Editorial Archives - Financial Mirror

‘Don’t throw baby out with the bathwater’

With 75 days into Nikos Christodoulides’ administration, the ethical issues of appointments seem to be piling up. And this is not exclusive to the incumbent government. After the miscalculated selection of an

15th May 2023

Comment/Editorial

DISY dilemma continues

The former ruling party, Democratic Rally, is once again going to the polls this weekend to elect the highest officers of its party leadership, as well as the executive council members. After

7th May 2023

Cyprus/Editorial/Life & Society

Russian ‘smoking gun’ backfires

The fire at the Russian Cultural Centre in Nicosia, which destroyed part of the new cladding of the building under repair, was an unfortunate incident and a case of human incompetence, as

29th April 2023

Cyprus/Editorial

Tax cuts must be part of macro strategy

Plans to cut the VAT rate on selected consumer goods and services or reduce it to zero and the Finance Minister’s call on banks and loan recovery firms to reduce mortgage rates

23rd April 2023

Cyprus/Editorial

Legacy banking not serving SMEs

Ever since the financial crisis of 2011-2012 brought Cyprus banks to their knees, the owners and managers of legacy financial institutions have yet to learn from their mistakes. Cyprus was shut out

15th April 2023

Business/Editorial

Time to embrace shipping reputation

After decades of building a sound reputation as a leading maritime nation, with a pioneering tax regime that made Cyprus a flag of choice and not convenience, and as safety and eco-compliance

9th April 2023

Editorial/Maritime

Basketball debacle points to police reform

When Anna Koukkides-Procopiou is handed the report’s findings into the events of the Apollon-Anorthosis basketball game turned violent, it is an opportunity for the Justice Minister to consider reviving the blueprint for

2nd April 2023

Cyprus/Editorial

Time for a diplomatic blitzkrieg

The best way to get the European Union on board in a final push to help resolve the ‘Cyprus problem’ would be to regain the trust of our EU partners, some of

26th March 2023

Cyprus/Editorial

Annita rising from the ashes

The former ruling Democratic Rally, licking its wounds having lost the presidential elections, has won a last-minute reprieve with the majority of party members electing House Speaker Annita Demetriou as their new

19th March 2023

Cyprus/Editorial

Emergency — break glass

The glass ceiling of gender disparity in Cyprus has started to crack, but it is still a long way from breaking. On March 8, instead of celebrating the occasion marking International Women’s

12th March 2023

Cyprus/Editorial

Editorial

‘Don’t throw baby out with the bathwater’

DISY dilemma continues

Russian ‘smoking gun’ backfires

Tax cuts must be part of macro strategy

Legacy banking not serving SMEs

Time to embrace shipping reputation

Basketball debacle points to police reform

Time for a diplomatic blitzkrieg

Annita rising from the ashes

Emergency — break glass

Even Pinnochio couldn’t fix this

State doesn’t take affordable housing seriously

Navigating ‘ridiculous’ new residency rules

Hard sell needed to sway Brussels on shipping

Difficult to ban pro-Russia events

House confident of latest VAT homes bid

Cyprus, Greece, Jordan sign defence programme

Four years on GHS has 950,000 beneficiaries