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Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou said on Wednesday that a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF) remains the only realistic framework for ending the Turkish occupation and reunifying Cyprus, warning that abandoning the ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Friday moved to defend his party’s decision to vote against a government bill which would have extended European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna’s ...

Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou outlined his party’s main positions on the Cyprus issue at a meeting he had with ambassadors of the EU member-states. His main message was ...

The government needs to get its act together concerning the waste treatment facility at Pentakomo, the head of the Akel party said on Thursday. Stefanos Stefanou was speaking after a ...

Disy on Thursday lambasted Akel after the party’s leader Stefanos Stefanou had on Wednesday declared that he would not support a solution to the Cyprus problem if it entailed ...

Disy on Tuesday reacted to former party leader and president Nicos Anastasiades’ hour-long oral defence against allegations of abuse of power levelled against him by the anti-corruption authority by renewing ...

A different kind of column today. A personal one. Not so long ago, I wrote about Albert Camus and the absurdity of life. This came back to haunt me when ...

Akel have demanded the immediate resignation of attorney-general George Savvides and his deputy Savvas Angelides despite their decision to recuse themselves from any involvement in the case. In secretary-general Stefanos ...

Former Akel secretary-general Andros Kyprianou has alleged that former president Nicos Anastasiades favoured a two-state settlement to the Cyprus problem and pursued substantial personal financial gain during his time in ...

Cypriot MEPs Loukas Fourlas and Giorgos Georgiou are set to abstain from Wednesday’s plenary vote on a European Parliament report concerning Turkey, despite both describing elements of the text ...

The “quarrel” between the government and Disy on the housing crisis resembles “a dog chasing its tail”, Akel said on Thursday, charging that there is little policy difference between the ...

Edek on Sunday refused to accept party leader Nikos Anastasiou’s resignation after he had attempted to leave the post in light of the party losing all its seats at ...

Akel’s central committee on Wednesday unanimously endorsed party secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou as its candidate for the presidency of the House of Representatives. The decision was taken during a plenary ...

As the new parliament is getting ready to convene its first plenum on Thursday, electing a new House president is proving tougher than anticipated, as parties are still tiptoeing around ...

Akel’s politburo decided on Tuesday to refer discussions on the election of the next House president to the party’s central committee, which is due to meet on Wednesday. ...

There are still a number of communist parties active in the world, among them those in China and Cyprus, which, in their different ways kept the red flag flying after ...

Akel won the most votes of any party among Cypriots who voted in the United Kingdom, taking 38.2 per cent of votes cast at the two polling stations set up in ...

Disy and Akel retained all the seats they had held in the last parliament at Sunday’s election, defying pre-election polls which had predicted losses for both parties to win 17 ...

Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou called on voters to participate “responsibly for the present and future of our society and our Cyprus” after casting his ballot on Sunday morning in Yeri. ...

A televised debate between political leaders intensified on Wednesday night after a dispute between Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou and Elam leader Christos Christou escalated into accusations involving fascism, communism, Eoka ...

Elam leader Christos Christou intensified his dispute with Akel on Wednesday over the wartime role of former president Demetris Christofias, arguing that official national guard records do not place him ...

Elam parliamentary candidate in Famagusta Fivos Kyprianou said he would be tabling a bill if elected MP to outlaw political parties such as Akel, Volt and Direct Democracy, which he ...

A televised debate between Elam leader Christos Christou and Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou turned heated on Monday night during a discussion on security and developments in the Middle East. Televised ...

Depending on where you stand, the record participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections either augurs chaotic fragmentation – the political landscape gone unhinged – or signals a pluralistic, maturing political culture. More ...