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...
Angelos Votsis
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...
