Opinion

I watched Ancient Apocalypse on Netflix. Interested in two strands of human development: space, and human advances towards civilization, the series drew me in. The sky and what evolves up ...

By Charalambos Charalambous As Cyprus enters a new era, the sports sector offers a valuable opportunity to enrich both the lives of individuals and the community as a whole. By ...

Botswana’s elections have always been seen as a model for Africa, but the one last week has a somewhat wider relevance. The way its politicians handled victory and defeat ...

Concern about the falling birth rates has forced the government to put together a package of incentives to persuade couples to have children, preferably at a younger age. President Nikos ...

Presenting his ministry’s budget for 2025 at the House finance committee on Monday, Health Minister Michael Damianos said that an action plan would be prepared in the immediate future for ...

By Loukis Skaliotis In a previous article I commented on the need for the world community to restructure the UN if it is to play a more effective role in ...

According to the United Nations 2024 is “the biggest election year in human history” with half of the world’s population – some 3.7 billion people in 72 countries – able to vote. Yet some ...

By Aidan Hehir “Where is the UN?” is a question that has often been asked since the start of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. As the death toll rises ...

In a previous article, we referred to the economic challenges faced by the EU. Some analysts and reputable media express the view that Germany is currently the “sick man of ...

My aim is to discuss how the conflicting views of both sides on the issue of property can be reconciled and what the new constitution of a federal bizonal and ...

The Cyprus government’s budgets for 2025 to 2027 presented to the House of Representatives in October 2024 constitute business as usual with just a mechanical updating of the government finance estimates for 2024. ...

In democracies people get the leaders they deserve Standards in public life have reached rock bottom in the US and UK. A convicted felon is poised to win the US ...

By Simone Tagliapietra and Cecilia Trasi  It has become clear that the European Union’s pursuit of a triple goal of decarbonisation, competitiveness and security requires better integration of the ...

OUR DELUSIONS of grandeur hit red after the Prezniktwo’s meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House last Wednesday. Our constantly growing geostrategic/regional/diplomatic footprint, combined with ...

From the moment the official visit of President Nikos Christodoulides to the White House for a meeting with President Joe Biden was announced, the president, his spokesmen and their media ...

By Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide Having a female presidential candidate has made gender obvious in this US presidential election, even to many who normally neglect its role. The specific ...

Our political parties never cease to amaze us. On Thursday they voted through a bill proposal that would increase the number of penalty points needed for the suspension of someone’...

The Tax office announced on Wednesday that the next day’s deadline for submission of 2023 tax returns had been put back by a month to November 30. Press reports had suggested ...

By Primrose Freestone Toothbrushes and showerheads in modern homes are teeming with viruses known as bacteriophages (bacteria eaters), a new study has found. Many of these ‘phages’ – as they’re ...

There had been 18 instances of attacks on delivery drivers since the start of the year said Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis. Fifteen of these had taken place in Limassol – the latest ...

By Kelly Jakubowski Even if we haven’t heard them for many years, familiar songs often stick with us for life. We can often recall every lyric to songs we ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will be the first president of Cyprus to pay an official visit to the White House in 28 years, when he meets President Joe Biden on Wednesday afternoon. ...

Student parades were held in all towns on Monday to celebrate Oxi Day – the rejection of Mussolini’s ultimatum to Greece on October 28, 1940 – which led to Greece’s victorious war ...

By James Oliphant With his third straight U.S. presidential campaign coming down to the wire, Donald Trump mused at a rally about hydrogen-powered cars exploding, lamented how difficult it ...