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It was no real surprise that the Attorney-general’s office told the long-suffering family of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou that there was not enough evidence to open a criminal case ...

For the last few months President Anastasiades has been engaging in frenzied legacy-building. He has visited every district, laying foundation stones, cutting ribbons, visiting projects in progress, constantly telling people ...

A year ago today, Russia sent 200,000 troops into Ukraine in the belief that they would take control of Kyiv within a week or two, overthrow the elected government and install ...

In his victory speech on Sunday night, president-elect Nicos Christodoulides said his top concern “is the termination of the Turkish occupation and the reunification of the country,” and vowed to “...

Two members, so far, will be challenging Averof Neophytou for the leadership of Disy in next month’s election – the party’s deputy leader Harris Georgiades and the party spokesman ...

Famagusta hoteliers are becoming anxious about the failure of the government to make a decision about the employment of workers from third countries. The Famagusta branch of the Hoteliers Association (...

If anyone wanted to see how stakeholders’ participation could turn into a joke, they would need look no further than our public education system in which this concept had been ...

In announcing his backing for Nicos Christodoulides’ candidacy, on Thursday, former justice minister, Ionas Nicolaou, cited several reasons for his decision, some of which were shining examples of misinformation. Why ...

The devastating 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria this week in which thousands of people tragically lost their lives should serve as another wake-up call to the possibility of a similar ...

After the minimum wage and CoLA, the unions have found another issue over which to clash with labour minister Kyriakos Koushos – the strategy for the employment of people from third ...

The two agreements Nicos Christodoulides, as foreign minister, signed with the Russian Federation, in October 2021, are a sad reflection of the Anastasiades government’s policy of keeping Moscow happy. The ...

Comments about the stance of the Greek Cypriot side, attributed to the UN Special Representative Colin Stewart during a meeting in New York, by Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Duzen, did ...

Disy candidate, Averof Neophytou, on Friday, came up with the rather bizarre idea, calling on his fellow candidates for “an open dialogue with citizens.” He described this as “a debate ...

Only in Cyprus could there have been a general work stoppage to push the demand for the most privileged, best paid workers of our society to receive a hefty pay ...

Ever since his appointment, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has been acting as if his position gave him the constitutional right to interfere in all the executives’ decisions – often before they were ...

Everyone is scrambling to blame someone for Sunday’s fracas between Nicosia’s Apoel and Limassol’s Apollon fans at a Grivas memorial service in Limassol during which six police ...

Another issue regarding citizenship for Turkish Cypriots was by the response of the EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders to a question on the matter by Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek. ...

The mass outrage that followed the leaking of the Modern Greek exam topics was difficult to comprehend. Had classified information been made public, putting at risk national security, the outrage ...

The diplomatic efforts being made by the Republic to change the text of the UN Secretary-General’s draft report, which the government did not approve of, failed dismally. The draft ...

The Church has always had a prominent and very influential role in Cyprus. This role was evident in most aspects of life, from education to politics, and was largely determined ...

The marathon presidential election campaign, which started a little under a year ago, entered the final straight on Friday with the official submission of candidacies. A record 14 candidates will be ...

In the last few weeks we were given yet another depressing demonstration of how the teaching unions use the subservient deputies and political parties to prevent the government implementing its ...

Time seems to be passing so quickly that it’s almost hard to believe that three years have gone by since the world was plunged into panic over a pandemic ...

Bank employees who left their jobs on the ultra-generous voluntary exit schemes have been complaining because the labour ministry has put their applications to collect unemployment benefit for six months ...