#DISY

Disy deputy leader Yiannis Karousos lambasted former finance minister Harris Georgiades for announcing he will not back Averof Neophytou’s presidential bid, saying the letter does not serve party unity ...

Former finance minister Harris Georgiades has said he will not campaign for former Disy leader Averof Neophytou in the 2028 presidential election should he win Disy’s nomination, and has offered ...

Averof Neophytou and Giorgos Pamboridis formally submitted their candidacies for Disy’s presidential nomination on Monday, setting the stage for an internal contest ahead of the 2028 presidential election. The contrasting ...

Former health minister George Pamboridis formally submitted his candidacy for Disy’s presidential nomination on Monday, expressing confidence that the party would emerge stronger from the internal election process ahead ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou formally submitted his candidacy for the party’s presidential nomination on Monday, making an emotional appeal to young people, pensioners and small business owners, as ...

George Pamboridis submitted the minimum 500 signatures needed to contest Disy’s internal vote for the party’s 2028 presidential candidate on Friday. The forms were delivered to the party’s headquarters ...

Former health minister and presidential hopeful, George Pamboridis, has called for a commitment from anyone entering Disy’s internal process to choose a presidential candidate that they will not stand ...

British Cypriot businessman John Christodoulou said on Thursday that “my mind is with Disy, but my heart is with Akel” as he kept open the possibility of standing in the 2028 ...

Disy has marked 95 years since the October uprising of 1931, describing the revolt as “a significant milestone in Cyprus’ anti-colonial struggle”. The party said Cypriots should honour those who “stood tall ...

Averof Neophytou, who has turned Disy upside down in the pursuit of his presidential ambition, announced on Wednesday that he would stand in Monday’s election for the party candidacy. ...

Disy president Annita Demetriou has left open the possibility of supporting President Nikos Christodoulides in the second round of the presidential election should the Disy candidate fail to qualify. Speaking ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou announced on Wednesday that he will ask party members for a vote of confidence to run for the presidency in 2028. He made the announcement in ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou lambasted the government on Wednesday, saying its proposed budget did not rise to the challenges of the day and contained “inelastic spending, horizontal rises and untargeted ...

Disy vice-president Yiannis Karousos on Tuesday rejected a proposal by former president Nicos Anastasiades for a preliminary agreement between the party and President Nikos Christodoulides, calling it a “message of ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades has urged Disy and President Nikos Christodoulides to agree that whichever fails to reach the second round of the 2028 presidential election will back the other against ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Friday called for energy sanctions levied by the European Union on Russia to be lifted in light of rising energy prices in Cyprus and ...

The apparent inroads made by the broader Israel lobby into Cypriot political life erupted into a full-blown row between Akel and Disy on Thursday, after the launch of the Cyprus ...

Disy has asked whether Akel wants to be “on the same side as Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Turkey”, in a retort to the party’s criticism of a new pro-Israel ...

Diko MP Chrysis Pantelides said on Thursday that members of the new parliamentary group at the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) are covering their own expenses, and that the group has ...

Challenges in the wider region and the promotion of cooperation will be the central aims of a joint group of some MPs and the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF), Diko MP ...

Presidential hopeful George Pamboridis said on Tuesday that Disy should pursue a “natural alliance” with Diko ahead of the 2028 presidential election, and that he will stay in the race for ...

George Pamboridis is gaining support in the race for Disy’s presidential nomination, after party leader Annita Demetriou rejected claims that she was blackmailed into withdrawing. Local media reported on ...

In Bertolt Brecht’s play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, a judge used an unconventional method to decide who the true mother of a boy, whom two women claimed to be ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Thursday praised as “wise” and “responsible” his successor Annita Demetriou’s decision to withdraw her candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections, leaving him and former ...