Posts tagged with "Averof Neophytou"

‘Greece ought to have taken lessons from Cyprus on handling financial crisis’ Cyprus

‘Greece ought to have taken lessons from Cyprus on handling financial crisis’

April 18th, 20192143 The head of Greece’s Nea Dimokratia party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday his own should have taken lessons from Cyprus on how to handle the financial crisis. Mitsotakis, who is on the island on a two-day visit for a series of contacts, met ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou at the party’s offices in Nicosia. Neophytou...
We’ll resign if government resigns over Co-op, MPs tell Neophytou Cyprus

We’ll resign if government resigns over Co-op, MPs tell Neophytou

April 15th, 20191415 Opposition parties said on Monday they would agree to dissolve parliament if the government also resigned, responding to ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou’s challenge during Friday’s discussion in the plenum on the damning findings of a probe into the collapse of the Co-op bank. Opposition parties have insisted on the finance...
Disy leader denies planning to change Gesy insurance payments Health

Disy leader denies planning to change Gesy insurance payments

April 8th, 20191431   Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday he was the victim of “political bullying” after being accused of covertly telling various groups of medical professionals not to join the national health scheme (Gesy). The new furore over Gesy was sparked by a report in opposition Akel mouthpiece Haravgi that Neophytou...
State to revamp CyBC, cut political-party fodder (Updated) Cyprus

State to revamp CyBC, cut political-party fodder (Updated)

March 18th, 20191279 The government will amend legislation to reduce the state broadcaster’s blanket coverage of political parties’ announcements and boost proper news reporting, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Monday, as he sought to resolve the impasse after parliament, including ruling Disy, rejected CyBC’s budget. The minister...
Neophytou: time for a real dialogue on what a state broadcaster should be Cyprus

Neophytou: time for a real dialogue on what a state broadcaster should be

March 17th, 20191750 Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Sunday assured that both Cybc's staff and pensioners would be paid at the end of the month as parliamentary meetings with the state broadcaster's board and the interior ministry would come up with a revised budget that could be voted into law on time. Neophytou was speaking two days after his...
Our View: Middle class latest hollow electoral target Our View

Our View: Middle class latest hollow electoral target

March 6th, 20192028 Speaking to his party’s supreme council on Saturday Disy leader Averof Neophytou announced that the focus of policy was the middle class. He said: “The centre of our policies is the middle class. The middle class that suffered a heavy blow from the crisis. The middle class that proved – for one more time – the backbone on which...
Furore breaks out over Paphians are ‘true Turks’ comment Cyprus

Furore breaks out over Paphians are ‘true Turks’ comment

March 5th, 20194380 Furore broke out on social media on Tuesday after a Facebook comment by Disy Larnaca municipal councillor Georgios Lakkotrypis, who called Paphos citizens “the only true Turks” as “Turkish Cypriots were Paphians who changed faith to save their properties. In other words, spawn of the Turks.” Commenting under an article by...
Akinci hosts dinner for Disy leader Cyprus Talks

Akinci hosts dinner for Disy leader

February 18th, 20192732 Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci, said on Monday he discussed the Cyprus problem with Disy leader, Averof Neophytou, during dinner in Kyrenia. Akinci said in a Facebook post on Monday evening that he had just hosted Neophytou in Kyrenia for dinner. Attending were also former chairman of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and...
Party leaders on both sides express support for federal solution  Cyprus Talks

Party leaders on both sides express support for federal solution 

February 13th, 20192304 The heads of four political parties, Disy’s Averof Neophytou, Akel general -secretary Andros Kyprianou, and the leaders of the Republican Turkish Party and the Communal Democracy Party in the north, Tufan Erhürman and Cemal Özyiğit respectively, have expressed their support for a federal Cyprus settlement. All four were keynote...
Middle class is ‘most neglected’ by state Cyprus

Middle class is ‘most neglected’ by state

December 21st, 20181801 THE middle class in Cyprus is the most neglected by the state, with political cronyism having an added negative impact on this sector of the population that is burdened with carrying the weight of the entire society, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Thursday. Conducting an overview of the government’s work, Neophytou said that...
Disy leader eyes closer ties with Turkish Cypriot ‘left’ Cyprus

Disy leader eyes closer ties with Turkish Cypriot ‘left’

December 20th, 20182758 DISY leader Averof Neophytou said on Thursday that it would be easier for him to reach an understanding on the Cyprus problem with the leftist Turkish Cypriot parties and that he has “political chemistry” with Diko head, Nicholas Papadopoulos. Neophytou was speaking at a press conference where he also took questions from the...
Disy delegation visits elderly, pledges pension increase Cyprus

Disy delegation visits elderly, pledges pension increase

December 17th, 20181445 Better days for the elderly will come through increases in pensions, a delegation from ruling Disy led by leader Averof Neophytou pledged during a visit to the Nicosia multipurpose centre on Monday. The delegation served food to the elderly at the centre and wished them a happy Christmas. In statements after the visit parliamentary...
Neophytou attends funerals of Turkish Cypriots killed in floods Cyprus

