Sad day for democracy in Cyprus
There are several issues raised by this editorial, each of which need to be examined separately.
Firstly, the decrees promulgated by the state regarding the restrictive gatherings of people in ...
We must put away symbols of separation and hatred
Benjamin Broome (an overseas facilitator in helping to create a bi-communal community in Cyprus) once offered this advice:
“You must reach out your hand in friendship to the other side. ...
The voter base of Cyprus has, for many years, permitted government excess
Like many of the people I know I have been willing to follow government directions, mask use in public and social distancing in particular, regarding the pandemic in order to ...
Article only showed we’re right to fear 5G
Reporter Gina Agapiou in her article “Overcoming suspicions of 5G” (Sunday Mail, January 31) has accomplished the opposite. The superficial, one-sided coverage more appropriately should have been labelled as an advertisement ...
Brexit: Chickens are coming home to roost
So this is “Getting Brexit Done” is it? Where were the voices explaining about the Northern Ireland issue before Brexit?
On the Remain side, Theresa May, then Home Secretary, said ...
Reforms will only succeed if big parties are shunned
Many of the proposals are already in place and completely ignored.
The public procurement of public projects are an EU obligation procedure and firms which have been found to be ...
Covid measures have gone too far
The world is at war, not over races or nations, but over ideologies. Families and friends have been divided by their opinions on Covid and the responses to it.
In ...
From pandemic success in the beginning to complete disaster
I’m a regular visitor to your country, and I believe I understand the mentality of the local population.
I’m a regular swimmer down at the beach of Ayios ...
Who decides what is essential?
I went shopping with my wife yesterday for ‘essentials’ correctly reporting our intentions before we went, to be legal.
In the shop my wife chose a food mixer to replace ...
Citizen vs consumer: a coronavirus dilemma
Yesterday, like many of us, I was waiting for the announcement regarding the lifting of measures in Cyprus. Scrolling through the news and the updates, I finally came to realise ...
The public sector will always whinge while ‘enjoying’ their fat salaries
The miserable catalogue of disgusting examples of selfishness and downright obduracy spelt out by this damning and rapier-like editorial is no surprise to those of us who have been watching ...
US model best for Cyprus, what about the Jim Crow laws?
I’m all for a solution to the Cyprus problem, however the author seems to be omitting a ton of weaknesses with the proposed US constitutional federal legal panacea he ...
Authorities should stop bickering
A story massively biased against BREXIT once again.
The authorities can still work together if their respective governments weren’t so full of petty scorn and childishness.
Only this week ...
On jumping the vaccine queue and the need for positive news
A couple of weeks ago it was reported that the permanent secretary of the health ministry, Christina Yiannaki, along with director general of Okypy Christis Loizides, had jumped the queue ...
Efforts on both sides to live in a united society
To the Editor,
I am concerned about the wide publicity given to the dreadful events on December 21, 1963. I would request that you please publish my letter in response to Mr ...
The blame cannot be put solely on Greek Cypriots
Dear Editor,
I would like to refer to last Sunday’s article by your regular columnist Mr George Koumoullis on the intercommunal events of 1963-1964 and express my strong disagreement ...