#house plenum

Cyprus has passed a major reform of its justice system, after MPs voted through four new laws including the 21st amendment of the constitution. All MPs present in the House ...

In keeping with past practice, parliamentarians on Thursday postponed voting on legislation on two hot-button issues, leaving the vote to the last session of the House plenary next week. The ...

Two bills – one lowering the voting age to 17 and the other introducing automatic voter registration – will be put to a vote in the House plenum on May 22, following their unanimous ...

After a great deal of squabbling, lawmakers on Thursday evening threw out a bill that sought to exempt the members of the Advisory Council from scrutiny of their personal assets. ...

The creation, possession and distribution of AI-generated child pornography is now a criminal offence, carrying with it prison sentences of up to 15 years, under a law passed by parliament on ...

The House on Thursday enacted legislation creating the office of the patients advocate – a comprehensive mechanism to receive, process and make determinations on complaints filed by patients. Two relevant government ...

A bill which will make paramedics a legally protected profession will be submitted to a parliamentary plenary session for a vote by the end of May, the House health committee ...

A lot is happening behind the scenes with lobbying in favour of a bill allowing players in casinos to spend more than €10,000 cash at a time, while authorities are calling ...

State officials will receive a taxable one-time gratuity on retirement, instead of a pension and a one-off bonus payout as is the case now, under legislation submitted by the government ...

The Cyprus issue will be on the agenda of the House of Representatives on February 27 under Chapter D, Speaker Annita Demetriou announced before setting the official schedule. She noted that ...

The fiscal council’s budget for 2025 is over 12 per cent larger than its budget for the previous year, according to information revealed on Friday. News website Stockwatch reported that the ...

MPs will be called to vote on over 100 bills and proposed legislation on Thursday, in the last plenum before the House passes the state budgets just in time for the ...

The attorney-general’s office is “handling” the question of the requisite parliamentary quorum for constitutional reform to be enacted, attorney-general George Savvides said on Friday. The question had arisen after ...

The House of Representatives was briefly thrown into disarray on Thursday when it turned out there were not enough MPs present to vote on proposed amendments to the constitution. The ...

The House plenum on Thursday passed a law introducing stiffer penalties on anyone found guilty in a court of law of inciting violence or hatred against persons for their sexual ...

The government on Thursday submitted to parliament the state budget for fiscal year 2025, with projected total expenditures of €12.9 billion and revenues of €10.3 billion. Direct and indirect taxes account for €8.48 billion, ...

Lawmakers and the government on Thursday managed to find a sweet spot on two ways with which to soften the impact of steep traffic fines on motorists. The two changes ...

The House on Thursday postponed for a week a scheduled vote on a bill regulating the submission of capital statements, or wealth declarations by state officials, politically exposed persons and ...

How far a driver crosses the traffic line should have a bearing on how heavy the fine is, MPs at the House transport committee agreed on Thursday. The proposal was ...

In its last session before adjourning for the upcoming June elections, the House plenary on Thursday passed several laws having to do with such disparate issues as regulations relating to ...

Parliament on Thursday evening enacted a law that allows the identification of users of prepaid mobile phone cards, with some MPs hailing the step while others called it a damp ...

The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to extending by one more year the provision of government grants to cover the deficits of the state health services organisation, or ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law mandating that from now on any criminal trial be carried out by a court in whose district the offence in question ...

After much haggling, the House plenum on Thursday passed a law regulating the employment of advisors or associates to the president, ministers and deputy ministers. The legislation provides for members ...