Edek candidate claims Elam member threatened her
A female candidate in the European Parliament elections claimed on Wednesday she had been verbally assaulted and threatened by a far-right candidate and was reporting
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Edek announces EU election candidates (Update)
Socialist Edek on Sunday announced its six candidates for the upcoming European parliament elections. The names of the six hopefuls were announced after Edek’s members
Akel says other parties siding with employers as inspection vote postponed again
Akel on Friday accused ruling Disy of serving the interests of employers after the party sought a postponement, for the second time, of the vote
Greens ditch Diko and Edek, will field own MEP candidates, possibly Levent (Updated)
The Green Party-Citizens Cooperation is breaking ranks with centre-right Diko and socialist Edek and wil not be cooperating with them in the European elections next
Edek holds protest at Dherynia
Socialist party Edek on Thursday held an event protesting the planned opening of a crossing point at Dherynia, calling on the government to reconsider its
Dherynia mayor slams obstructionist Edek over crossing point
If socialist Edek truly wants to help Dherynia, it ought to arrange for a meeting at the town hall to learn about the problems it’s
Elam slammed for not mentioning the coup at anniversary House session
Far-right Elam was slammed by both socialist Edek and centre-right Diko on Sunday over the party leader Christos Christou’s speech during the special House session
Party leaders briefed on Akinci dinner (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday began briefing the political party leaders on the dinner he had with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci last week. The
Centre parties continue their co-operation
Parties of the so-called centre said Friday they will continue their co-operation based on the policy on the Cyprus problem agreed before the presidential elections.
Nicosia’s ‘leaning tower’ not exactly a tourist attraction
Nicosia may have its own leaning tower after a recent survey found a building in the city centre owned by Edek, to be tilting, it
Diko: can the ‘party of strife’ weather its latest drama?
By Elias Hazou THE purge within Diko, with the ouster of over a dozen party members earlier this week, is expected to rage on as
Election losers engage in blame-game over defeat
A war of words broke out on Monday with the losers of the presidential election race all blaming the others for failing to prevent the
No support for either candidate from centre coalition (Updated)
The leaders of the so-called centre parties including Diko decided on Wednesday not to pledge support to either of the two candidates – incumbent Nicos
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
No let-up as attacks on Eide intensify
By Jean Christou and Evie Andreou New calls went out on Monday from the hardline parties for the replacement of UN Special Adviser Espen Barth
Edek suggests increasing Greek troops
Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos suggested that Greece’s troops in Cyprus should be increased during the national council meeting attended by Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias
Our View: Absurd proposal only serves partition
The proposal of Diko, Edek and Solidarity on the chapter of security and guarantees, which was made public on Tuesday, might as well have been
Centre parties call for troops out before implementing solution (updated)
Parties of the so-called centre on Tuesday called for the abolition of the treaty of guarantees and withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cyprus before
Gesy row deepens, parties cry foul
Opposition parties Diko and Edek on Friday dismissed as slander claims that they launched last-minute attempts to wreck the national health scheme (Gesy) and that,
Parties make their moves to scupper Gesy
A BIG kerfuffle erupted on Thursday, with MPs from ruling Disy and main opposition Akel accusing their colleagues from Diko and Edek of seeking to
