Parliament marks coup and invasion anniversaries
A minute of silence was observed during an extraordinary parliamentary session on Wednesday to mark the anniversaries of the 1974 coup and the Turkish invasion....
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MPs demanding shorter, simpler code of ethics
MPs hope to have a new, shorter, and simpler code of ethics text by early September so that they can discuss its adoption, as Cyprus...
Coronavirus: constitution needs changing for MPs to vote remotely
The attorney-general has said that parliament needs to amend the constitution to enable the MPs to vote remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic, it emerged on...
House condemns Turkish arms sales to Libya
The House plenum on Friday unanimously condemned Turkey’s decision to sell arms and dispatch troops to Tripoli in violation of the UN and EU embargo...
Akel says empty House seats should go to the next in line
Main opposition Akel said Monday it favoured a proposal for vacant parliamentary seats to go to a party’s next in line, paving the way for...
House plenary to convene extraordinary debate on co-op collapse
The House plenary will hold an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, April 4, to debate the report of the investigative committee on the collapse of the...
House president welcomes members of children’s parliament
House speak Demetris Syllouris on Tuesday welcomed the new child deputies and thanked the outgoing ones who have successfully served their two-year term. The outgoing...
Tougher MP conflict of interest laws planned
New laws aiming at greater transparency over MPs possible conflicts of interest will be drawn up, the chairman of the House ethics committee, Zacharias Zachariou,...
Payment of party assistants in House ‘not adequately justified’
Raising the amount of money given to political parties from the parliament’s budget to €10.4m last year, a more than 50 per cent raise compared...
Cyprus has met only two of 16 anti-corruption recommendations, Greco says
Cyprus has satisfactorily implemented only two of the 16 recommendations contained in an evaluation report by the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption...
After long battle vacant House seat goes back to Solidarity (Updated)
Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that effectively hands a vacant seat to the Solidarity Movement, which lost it in April after the supreme court...
Israel expresses regret over Cyprus House resolution on Gaza
Israel has expressed regret over a resolution adopted by the Cyprus House of Representatives on May 18, condemning the Israeli actions in Gaza. On May...
Future of contested parliamentary seat uncertain
The future of the parliamentary seat which until a few days ago belonged to Giorgos Papadopoulos, as an MP for Solidarity Movement, appeared to be...
Nicosia mayor rubbishes excuses for locating new House on city outskirts
The issue raised by the construction of a new House of Representatives has highlighted a serious problem that Cyprus faces with its sustainable development policies,...
Nicosia mayor: House building must stay on my patch
The location of the new parliament building should be in the centre of Nicosia, the capital’s mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Monday as political quarters jockeyed for...
President pledges remedies to domestic woes
Speaking on domestic policy for 2018-2023, during his swearing-in address to the House, President Nicos Anastasiades said more than 20 national strategies were in...
House get-together for past and present MPs
Former state pathologist and Diko deputy Marios Matsakis on Wednesday joined current and other former MPs at the House for a meeting followed by a...
Outcry over woman arrested for having an abortion
There was outrage on Wednesday over parliament’s failure to amend abortion legislation after police in Nicosia detained a woman who had an abortion and the...
House committee meeting cancelled after no shows
Wednesday’s session of the House environment committee, scheduled for 11am, was postponed after chairman Adamos Adamou found only three of ten members had shown up....
MPs seeking to extend tax arrears payment scheme
Lawmakers will this week be voting to extend the deadline for applying for a scheme regarding the settlement of taxes in arrears. Under the scheme,...
