Neophytou calls on young people to vote
Ruling DISY chief Averof Neophytou on Sunday urged young people to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections because abstinence, he said, only rewarded the...
elections
Trump says taxes for the wealthy should go up
Donald Trump said on Sunday that taxes for the wealthy should go up but that his tax plans would likely be renegotiated with Congress should...
Our View: The deeper causes behind low voter turnout
A RECURRING theme in newspaper opinion pages has been the supposedly low regard in which parties and politicians are viewed by the public. Politicians have...
The new kids on the block
By Andria Kades It’s promise time in Cyprus’ politics and although the threshold for being considered for a seat in parliament has been pushed up...
Ballot papers start printing as voter number reaches 543,000
THE total number of registered voters eligible to vote in the May 22 parliamentary elections is 542,915, the office of the Chief Retuning Officer said...
Utopos candidacy rejected on grounds of sanity
FOR the first time in 18 years, Costas Kyriakou, aka Utopos (the Utopian), will not be running in the May 22 parliamentary elections, as his...
Mahdessian sworn in for new term
VARTKES Mahdessian was officially declared as the representative of the Armenian religious group in parliament for the third time on Thursday by the Chief Returning...
Objection filed against Utopos’ candidacy
Two objections were filed on Thursday as regards candidacies of the May 22 parliamentary elections, one in Limassol, the other in Nicosia, Returning Officer...
BirdLife announces online campaign, urges deputy hopefuls to sign up
With parliamentary elections fast approaching, BirdLife Cyprus has launched #WeNatureCy, an online campaign to engage the public and the candidates in matters related to the protection...
Our View: Voting registration numbers indicate changing values and interests
THERE will be a record number of candidates – 494 – standing in this month’s parliamentary election contesting 56 seats. On average, there are about...
