President will not resign, Disy favours early House elections (updated 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades will not betray the clear mandate handed to him by the people to govern the country for five years, the presidency said...
Averof Neophytou
Averof predicts ‘developments on national issue coming’
Developments on the national issue are coming, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday, after meeting the Britain’s top diplomats based in Cyprus, Greece and...
Disy leader says Europe united against Turkey
Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday Turkey will find a united European response to Ankara’s provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Speaking in Athens after...
Neophytou accuses opposition of making a mess of business support scheme
Ruling Disy party leader Averof Neophytou accused the opposition on Tuesday of making a mess out of a government scheme for state-backed borrowing to support...
Akel questions Disy chief’s sudden concern for workers’ rights
Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Wednesday said they would be inviting ruling Disy head Averof Neophytou to join their party if he kept up supporting...
Disy and Akel leaders clash on PEPs, Cyprob in TV debate
Ruling Disy and Akel clashed on Thursday about the non-performing loans held by politically exposed persons (PEP) during a televised political debate. Akel leader Andros...
Anastasiades expects stronger support from EU and EPP (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said EU support to Cyprus becomes even more important amidst a period of continued tensions and violations by Turkey in...
Bank of Cyprus to suspend new charges
The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) announced on Thursday it would suspend the introduction of new charges for its services due to be introduced in January...
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...
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...
