Lawyer named new Akel MP
Lawyer Andreas Pasiourtides, 35, was declared on Wednesday as the new AKEL MP in the Larnaca district in the place of outgoing Giorgos Georgiou...
European elections
Neophytou says party determined to win back voters’ trust
Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday his party had received the message sent by voters in last month’s European elections and was determined to...
Disy prepares for election post mortem
The political office of ruling Disy is convening on Monday evening to discuss the future of the party following the disappointing results of last month’s...
Kizilyurek says his election is an opportunity for two sides to work together
Turkish Cypriot MEP-elect Niyazi Kizilyurek said Thursday he was a candidate in last Sunday’s elections as a European citizen living on the island and not...
New faces, new worries in wake of Euro vote
Cyprus is sending three new faces to Brussels, one of them the first-ever Turkish Cypriot MEP but the main takeaways from Sunday’s Euro elections were...
Lack of female MEPs indicates a ‘serious democracy deficit’
With former MEP Eleni Theocharous losing her seat in Sunday’s election, Cyprus has no women MEPs for the first time since 2009. Gender Equality Commissioner,...
Lowest number of voters ever in Sunday’s elections
Turnout in Sunday’s European elections in Cyprus stood at 42.8 per cent, which was 1.17 per cent lower than the European Elections of 2014, and...
No seat but increased Elam vote ‘can only be a worry’
Like some of its European counterparts, nationalists, Eurosceptics, and the far-right, the National People’s Front (Elam) saw a surge in voters on Sunday, almost tripling...
Turkish Cypriot MEP hails bicommunual cooperation
The first Turkish Cypriot MEP, Niyazi Kizilyurek, has described his victory as hugely important because it was a result of cooperation between members of both...
Fragmented parliament complicates EU leadership contest
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS, May 26 (Reuters) – The task of picking the five names that will hold the European Union’s top jobs and guide its...
Greek PM calls snap vote after drubbing for ruling Syriza
By Renee Maltezou and Michele Kambas ATHENS, May 26 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called snap national elections after suffering a heavy defeat...
Pro-Europe vote fragments but limits nationalist gains in EU election
By Alastair Macdonald and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, May 26 (Reuters) – Parties committed to strengthening the European Union held on to two-thirds of seats in the EU parliament,...
EU Vote: the domestic fall-out across Europe
European Parliament elections not only determine the make-up of the next EU assembly and help decide who ends up running top European institutions but can also play back into...
Cyprus’ MEPs pledge to work for national problem
Chief Returning Officer Kypros Kyprianou announced the six newly-elected representatives of Cyprus at the European Parliament. They are: Loukas Fourlas and Lefteris Christoforou of ruling...
Le Pen beats Macron in France as nationalists gain in EU vote
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party edged just ahead of the centrist alliance of President Emmanuel Macron in exit polls as French voters led what pollsters...
Quick look: European elections highlights (Updated)
Following are early predictions of the results of the election to the European Parliament based on exit polls. Over 400 million people can vote in...
Is democracy still such a good idea?
By Gwynne Dyer They don’t hold world elections, but this is the week when around a third of the planet’s voters get the election results...
Europeans vote in bigger numbers to set EU course
Europeans turned out to vote on Sunday in bigger numbers than before in an election pollsters predict will further dent traditional pro-EU parties and bolster...
Euro-election winners Disy and Akel concerned over support for Elam (Update 8)
Ruling Disy, as predicted, came out on top in Sunday’s European elections, with opposition Akel trailing some two percentage points behind at 27 per cent...
Turnout only 29 per cent overall by 3pm, election service says
Turnout at Sunday’s Euro elections stood at only 29 per cent by 3pm on Sunday with three hours left to cast a vote, the election...