Halloumi hailed as export saviour

During the past decade, halloumi exports have increased tenfold to reach a whopping €284 mln and are expected to rise further, thus becoming a steady pillar of the island’s economic growth. Speaking

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Saving the economy takes bold moves

Despite the Central Bank’s optimistic view of an increase in the Cyprus economy’s GDP growth, from 2.6% this year to 3.1% by 2025, the employers’ federation and the main Opposition party are

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Falling short on energy policy

The cost of energy in Cyprus has long been expensive, whether fuel for transport or electricity for household and commercial use. And nobody seems to care. When prices at petrol pumps peaked

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Satire has a voice

There seems to be a fine line between speaking the truth, no matter the cost, and stretching it (or covering it up) to accommodate one side’s argument. This is best seen on

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Why are we so unhappy?

Since the World Happiness Report was published ten years ago, Cyprus has been lingering in the “partly miserable, mainly unhappy” range, ranking 46 in the latest report, with some reasons similar to

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Forestry College essential

Two years ago, when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited to see the devastation caused by the infernal summer fires, she pleaded for the immediate implementation of community projects and

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We are not convinced

When Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos meets UN chief Antonio Guterres to convey a message from President Christodoulides, calling for talks to resume from where they failed at Crans Montana, the Greek Cypriot

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Banking needs a human face

Bank of Cyprus shareholders may have been delighted the former financial powerhouse has returned to a dividend-paying policy after a tumultuous decade of lost deposits, haircuts and share write-downs. But when opening

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