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Photovoltaics (not) for all

The ‘Photovoltaics for all’ subsidy scheme, aimed at installing solar PV panels on rooftops of Cyprus homes, does not seem to be serving the public need it was planned for in the

13th January 2024

Comment/Cyprus/Editorial/Energy

Metaverse: from virtual showrooms to social ‘playground’

By Maria Solomou and Demetris Loizou The metaverse is a captivating playground, beyond the realms of gaming, where we’re reshaping how we connect with businesses, promising a future filled with human-centric customer

9th January 2024

Comment/Cyprus/Guests/Life & Society

Deliberative democracy: only way out of the Cyprus problem?

To mark the appointment of a new UN envoy, but one who will not be presiding over the resumption of new negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem, this is a rather long

8th January 2024

Columnists/Comment/Cyprus

The winds of today’s storms and their global reach

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

8th January 2024

Comment/Cyprus/Guests/Life & Society/World

The need for a Deputy Ministry of Interior

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

7th January 2024

Columnists/Comment/Property

Credibility above all else

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

7th January 2024

Cyprus/Editorial

Local issues barely on agenda

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

31st December 2023

Cyprus/Editorial

Switching from a house to an apartment

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

30th December 2023

Columnists/Cyprus/Life & Society/Property

When jobs are determined by politics, not needs

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

25th December 2023

Comment/Editorial

Benefits of changing VAT policy on homes

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.

25th December 2023

Cyprus/Guests/Property