Our View: Why should ministers listen when MPs don’t seem to care?
In the end, the government admitted it was a mistake for the members of the council of ministers not to attend the opening day of the debate on the state ...
State budget looks set to pass as Demetriou gives backing
By Elias Hazou and Tom Cleaver
The 2024 state budget looks set to pass the house on Wednesday after Annita Demetriou, leader of the House’s largest party Disy, threw her ...
Low-paid civil servants to protest for place in state budget
Members of the Isotita trade union will hold a demonstration on Monday outside the House of Representatives as discussion begins inside on the state budget for 2024.
The demonstration will begin ...
House to prioritise fake news bill after Demetriou allegations
The House legal affairs committee will restart discussing a bill regarding fake news, chair Nikos Tornaritis said on Wednesday.
This comes just two days after House president Annita Demetriou filed ...
House of Representatives to debate laws referred back by Anastasiades
Parliament convened on Wednesday to discuss seven laws President Nicos Anastasiades referred back to the House, citing issues with their constitutionality and implementation.
The House legal committee is discussing three ...
Our View: Declarations and resolutions will not stop Turkey
During the debate on the state budget on Thursday, a deputy had heard of the latest statement about Varosha by the Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and asked that ...
House condemns north’s statements regarding Varosha
The House of Representatives unanimously condemned statements made by Unal Ustel, the north’s ‘prime minister’, that the north will move to reopen the entirety of Varosha after local ‘elections’ ...
Anastasiades thanks House of Representatives for approving budget
President Nicos Anastasiades has thanked the parliamentary parties for voting in favour of the 2023 budget, providing €11.29 billion for general government expenditures.
After the House session which passed next year’s ...
Reform top of the agenda at the House in past year
Hundreds of bills were submitted to the parliament in the past year, while the most critical bills dealt with the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Fund, local government, civil service ...
House passes bill regulating 0.4 per cent tax on real estate sales
The House on Thursday passed a bill regulating the levying of a 0.4 per cent tax on all sales of real estate, the proceeds going to support Greek Cypriot refugees.
Despite ...
Lawmakers urged to swiftly pass intellectual property bills
Lawmakers are being urged to quickly study and pass bills on intellectual property rights or Cyprus risks being sanctioned by the European Commission.
The call to action came from Energy ...
House meets after president sends back bills
The House plenary is holding an extraordinary session on Tuesday after President Nicos Anastasiades sent back three bills approved by MPs recently – two relating to VAT on electricity and fuel ...
Czech parliamentary delegation in visit to Cyprus
A delegation of the European Affairs Committee of the Czech House of Representatives will arrive in Cyprus for a three-day visit on Tuesday, following an invitation by the House of ...
House agrees on procedures for anti-corruption appointees
Following around four years of discussions, a bill creating an anti-corruption authority will finally go to the plenum this week, with an MP saying the outfit will establish Cyprus’ bona ...
House Speaker denies executive role in Neophytou’s presidential campaign
House President Annita Demetriou said she would not be taking an executive role in the presidential election campaign of ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou, following reports last week that she ...
Electricity bills, anti-corruption among big issues on House agenda
The legislature dives back into business this week and the next, with a packed agenda featuring a number of important bills and issues, starting with the presidential veto of a ...
Our View: Let’s hope parties put interests of economy above right to avoid repaying loans
Presenting the 2022 State Budget to the House of Representatives on Thursday, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said the drawing of funds from European sources and programmes was a government priority. Cyprus ...
Coronavirus: Call for House approval of pandemic measures
The measures taken by the government to fight the pandemic ought to be approved by parliament, Diko MP Zaharias Koulias said on Wednesday, after tabling the issue for discussion before ...
House votes to cut VAT on electricity bills to 9 per cent (updated)
Parliament on Friday approved an opposition proposal to cut VAT on electricity bills from 19 per cent to 9 per cent across the board for an indefinite period.
The proposal was passed ...
Parliament to stay at Philoxenia until mid-2022
Party leaders decided on Monday that parliament will remain housed at the Philoxenia conference centre until July 2022.
The House moved there last year because it was impossible to apply health ...
The principles and rules to fight corruption
By Achilleas Demetriades
Public opinion is watching, day in day out, developments linked to the Pandora papers, and some months before that, the Al Jazeera revelations.
The Pandora papers issue ...
Municipal elections postponed (Updated)
The House plenum on Thursday voted for the postponement of local government elections as part of the sector’s reform.
The elections were to have taken place in December.
Postponement ...
House plenum to rubberstamp composition of committees (Updated)
The House plenary will on Thursday ratify the composition of the 16 regular and one ad hoc parliamentary committee, as well as a newly established ethics committee for MPs, the Cyprus ...
MPs meeting over how to share out House committees
The House selection committee meets tomorrow to assign MPs to the 16 House committees, amid speculation on whether smaller parties will be given a committee to chair, even though they do ...