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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 ...

Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides ruled out supporting Diko leader Nikolas Papadopoulos for House president on Thursday, while floating a potential alternative coalition involving Akel, Elam and the party’s most ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos met Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Tuesday, as discussions regarding who will support whom when parliament elects its president next week commenced. Papadopoulos confirmed that he ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday telephoned both Disy leader Annita Demetriou and Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou to congratulate them on their results in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Erhurman’...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday congratulated Disy and its leader Annita Demetriou for finishing in first place in Sunday’s parliamentary election, describing the result as a “victory” ...

While social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy Cyprus achieved a respectable if unspectacular sixth place nationwide at Sunday’s parliamentary election, his party topped the polls in Meniko, ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou said the electorate “chose security and stability” as she hailed her party’s amassing of 17 seats at Sunday’s parliamentary election. The party had been forecast ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou called on voters to support “responsibility and stability” after casting her ballot on Sunday in Troulloi, as former president Nicos Anastasiades warned that political fragmentation could ...

Leader of Disy and president of the House, Annita Demetriou, pulled the curtain on her party’s election campaign on Wednesday night, by repeating her uninspiring message that a vote ...

Disy held its final pre-election rally on Wednesday evening in Nicosia, with party leader Annita Demetriou calling on voters to back what she described as an “alliance of responsibility”. The ...

House president and Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday warned of a political paralysis and growing division, urging that the next parliament must be built on cooperation rather than opposition. “...

Disy president Annita Demetriou intensified her party’s pre-election campaign in Nicosia on Saturday, accusing political opponents of avoiding clear positions on major national issues. Addressing a party youth rally, ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou, said on Thursday that the Cyprus issue remains of paramount importance to the party. Her intervention came after recent remarks by Nikos Christodoulides that developments on ...

Greece is “our most steadfast support”, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said after meeting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday. She said that she and Mitsotakis had “discussed developments in ...

Disy will support any action that contributes to cheaper electricity, the party’s president Annita Demetriou said on Thursday, while meeting the Electricity Authority’s (EAC) board of directors and ...

Disy on Saturday unveiled its campaign battle bus for the forthcoming parliamentary election, with the bus and the party’s leader Annita Demetriou setting off on a tour of the ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Tuesday received Romania’s ambassador to Cyprus, Dan Mihalache, on the occasion of the completion of his term. Demetriou expressed appreciation for the constructive and ...

The leader of Disy and House president Annita Demetriou is increasingly sounding like a spokesperson of the government, even though her party is theoretically in opposition. This stance is very ...

Parliament on Thursday gave the nod to new rules for the election of the House President, making the procedure more straightforward. The new rules will first apply this June, when ...

House president and Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said that unity and a sense of responsibility are essential for securing the country’s future. Speaking after the student parade ...

Greece reaffirmed its commitment to Cyprus’s security on Friday, with Greek parliament speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis urging that Europe’s recent mobilisation be sustained rather than crisis driven. During talks ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Thursday said that the purpose of a solution to the Cyprus problem is to re-examine the role of the island’s three guarantor powers, amid ...

Disy president and House speaker Annita Demetriou called on Monday for an immediate crisis management strategy to protect Cyprus’ tourism industry from the economic fallout of the US-Israeli conflict, warning ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou over the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, which has centred on the Larnaca district ...