringing the ECB’s key ...

Pressure on the government to take in the 27 migrants trapped in the buffer zone for close to a week is being stepped up by Unficyp and the UNHCR. On Wednesday, ...

The Nicosia municipal swimming pool will be closed for the fifth consecutive summer season in 2024. This is because the public bodies are singularly unable to manage a project with a ...

One of the key adjectives the president and his ministers routinely use to describe their policies is ‘anthropocentric’, or human-centred. It is one of those words, loved by the current ...

Elections like never before will be held next Sunday. In one visit to the ballot box, people will have to vote for Members of the European Parliament, a district governor, ...

The International Monetary Fund praised Cyprus for its strong economic performance in its latest report. It commended the substantial primary surpluses, the ongoing efforts to reduce the public debt and ...

Irrespective of the outcome of the case brought against the auditor-general for inappropriate conduct, the government and the political parties should seriously consider ending the permanence of appointments to certain ...

How elitist does it sound when a deputy suggests scooters must be banned if no active measures are taken to ensure their safe circulation? This view was expressed by Dipa ...

The government has placed the strengthening of relations with Qatar high on its list of foreign policy objectives. Some six months ago President Nikos Christodoulides visited Doha and on Monday ...

The termination of the contract for the development of the Larnaca port and marina was widely expected. There had been a loss of trust which led to a complete breakdown ...

Disputes between the state and big project contractors are nothing new, but never before has a government been forced to deal with so many at the same time.  All these ...

It is rather amusing how the extreme right nationalist party Elam has become the centre of attention in the election campaign. With opinion polls indicating that Elam could finish third ...