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...
