Opinion

I HAVE to say that what is going on in our region is rather scary. From some parts of Kyproulla apparently you could see the missiles flying in the direction ...

The Christodoulides government has a tendency of treating everything as theatre. On Friday, after the news of Israel’s air strikes on Iran, the government spokesman posted on ‘X’ that “...

By Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi Israel has gutted Iran’s nuclear and military leadership with airstrikes that leave a weakened Tehran with few options to retaliate, including an all-out ...

Although an Israeli attack on Iran was seen as a possibility it still seems to have taken most of the world by surprise when it happened in the early hours ...

Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras Recently President Nikos Christodoulides was in London to launch the ‘Minds in Cyprus’ initiative, with the aim of bringing talented Cypriots back to their country.   This ...

Iran once ridiculed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the boy who cried wolf for his constant public warnings about Tehran’s nuclear programme, and his repeated threats to shut ...

Another decision was issued by the European Court of Human Rights, after an application by the owner of an apartment block in Varosha. It ordered Turkey to pay compensation of €18,000 ...

A YouTube ad for Greek speakers devised by Israel’s foreign ministry, praising a controversial aid distribution system in Gaza, has arguably backfired after its creators decided to use artificial ...

Disy deputy Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis was perfectly justified to censure President Nicos Christodoulides for his “highly unlawful” intervention in the setting of the electricity authority’s new tariff. The tariff increase ...

I only heard parts of an interesting programme on the BBC, because phone calls prevented me getting the title or presenter who subjected himself to reacting to various noise tests. ...

Ever since its independence, Cyprus has enjoyed relations with India. There was probably solidarity as both had been British colonies that fought for their freedom, and both suffered the consequences ...

By Euripides L Evriviades It is time to bring the Cyprus question back to the centre of Europe’s conscience The recent appointment of former European Commissioner Johannes Hahn as ...

This is the second anniversary of the arrival of the Emergency but practically nobody is mentioning it. Instead people are choosing to worry about more familiar problems like global trade ...

With water becoming so short in the future with global warming, certainly hotter summers here in Cyprus and less rainfall I am horrified to see people still hosing down pavements ...

Sir, There have been a number of reports from time to time over many years about the high cost of electricity in Cyprus. For example: On January 31, 2025 the energy minister, ...

Many of us here in Cyprus are often annoyed at the inconvenience we face when travelling from Larnaca to somewhere in Europe. Apart from the limited direct flights to European ...

‘We shall fight them on the keyboards and in cyberspace’ When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990 and withdrew into its Russian shell, Nato countries benefited economically as the need to ...

THE DECISION to investigate the sacked auditor-general Odysseas for alleged contempt of court came as a major surprise, considering charges of contempt are very rare indeed. Although my memory is ...

The speed with which deputy minister of culture Vasiliki Kassianidou reacted to withdraw a book from the Cyprus stand at the 19th Architecture Biennale in Venice on Wednesday (and from ...

The European Commission sounded a warning about state expenditure for this year as it was forecasted to grow by more than the government stipulated it would. The government’s commitment ...

It appears the political parties have taken on the responsibility of deciding how the foreign-language courses at the two public universities would be introduced. The only snag is that there ...

When President Nikos Christodoulides first spoke about his government’s plans to develop Cyprus’ defence industry at the end of last year, many may have thought he was joking. He ...

By Jen Kostuchuk, Erik Steiner, and Sean Lyons “I wish adults knew that I really care about the environment and want to help, but I sometimes feel like my ideas ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (Cysec) has been spurred into action by the allegations, made last week by Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, about links between Cyprus-based foreign exchange firms ...