National Council meeting: Akel urges attendance at five-party summit (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades invited the members of the National Council to escort him to the informal five-party summit to be convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio...
Citizen’s Alliance
Edek and Citizens Alliance form ‘anti-bizonal front’ for parliamentary elections
Socialist Edek and the Citizens Alliance announced on Friday they would join forces for May’s parliamentary elections, putting forth a united “anti-bizonal front” and aiming...
Citizens Alliance accuse former member of forming new party to secure MP seat
The Citizens’ Alliance on Thursday accused their former member and MP Anna Theologou of rushing to jump ship to secure her re-election in parliament after...
Independent MP becomes ‘MP of the Independents’
Independent MP Anna Theologou on Wednesday announced she would be representing a new group that call themselves ‘The Independents’ seeking equal treatment against big interests...
Discussion kicks off on minimum wage
Lawmakers and trade unions on Tuesday began discussing various proposals for the establishment of a national minimum wage, ostensibly aimed at raising people’s living standards....
Citizens’ Alliance seeking to raise minimum wage for all jobs
The Citizens’ Alliance party on Wednesday said they have submitted a bill proposal to raise the minimum monthly wage to €1,125 for all occupations. The...
President taken to task for sending private letters on talks
Critics of Nicos Anastasiades on Monday slammed the president over a private and confidential letter he sent to select people, including a number of journalists...
Akel-Lillikas meeting hints at possible election alliance
As Akel sees its list of potential candidates for next year’s presidential elections gradually shorten, a meeting on Monday between party leader and the Citizens’...
Alliance renegades launch new platform
Six former senior officials of the Citizens’ Alliance, who left the party in the wake of their disagreement with leader Giorgos Lillikas’ decision to mount...
Alliance MP quits party over presidential elections decision (updated)
Citizens’ Alliance MP Pavlos Milonas has quit the party because he disagreed with its chairman, Yiorgos Lillikas, running for president in next year’s elections. Milonas...
Lillikas candidacy is now official
LEADER of the Citizens’ Alliance Yiorgos Lillikas officially announced his candidacy for the presidential elections on Sunday and gave a brief overview of his programme. Lillikas,...
Lillikas warns party members: support me or else
Citizens’ Alliance leader and presidential hopeful Yiorgos Lillikas said on Friday that members who failed to respect the party decision to support his candidacy...
Old arguments resurface on Annan anniversary
Old arguments resurfaced on the anniversary on Monday of the Annan plan referendum, which was overwhelmingly rejected by Greek Cypriots, and were used to...
Opposition parties agree to presidential candidate meeting
Socialist Edek’s invitation for a joint meeting of the five parties favouring a hardline stance on the Cyprus problem next week has now been...
Lillikas proposes all voters should choose presidential candidate (Updated)
Citizens’ Alliance chief Giorgos Lillikas said on Wednesday that if his proposal for the ‘centre’ parties to jointly run Andreas Angelides as a candidate in...
Lillikas hunts for centre’s consensus on single candidate
After getting almost no response from other parties of the so-called centre, Citizens’ Alliance leader Yiorgos Lillikas said on Monday he would make a...
Neophytou says we need to talk and listen to each other
Last week’s unannounced dinner with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was not the only contact Disy leader Averof Neophytou has had, and he will continue...
Lillikas denies his candidacy disrupts election chances of the centre
The backing of their leader, Giorgos Lillikas, as a presidential candidate in 2018 by the Citizens Alliance with 114 votes to 20, has sowed...
Lillikas backed by own party as presidential nominee in Sunday vote (Updated)
The Citizens Alliance, with 114 votes in favour and 20 against decided on Sunday that party leader Giorgos Lillikas was the most appropriate candidate for...
Disy and Citizens Alliance in favour of cross-voting
RULING Disy and the Citizens Alliance on Thursday came out in favour of cross-voting, a matter that keeps coming up but always shelved by parties....