Opinion

By Brian Lait I have studied both Islam and Judaism closely for many decades. Indeed, as a young man I attended prayers in a mosque when I worked in the ...

Recent legal opinion on citizenship at EU court should be ignored It seems selling ‘golden passports’ was lawful after all. On October 4, 2024 Anthony Collins, an Advocate General in the EU, ...

WHEN he was foreign minister, our current prez loved to use the economic term “added value” to describe his foreign policy initiatives and agreements he forged. They invariably “added value” ...

The way the government is carrying out economic policy should worry everyone. Although it claims that fiscal discipline and prudent spending are its priorities its erratic decisions do not really ...

By Matthew Sharpe Political operatives on the far right have long spoken about their ambition to shift the “Overton window”. The aim is to “mainstream” ideas long considered unthinkable, through ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou put the cat among the pigeons with his idea of taking the ownership and control of the electricity grid away from the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that the Cyprus Republic had violated Article 3 of European Convention on Human Rights, prohibiting inhuman or degrading treatment, in its treatment of ...

By Harry F Dahms A colleague in the sociology department used to teach a course using a film genre from the 1940s and 1950s that presented a bleak view of ...

Unprecedented traffic jams and bottlenecks were caused in the already congested streets of central Nicosia during the morning rush hour on Wednesday. The reason was that the short stretch of ...

Flat, calm August welcomed an interesting September. The reaction to Odysseus Michaelides’ sacking as auditor-general was an example of the law versus the people. His wasn’t a case of ...

The subservience of the political parties to the unions, which was demonstrated at the House finance committee meeting on Monday, is extremely worrying. Only two out of six parties represented ...

Two Indian delivery drivers were attacked by a mob of 15 thugs, in Kato Polemidia, Limassol, on Saturday, just before midnight. They were beaten up, one of them suffering a broken ...

By Gavin Jones Refugeedom is an emotive, complex subject which brings out the best and worst in people and has done so ever since I can remember. The statistics are ...

The EU is currently undergoing a critical period, mainly due to economic stagnation, lagging behind the US and China in the field of technology and insufficient progress in the battle ...

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has launched his invasion of Lebanon. As usual in the opening stages of Israeli incursions into that fragile country, the signs and portents look ...

In managing the Cyprus economy, decision-makers focus on real GDP growth and whether the government is generating surpluses. Indeed, government officials backed by the European Commission, the IMF and numerous ...

Britain will hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while retaining delegated sovereignty over Diego Garcia, a joint British American military base Britain withheld ...

NEW auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou may have been sworn in on Wednesday, but Odysseas has warned that he will be watching him. In an interview published on Saturday in his semi-official ...

The dinner date with the UN secretary-general has been set. President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will be having a trilateral dinner in New York with Antonio ...

Everyone in Cyprus was aware of the Pentakomo waste treatment plant scandal, which now threatens to scupper the appointment of Costas Kadis as commissioner for oceans and fisheries. Kadis, who ...

The Union of Cyprus Pensioners (Ekysy) held its annual conference on Thursday morning before staging a demonstration outside the finance ministry to push their demand for more support from the ...

By Anjum Naweed How often do you find yourself hitting “play” on an old favourite, reliving the same TV episodes you’ve seen before – or even know by heart? I’...

Iran carried out its largest-ever attack on Israel on Tuesday night launching a barrage of missiles, which it said were aimed at military installations. The aerial defences of Israel, supported ...

It’s Libra time – when the energy of this Venus-ruled sign takes over, casting a glow of balance, harmony and a deep longing for peace and self-expression. Libra is all ...