MPs voice their stance on the 2023 state budget
Deputies from the Green Party and Elam on Wednesday said they would not be voting in favour of the 2023 state budget as the second day of discussions unfolded.
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Dipa support makes passage of state budget a done deal
Junior opposition party Dipa on Tuesday confirmed they would be voting for the 2023 state budget, making parliament’s passage of the bill all but a foregone conclusion.
Speaking on the ...
Christodoulides keeps mum over secret deal with Diko
The election campaign team of presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides opted for total radio silence on Monday amid a swirling political uproar after reveals about a ‘secret deal’ he struck up ...
Neophytou pledges continued Gesy improvements
Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou vowed on Wednesday to improve the conditions at the centre for children with neurodevelopmental disorders at the Nicosia general hospital, as well as ...
Anastasiades: Neophytou provides vital continuity
Government’s work in the past ten years can only be continued with the election of presidential candidate Averof Neophytou, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday during a meeting at ...
Memorial service held for Glafcos Clerides, Disy unity pledged
Disy will remain loyal to the principles and values the party was founded on, party leader Averof Neophytou said on Sunday, during the memorial service of Glafcos Clerides, former President ...
Next president faces ‘most difficult conditions’ says Neophytou
Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said whoever wins the elections will have to face the most difficult political conditions since the 1974 invasion.
“The next president’s actions, beliefs ...
Disy’s Eleni Stavrou becomes MEP
Disy party member Eleni Stavrou became an MEP on Wednesday, replacing Lefteris Christoforou, who took up a post with the European Court of Auditors.
She took the position because the ...
Anastasiades refuses to be drawn on support for election candidate
President Nicos Anastasiades said he would not comment on the presidential elections during his visit to Paphos on Thursday, following sharp media speculation on the matter.
He said that today ...
Anastasiades pressed over who he supports in 2023 elections
The internal Disy rift was further exposed during a recent debate after party leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou called on President Nicos Anastasiades to clarify his position over who ...
Audit of donations to political parties (Updated)
The Audit Office said on Monday it was carrying out audits of private donations to political parties for the years between 2016 to 2021.
“At this stage the audit will focus on ...
Passports’ controversy raises new questions
Main opposition Akel on Thursday sought to turn up the heat on the administration, revealing that several beneficiaries of the ‘golden passports’ scheme made significant donations to the ruling party.
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Neophytou says time to put aside differences
The desire to liberate our country remains our top priority, but “in order to achieve it we must put aside any differences”, Disy president and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said ...
Cyprus moves step closer to securing repatriation deal with DRC, Neophytou says
Cyprus has moved a step closer to securing a repatriation deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday.
His visit ...
Neophytou unveils 100-point plan to modernise Cyprus
Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou on Monday unveiled his 100-point plan to reform and modernise the country, pledging that under his administration Cyprus would transition to “the next ...
Neophytou to announce 100-point plan on Monday to tackle inflation crisis
Ruling Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou is on Monday expected to announce a series of ‘radical proposals’ to deal with the inflation crisis, it emerged on Sunday.
Neophytou, ...
Disy: Christodoulides now the willing accomplice of Diko’s desire for power at all costs
Ruling Disy said on Sunday that as former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was now officially “the willing accomplice in the effort the Diko leadership to return to government at all ...
Disy leader Averof warns if Varosha is lost Cyprus will be too
Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou visited Varosha on Wednesday and warned that if the city is lost then Cyprus, too, is lost.
“Dear Varoshians, our Varosha is the ...
Our View: Foreign interest in election shows importance of Cyprus aligning with the West
The timing of Disy’s political-ideological conference seemed rather strange. If it were intended to give a boost to the candidacy of party leader Averof Neophytou it was done too ...
Disy will keep Cyprus ‘moving forward’, Neophytou says as conference closes
Ruling Disy’s two-day political and ideological conference concluded on Saturday with an address by leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou saying the party intends to keep the country moving ...
Disy brings out the big guns in show of support for Neophytou
President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Christian Democrats president Manfred Weber took to the podium at Disy’s party conference on Friday night to send strong messages ...
Neophytou takes swipes at rival presidential candidates
Ruling Disy’s presidential candidate Averof Neophytou took swipes at his rivals in the February 2023 elections honing in on the Cyprus issue and the energy crisis.
In an interview with ...
Disy leader mulls Akel’s choice of presidential candidate
There are two options in the next presidential elections, according to ruling Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou – the stability of the country with a Disy government, or a ...
Disy president Neophytou speaks about vision of green transition
The vision of green transition and the course Cyprus is called to follow towards it, were the topics of an address by the president of Disy, Averof Neophytou, in the ...