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For the government, there seems to be only one way for formulating policy – inviting stakeholders to the presidential palace for discussions. This is the way President Nikos Christodoulides likes to ...

A few weeks ago, a column in Phileleftheros, under the headline “‘Islamic State’ in occupied area: Turkey’s plan for settlement and Islamification,” issued the following warning: “Ankara aims at ...

Drug alarmism has always been very dear to politicians and journalists. In the past, they would talk about ‘white death’ with reference to marijuana, giving the impression that someone smoking ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed his “particular satisfaction” that his stated objective of linking the EU-Turkey relations with the Cyprus issue was achieved at the special meeting of the European Council ...

According to the findings of the latest Eurobarometer 63 per cent of Cypriot respondents said that their standard of living had fallen in the last five years (EU average was 45 per ...

The delays of the state services in dealing with citizens’ applications are a running joke. Neither computerisation in the 1990s nor digitalisation of the last seven, eight years have made ...

Many people are of the view that because the auditor-general has battled corruption and commendably exposed scandals and irregularities in the public sector, he has earned the right to carry ...

The government made the right move in suspending the examination of asylum applications of Syrian migrants for 21 months. Since the beginning of April more than 1,000 Syrian migrants have arrived by ...

The launch of 300 drones and long-range missiles by Iran toward Israel was the first time Iran had launched a direct attack against its long-term enemy from its territory. This had ...

The latest evaluation report of the national health scheme Gesy raised some very important concerns, which could jeopardise its medium-term viability if not tackled in the foreseeable future. It is ...

It was astonishing to hear that a gymnasium student who had been sexually abused by fellow students was still expected to go to the same school as his abusers, a ...

We have written about Cyprus – after decades of close ties with the Soviet Union and Russia – finally taking its place in the West under the Christodoulides government. It immediately implemented ...

Sometimes deputies behave as if we are living in a socialist state with a command economy in which the pursuit of profit by businesses is morally unacceptable even though it ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ impromptu visit to Lebanon on Monday appears to have been dictated more by the need to be seen to be doing something about the increased flow of ...

We wonder if there are many countries in the world in which the legislature feels duty-bound to discuss the number of days of annual sick leave that is granted to ...

The arrival of over a dozen boats in the space of a week, carrying hundreds of Syrian irregular migrants, has sparked talk of ‘crisis’ and a migrant ‘invasion’. But how ...

March was a busy month when it comes to environmental issues and climate change, marking both Earth Day and World Meteorology Day and giving the chance to politicians to publicly ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition politicians made some very pertinent points regarding a new peace process, in an article published in the last Sunday Mail, which the Greek Cypriot leadership should take ...

With one of Christianity’s most important dates fast approaching, several church scandals have dominated the headlines during the Lenten period that again raises the question of how much longer ...

The answer to the barrage of criticism by opposition parties over the government’s decision not to extend the tax discount on fuel beyond last month was provided by the ...

Leaving aside the series of setbacks to the installation of smart electricity meters involving tenders, courts and the potential loss of EU funding, news out of the UK recently presents ...

The formalising of cooperation on countering money laundering and sanctions violations between the governments of Cyprus and the United States, announced last week is of historic significance. Close, structured cooperation ...

The Audit Office, under Odysseas Michaelides, has done some very important work in exposing corruption and incompetence over the years. For this he has been justifiably praised by the parties, ...

For this government, an unpopular measure must be accompanied by something positive, at least communications-wise, because it wants to minimise the criticism by media and opposition parties, which would have ...