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....
Citizen’s Alliance
Poll predicts seven parties to win seats
A POLL ahead of the parliamentary elections indicates that despite raising the electoral threshold from 1.8 per cent to 3.6 per cent, seven parties out...
Citizens Alliance accuses Greens of logo sabotage
The Citizens’ Alliance on Thursday asked Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos to intervene because the logo of the Green Party-Citizen’s Cooperation resembled their own and was...
Cyprob comments ‘a mess of contradictions’
Citizens Alliance leader Giorgos Lillikas on Sunday called President Nicos Anastasiades to task over what he called the government’s contradictory comments on the Cyprus issue....
Opposition takes president to task in Cyprob populist row
By Jean Christou Opposition parties on Wednesday tried to turn the tables on President Nicos Anastasiades who told the overseas Cypriots conference that populist slogans...
Hourican under fire from opposition parties (Updated with bank source)
By Jean Christou and Stelios Orphanides Tensions over the foreclosures bill rose on Friday when opposition parties slammed Bank of Cyprus CEO John Hourican over...
Troika arrives as insolvency dispute flares
By Angelos Anastasiou AS THE government-inspired committee of experts to negotiate the insolvency framework flounders, a Troika team of financial experts and technocrats has arrived...
Lillikas denies asking for extra security
By Angelos Anastasiou Citizens’ Alliance leader Giorgos Lillikas on Tuesday denied a report in daily Politis that he was not content with a Council of...
Lillikas could secure National Council seat
By Angelos Anastasiou DESPITE the unsuccessful bid for a seat at the European Parliament, the Citizens’ Alliance has earned the “people’s trust and a spot...
Parties fail to comply with law on finances
By Constantinos Psillides MAJOR political parties on the island have again failed to provide the state audit office with party finances reports for 2013. The...
Papadopoulos-Lillikas: a meeting of minds
By Stefanos Evripidou NEW DIKO leader Nicolas Papadopoulos had a meeting of the minds yesterday with Citizens’ Alliance leader Giorgos Lillikas, whose presidential candidacy he...
Lillikas still pushing for a seat at top table
By Stefanos Evripidou THE ‘CITIZENS Alliance’ wants a seat on the National Council and is willing to forego the right to vote in the body...
Mavroyiannis to be chief negotiator at peace talks
By Elias Hazou THE NATIONAL Council yesterday picked Andreas Mavroyiannis as the Greek Cypriot side’s chief negotiator at the peace talks, fulfilling DISY’s pre-election pledge...