Opinion

“This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper,” wrote TS Eliot in 1925, probably responding to the profoundly unsatisfactory aftermath of the First World War (...

By Dr Andreas Procopiou The launch of Cyprus’ Competitive Electricity Market (CEM) on October 1, 2025, marked a historic milestone for the island’s energy system. For the first time, electricity is ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) – the electricity link connecting Cyprus, Greece and eventually Israel – is reaching another critical milestone. Sadly, Cyprus risks repeating a familiar pattern where strategic national projects ...

Last Thursday Britain’s King Charles III initiated the process by which he will deprive his brother of all titles including that of prince. Henceforth he will be known as ...

WE CAN always rely on the overweight, independent deputy from Limassol, Andreas Themistocleous, who likes to bully women, to provide some entertainment. It was in fact something of a pleasure ...

In Cyprus we have always laboured under the illusion that the State has innate wisdom and we demand it to interfere in all aspects of our life, like a caring ...

By Miranda Xafa A public debt auction was held with paradoxical ease in June 2017. Argentina – a country with a long history of defaults – sold $2.75 billion of 100-year bonds denominated in ...

The period of zero VAT on certain basic consumer goods – baby milk, nappies, female hygiene products and frozen fruit and veg – that was due to expire at the end of ...

The attempt by the government to introduce a more honest staff evaluation system in the civil service did not last very long. There was an outcry when it was first ...

Tributes following the death of Katie Cleridou showed respect and affection for her strong character, her honesty and sincerity. How many political figures in the world deserve that kind of ...

It was very interesting to read that a local company, by the name of Proper Property, has created the Tenant Credit Check Tool, which enables the owners of properties and ...

Q: Why do some Canadians want Trump to invade Venezuela? A: Because if Trump invades Venezuela first, he’ll get bogged down in that war and never get around to ...

The row between municipalities and the central government about the funding of the former is a direct consequence of the half-baked and superficial reform of local authorities carried out by ...

By Euripides Evriviades Ever since childhood, my imagination was seared by the exploits of Alexander the Great. Like many, I was introduced to them through lessons in classical history. The ...

By Flora Alexandrou Music, a universal language that crosses every border, has long shaped how people face conflicts and differences. From ancient ceremonies to modern protests, its rhythms have carried ...

Federalism is back on the agenda after the election of Tufan Erhurman as “TRNC president” by a landslide comparable to the resounding approval Turkish Cypriots gave the UN-EU sponsored bicommunal ...

By Averof Neophytou The election of Tufan Erhurman as the new leader of the Turkish Cypriot community has brought the stalled Cyprus issue back into the spotlight. A number of ...

In the end, the practice of turning into government policy whatever impulsively comes out of the presidential mouth is proving a bit of an embarrassment. The weakness of this policy-making ...

Before last Sunday’s ‘presidential’ election in the occupied north there was much speculation about what would happen in the event of a win for CTP leader Tufan Erhurman, who, ...

The parties acted sensibly and responsibly in the way they handled the government’s bill for the reform of the Audit Office, which in its original form would have placed ...

Minister of Justice and Public Order, Marios Hartsiotis, made some astonishing statements about organised crime on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists after a meeting at the legislature, Hartsiotis said that “organised ...

Although it is the job of every government to reassure people it is in control and has answers for all the problems facing the country, it is often evident that ...

Answers given to deputies at Monday’s House defence committee meeting by Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas came as a breath of fresh air. His direct and honest responses were a ...

Javier Milei, the Elon Musk wannabe who became president of Argentina two years ago chainsaw in hand, is now in deep trouble with the voters, and the mid-term elections are ...