Parliament rejects cross-voting bill
By George Psyllides PARLIAMENT on Friday rejected three proposals that would have introduced cross voting in local, parliamentary, and European Parliament elections The three proposals
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Democrats seize U.S. House control, Trump under pressure
Democrats rode a wave of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, giving them the opportunity
As EU divisions deepen, Macron stakes out electoral turf
Emmanuel Macron‘s strategy for next year’s European elections is taking shape and the French president sees it in stark terms – an open battle between anti-immigrant
Turks in north can vote in Turkish elections
Turkish passport holders in the north will be able to begin voting in the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections starting from Saturday. They will have
Turkey opposition names rival to Erdogan
Turkey‘s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Friday nominated one its most prominent and combative lawmakers to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan in June 24
Man on trial for impersonating twin at ballot box
A 20-year-old man from Paphos is to stand trial for allegedly casting a ballot in place of his twin brother during the presidential elections earlier
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
People congratulate the president
People queued up at the presidential palace on Friday morning to congratulate President Nicos Anastasiades on his re-election. The presidency said Anastasiades wanted to meet
Unity needed to tackle problems, govt. spokesman says
Government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides appealed for unity on Monday so that the country could tackle the challenges that lay ahead. Speaking on Sigma television, the
Archbishop lends support to Anastasiades
The head of the Church of Cyprus on Friday voiced his support for incumbent Nicos Anastasiades in Sunday’s presidential election, appearing certain that Stavros Malas
Akel leader accused president of lying about talks collapse (updated)
Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Thursday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of lying about why he left talks in Switzerland late in 2016 and suggested he
Diko leader should stop looking for scapegoats, Garoyian says (Update)
Former Diko chairman Marios Garoyian called on his successor, Nicolas Papadopoulos, to stop looking for scapegoats and reflect on the reasons why he had failed
Election horse-trading gathers pace, as losers lick wounds (update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades said Tuesday he was prepared to work with any party that agrees with the basic principles of his election programme, as consultations
European socialists under fire for pro-Papadopoulos tweet
The Party of European Socialists (PES) caused a bit of a tweetstorm in Cyprus on Sunday for appearing to endorse presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos. In a tweet
How we’ve voted down the decades
By George Psyllides By all indications, Sunday’s presidential election is not expected to spring any surprises, unless of course the polls got it all wrong,
Voters going to the polls after ‘shallow’ campaign
By Elias Hazou By most accounts the lead up to Sunday’s presidential elections has seen the most detached election campaign in living memory. The reasons
Election service investigating illegal poll text
The election service said Saturday it was investigating a text message sent to people on Friday evening and early in the morning claiming to be
International media will cover elections
International media outlets, including media from Turkey and also the Turkish Cypriot community, have expressed their interest in covering the presidential elections that will take
Candidates make final pleas for votes (Updated)
As election campaigns officially ended at midnight on Friday ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, candidates spent the day making their final pleas to voters. President
President praises health unity
President Nicos Anastasiades thanked on Friday, all political parties in parliament for their help in introducing a national health scheme (NHS) to Cyprus after years
