Disy hopeful freeze on direct trade regulation will be extended next week
It appears as if the EU will extend the freeze on the 2004 regulation that would allow direct trade between the bloc at the north...
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Disy to table eight bills to incentivise loan repayments
Ruling Disy will on Friday be tabling eight bills aiming to incentivise individuals and corporations, with loans in arrears, to settle their debts. The party...
Neophytou meets China ambassador, part of series of contacts with diplomatic corps
Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday said he has asked China’s support for condemnation of Turkish provocations both in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and...
Neophytou says party determined to win back voters’ trust
Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday his party had received the message sent by voters in last month’s European elections and was determined to...
Disy prepares for internal showdown
Ruling party to hammer out how they dropped nine points in Euro elections By Elias Hazou The convocation of Disy’s political bureau for this coming...
‘Greece ought to have taken lessons from Cyprus on handling financial crisis’
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...
We’ll resign if government resigns over Co-op, MPs tell Neophytou
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...
Disy leader denies planning to change Gesy insurance payments
Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday he was the victim of “political bullying” after being accused of covertly telling various groups of...
State to revamp CyBC, cut political-party fodder (Updated)
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...
Neophytou: time for a real dialogue on what a state broadcaster should be
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...
Our View: Middle class latest hollow electoral target
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...
Furore breaks out over Paphians are ‘true Turks’ comment
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...
Akinci hosts dinner for Disy leader
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...
Party leaders on both sides express support for federal solution
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...
Middle class is ‘most neglected’ by state
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...
Disy leader eyes closer ties with Turkish Cypriot ‘left’
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...
Disy delegation visits elderly, pledges pension increase
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...
Neophytou attends funerals of Turkish Cypriots killed in floods
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....
Decentralised federation could enhance day-to-day lives
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...
Ozersay reveals unofficial contacts with Disy’s Neophytou
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...
