House demographic committee discusses birth rate
Members of the parliament’s ad hoc committee on demographics and migration agreed on Tuesday to discuss ways of tackling the low birth rate in Cyprus.
Committee chair Elam MP ...
Elam and Edek clash over House defence committee
Elam on Tuesday took a swipe at Edek over the socialist party leader’s refusal to convene the House defence committee he is chairing in protest over the far-right party’...
Golden Dawn and the rise of its ‘sibling’ Elam
Dr Natalie Alkiviadou
In this year’s parliamentary elections ruling Disy secured a percentage of 27.77 per cent of the vote, Akel 22.34 per cent, Diko 11.29 per cent and Elam 6.78 per cent, ...
Parties agree allocation of House committee seats
Far-right party Elam was given the chair of the ad hoc House committee on demographics on Thursday, as parties came to an agreement over the allocation of committees.
Demographics had ...
Neophytou: smaller parties ought to have a committee chair (Updated)
Smaller parties, which include far-right Elam, ought to have a House committee chair in the name of cooperation and consensus, ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday.
“The elections ...
Elam move starts horse trading for House president
Nationalist party Elam got the ball rolling on Tuesday for the wheeling-and-dealing over the election of the new House President, as a number of names were being floated for the ...
‘We are close to a shift’ after further election losses of the big parties
The changing political landscape, plus the hammering taken by mainstream parties, stand out as the two big takeaways from Sunday’s elections, according to analysts.
Back in 2016, the four ‘big’ ...
Youngest MP in new House is just 26
Elam’s Sotiris Ioannou became the youngest MP in the new house at 26 years old, taking up his seat just two years after graduating.
Winning one of Elam’s four ...
Nationalist Elam gain big in parliament vote
Although ruling Disy emerged as winners on Sunday, many voters turned to smaller parties, including Elam, a right-wing party with links to Greece’s now outlawed Golden Dawn.
Elam, an ...
The alarming rise of Elam must be stopped
In an election climate in which parties, politicians, candidates, citizens, TV and press are all exchanging fire about a bizonal, bicommunal federation and trading insults about corruption, nobody is interested ...
Elam suspended from Twitter
Twitter on Thursday suspended the account of the Cypriot nationalist party Elam, with a pro-migrant NGO welcoming the news.
The party’s account – @elamcy2008 – was suspended on Thursday, Doros Polycarpou ...