Neophytou attends funerals of Turkish Cypriots killed in floods

December 8th, 20183446 Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Saturday attended the funeral of two Turkish Cypriot youths who died in the floods in Kyrenia caused by heavy rain. In a statement, the party expressed its sincere condolences to the families of “our Turkish Cypriot compatriots who lost their lives”. Neophytou attended the funeral in Dhikimo of...
Decentralised federation could enhance day-to-day lives Cyprus Talks

Decentralised federation could enhance day-to-day lives

November 25th, 20182650  Interview with Disy leader Averof Neophytou By Christos Panayiotides Averof Neophytou was born in 1961, in Argaka, in the district of Paphos. He attended the gymnasium in Polis and studied economics and accounting at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). He served as the mayor of Polis, 1991-96. In 1996, he was elected a...
Ozersay reveals unofficial contacts with Disy’s Neophytou Cyprus Talks

Ozersay reveals unofficial contacts with Disy’s Neophytou

October 21st, 20182248  Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay has revealed that among the contacts has had recently with the Greek Cypriot side, was also a meeting with ruling Disy chief Averof Neophytou. Ozersay revealed on social media on Saturday that he had had a private meeting with Greek Cypriot Chief Negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis...
No obstacle in Russia Cyprus relations, ambassador says Cyprus

No obstacle in Russia Cyprus relations, ambassador says

September 28th, 20182785 Moscow does not see any obstacle in its bilateral ties with Cyprus because of relations with any third country, the Russian ambassador said, considering the issue of its related public censure of ruling DISY leader Averof Neophytou closed. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, Stanislav Osadchiy said Moscow considered the...
Cyprus’ social fabric and demographics must be protected, Disy boss says Cyprus

Cyprus’ social fabric and demographics must be protected, Disy boss says

September 20th, 20181863 The state ought to protect its social fabric and its demographics, ruling Disy chief Averof Neophytou said on Thursday, commenting on the problem Cyprus is facing with the influx of refugees from war-torn Syria. The matter was raised by President Nicos Anastasiades during an informal EU summit on migration in Austria on...
Disy chief explains Logicom shareholding Cyprus

Disy chief explains Logicom shareholding

July 6th, 20181903 Disy chief Averof Neophytou said Friday his wife and mother-in-law owned shares in a company that has recently acquired a stake in Hellenic Bank, which is set to absorb parts of the co-op bank in the coming months. Neophytou made the statement before the House finance committee a day after a list was published with the shareholders of...
Gentlemen’s agreement reached for trapped buyers Cyprus

Gentlemen’s agreement reached for trapped buyers

July 3rd, 20184426 Banks and the legislature appear to have to struck a gentlemen’s agreement that will resolve the matter of home buyers without title deeds, it emerged on Tuesday. In return for the approval of bills that would make it easier for banks to collect their dues, the bank association agreed on Tuesday not to raise any objections over the...
Road works to no longer disrupt traffic at weekends Cyprus

Road works to no longer disrupt traffic at weekends

June 23rd, 20182000 Transport Minister Vassiliki Anastassiadou said she has given instructions for road works to stop on Fridays and on weekends after congestion observed on Friday on the Nicosia Limassol motorway due to works. In a tweet late on Friday, the minister apologised for the hardship experienced by motorists due to the road works being carried...
Our View: Akel’s claim of a hostile West is a big lie Opinion

Our View: Akel’s claim of a hostile West is a big lie

June 17th, 20183319 AFTER a meeting with the US ambassador on Thursday, Disy leader Averof Neophytou repeated the position of his party, which was that “with Cyprus’ entry into the EU, the country also predetermined its political orientation, a political orientation, which based on the positions of Europe and United States is Western.” Although...
Neophytou: US-Cyprus ties have entered a new level in field of energy   Energy

Neophytou: US-Cyprus ties have entered a new level in field of energy  

June 7th, 20182924 The US and Cyprus have entered a new level of relations in the field of energy, especially after the third licensing round with ExxonMobil signing an exploration and production sharing contract for block 10 of the island’s EEZ, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said Neophytou was speaking at the 4th Washington Oil & Gas Forum...
Party leaders wade into vacant seat row Cyprus

Party leaders wade into vacant seat row

May 15th, 20181569 MEP Eleni Theocharous on Tuesday appeared to shoot herself in the foot by implying that the seat she won in the European Parliament in 2014, running on the Disy ticket, was hers rather than the party’s. In an impassioned letter – made public – addressed to Disy chief Averof Neophytou, Theocharous said she agreed with the...
Malas made good impression in debate Elections2018

Malas made good impression in debate

January 23rd, 20182787 Monday evening’s televised debate among the five main contenders for the presidency offered no new reveals or high drama as the candidates played it safe, sticking to the script and to their respective narratives. An online straw poll hosted on the website of daily Politis showed Akel-backed Stavros Malas was the most persuasive (42...
Neophytou says 'envious' of the affection women of Cyprus have for the president Cyprus

Neophytou says 'envious' of the affection women of Cyprus have for the president

January 21st, 20184104 Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Sunday he was envious of the 'big love' that President Nicos Anastasiades enjoys from the women of Cyprus. Neophytou was speaking at an event organised by Godisy, the women's wing of the ruling party. "I would like to thank the women of Cyprus who have sent a clear message today... how the path...
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