In his ‘Saluto Decano’ (Greetings) addressed to Pope Francis on behalf of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican, Ambassador Georgios Poulides wished the Pontiff good health and fruitful continuation of his
I submitted some years ago to the then Minister of the Interior, Neoclis Sylikiotis, that it was impossible for a single person with no matter how many qualifications, to be able to
The new year did not get off to a good start for President Christodoulides. At his first Council of Ministers meeting, he had to look his cabinet members in the eyes and
With the municipal and Europarliament elections just six months away, the knives are out, targeting incumbents over their incompetence during the past term. The six Euro MPs from Cyprus have undoubtedly been
This is a question comes up quite frequently for home-owners, who have reached or passed the age of 60-65 years old and are on the verge of retirement. Circumstances change and the
The parliamentary debate on the state budget this week was hardly critical of the government’s policies, especially on the issue of increased hiring in the public sector, at a rate far surpassing
Inspired by Greece’s success, there’s a proposal to fully suspend VAT on houses in Cyprus, mirroring Greece’s 0% VAT rate on new homes from January 1, 2020, to the end of 2024.
It is rarely that my articles praise civil servants in Cyprus. The failings of the public services are well known and reported regularly in the media, but there are some noticeable exceptions.
It took several years of hard-fought negotiations among social partners in Cyprus to conclude a national minimum wage, set in stone earlier this year, with an option to increase it in the
By Nick Kochan Western law enforcement agencies are closing the loopholes in sanctions policies in a bid to ratchet up the pressure on anyone seeking to circumvent sanctions on Russia. A period
