EU should not engage in bazaar-type haggling with Turkey, Omirou says
The EU should not engage in ‘bazaar-type’ haggling with Turkey over the migrant deal due to be thrashed out on Thursday in Brussels, House Speaker...
House President Yiannakis Omirou
Greece to grant full access to ‘Cyprus File’ on junta, coup and invasion
By George Psyllides The Greek parliament has agreed to grant Cyprus full access to material collected by a committee that investigated the 1974 coup and...
Omirou rejects any notion of multilateral conference with guarantors
By Angelos Anastasiou A summit between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities and Cyprus’ three guarantor powers – Greece, Turkey, and Great Britain – is...
DISY and AKEL have ‘decapitated democratic pluralism’ small parties say
By Angelos Anastasiou The voting of a law raising the electoral threshold to 3.6 per cent by ruling DISY and opposition AKEL sparked a new...
Greece and Cyprus facing similar challenges
Greece and Cyprus are faced with three different challenges, President of the Greek Parliament Nikos Voutsis said on Monday after a meeting he held in Nicosia...
Omirou asks for Lagarde list, pledges secrecy
By Angelos Anastasiou House Speaker Yiannakis Omirou on Wednesday asked President Nicos Anastasiades and Finance Minister Harris Georgiades to deliver a copy of the infamous...
Over 40 per cent of Cyprus at risk of desertification
Studies have shown that over 40 per cent of Cyprus is at risk from desertification, and 7 per cent has already been irreversibly affected by...
US House asks for report on Cyprus’ defence capabilities
The US House of Representatives has asked the State Department to submit a report on the defence capabilities of the Republic of Cyprus, in an...
Acting President rejects Turkish proposal for Greek-Turkish visit
Acting President and House President Yiannakis Omirou on Saturday rejected a proposal submitted by Turkish Foreign Ministers Mevlut Cavusoglu that he and his Greek counterpart...
EDEK considers leaving European socialist alliance (Update)
By Constantinos Psillides Socialist EDEK is considering leaving the European Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), a political group in the European Parliament, a...
Occupation condemned in Morphou march
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades on Monday received foreign officials who took part in the annual Morphou anti-occupation march on Sunday. After the meeting, Morphou Mayor Charalambos...
House President discusses Gaza developments with Palestine Ambassador
House President Yiannakis Omirou on Wednesday met with the Ambassador of Palestine Walid Hasan with whom he discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip...