Three Diko MPs, officials quit the party (Updated)
Three MPs, and two senior officials from centre-right Diko announced on Tuesday they were resigning from the party for political reasons and forming their own...
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Agreement close on governing Airbnb type rentals
After several weeks of discussion, lawmakers are close to agreeing a bill regulating the operation of short-term Airbnb-style property rentals. The key remaining question related...
MPs call on state to do something about cost of fuel
Lawmakers on Tuesday called on the state to lower taxes on automotive fuel following continually rising prices at the pump. The House commerce committee has...
Cyprus looking at scenarios for reducing emissions by 2020
The energy ministry is looking at various scenarios for achieving the EU-wide target of reducing carbon emissions by 2020, MPs were told on Tuesday. Lawmakers...
Confusion surrounds enforcement of copyright laws
Confusion surrounds the enforcement of copyright laws, lawmakers said on Tuesday, urging the government to bring forward new legislation. In June last year Cyprus passed...
Unfair contracts languishing at Legal Service
Dozens of cases relating to contracts apparently containing unfair terms, mainly with banks and developers, have been languishing at the Legal Service for the past...
Electricity price hike to keep RES afloat
Consumers are looking at a hike in their electricity bills as the government tries to keep the renewable energy fund afloat, it emerged on Tuesday....
Investors have expressed interest in technology park
Four investors from Cyprus and abroad have expressed an interest in the mooted Science and Technology Park at Pentakomo, MPs heard on Tuesday. They include...
DIKO MP calls for ban on Pokemon Go, sparks social media debate
DIKO MP Angelos Votsis has stirred up a debate on social media after suggesting that the Pokemon Go game should be banned in Cyprus. Over...
Row over shop hours taken to the President
By Andria Kades The row over shop hours was ongoing on Tuesday, a day after President Nicos Anastasiades was asked to intervene in a bid...
Optimism for nod to fifth insolvency bill
By Elias Hazou THE government is optimistic that the troika of lenders will in the next few days give the nod to the fifth and...
Government department to look at rent for mortgage model
THE Cyprus Land Development Corporation (CLDC) has been instructed by the government to study the Irish rent-for-mortgage model, the House Finance committee was told on...
Red tape slowing down European funds
GOVERNMENT red tape delays the disbursement of funds from European structural funds, lawmakers said on Tuesday, urging state services to change the way they work....
RES laws finally harmonised
THE PLENUM yesterday passed harmonising legislation on renewable energy as part of a fast-track procedure to avoid Cyprus being slapped with hefty daily fines. Cyprus...
Cyprus faces €11,000-a-day fine over RES lapse
A hefty fine to the tune of €11,000 per day may be imposed on Cyprus by the EU, should the House fail to enact legislation...
New law to determine prepaid phone card IDs
By George Psyllides Registering prepaid phone cards would help curb crime, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou told parliament yesterday, as legislation making it compulsory for users...
Solidarity fund proposal remains vague
LEGISLATION governing the creation of a solidarity fund will be discussed by the House plenum on Thursday although it does not as yet specify how...
Most state officials to keep limos
By Constantinos Pitsilides PROVIDING some state officials with a limousine or executive service car is an acquired right and the parliament can’t take that away...
Deputies fail to agree yet on state officials’ limos
By Poly Pantelides AFTER half a year’s discussion, lawmakers have not yet agreed on what is appropriate for people to pay for their most senior...
‘Difficult to escape’ debts owed to state
Suspending legal action against those who owe the state money would be difficult, said DIKO MP Angelos Votsis yesterday. Votsis, who was chairing the house...