Syllouris and ex-MP keep silent at passport inquiry (Updated)
The former president of parliament and a former Akel MP refused to answer any questions Wednesday put to them by the panel investigating Cyprus’ controversial...
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Police defend why it took so long to search homes of those on Al Jazeera video
Police on Friday defended the fact that it took them more than two weeks to search the homes of former state officials and others who...
Passport saga inspires parody song
A Cyprus band has written a song parodying local politicians featured in an undercover video showing them offering to help a Chinese businessman with a...
Syllouris resigns under pressure but insists he broke no laws (Update 2)
House president Demetris Syllouris resigned on Thursday under immense public pressure following an undercover video showing him offering to help a Chinese businessman with a...
‘Passport for sale, barely used’, social media scathing after documentary broadcast
Some Cypriots are pretending to sell their passports online, others are enraged over the tarnishing of the country’s reputation following the Al Jazeera broadcast focusing...
Anti-corruption demo for second night running (with video) (updated)
Hundreds of people on Wednesday assembled outside the Nicosia conference centre, currently hosting parliament, to protest and demand the resignation of House president Demetris Syllouris...
MPs ‘on strike’ in protest over Syllouris’ refusal to resign (Update 3)
The House ethics committee, scheduled to have a meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the deputies’ code of conduct, said they would not convene as...
Growing chorus of calls for Syllouris to resign (Updated)
Embattled House president Demetris Syllouris said Wednesday he will not object to having his parliamentary immunity lifted as part of an investigation into potential malfeasance...
Syllouris expresses solidarity with Armenia
House President Demetris Syllouris said on Monday he would speak on the phone on Tuesday with the President of the National Assembly of Armenia –...
House ready to ask banks whether certain PEPs received favourable treatment
Parliament will turn to the auditor-general, the central bank, and the financial ombudsman to find out whether any politically exposed persons (PEPs) had received favourable...
Syllouris washes his hands of PEPs loans list
House President Demetris Syllouris on Tuesday washed his hands of a controversial list containing names of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with non-performing loans whose publication...
Syllouris suggests meeting of party leaders to discuss investment programme (Updated)
House President Demetris Syllouris said on Monday he wrote a letter to President Nicos Anastasiades suggesting a meeting of party leaders to discuss either suspending,...
‘Parliaments need to move closer to the people’
There is strong need for more vigorous efforts to bring parliament closer to the people, especially the young and women, House President Demetris Syllouris believes,...
Syllouris sends letter to Erdogan condemning Hagia Sophia decision
House President Demetris Syllouris on Thursday sent an open letter to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemning the decision to turn Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into...
House president pledges to support civil society
Suggestions made by the second session of the parallel parliament for civil society will be taken on board by MPs when the House reconvenes after...
Ad hoc committee appointed to probe PEP list
House President Demetris Syllouris on Friday announced the composition of an ad hoc committee that will investigate a controversial list of politically exposed persons (PEPs)...
Coronavirus: House president denounces claims his children were on repatriation flight
House president Demetris Syllouris said on Sunday that he has reported to the police a news website that reported his children had received preferential treatment...
Karousos backs up Syllouris’ pledge to give cash for new parliament to Covid-19 fight
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos stepped in on Wednesday to back House President Demetris Syllouris who has said the budget for the building of a new...
House president to self-isolate voluntarily after Athens trip (Updated)
House President Demetris Syllouris and the delegation which escorted him on his official visit to Athens last week have isolated themselves it was announced on...
House president defends MP ethic plan: it’s not ‘the Syllouris code’
ALTHOUGH mocked and ridiculed by the media for the code of ethics for deputies presented a couple of weeks ago, House president Demetris Syllouris has...