More than €250,000 spent to police disputed Turkish Cypriot property
The state spent more than a quarter of a million euro from the fund for Turkish Cypriot properties for the policing of Ktima Makenzy, an...
House Refugees Committee
€90m compensation still owed by Turkey (updated)
Turkey refusal to pay €90m owed in compensation to families of missing persons and enclaved Greek Cypriots, as ruled by the European Court of Human...
Refugees’ loss of property use to be reassessed
The government intends to recalibrate its policy on refugees so that any state assistance to these people would be based primarily on loss of use...
Pleas for repairs to refugee estates falling on deaf ears, MPs say
A lack of coordination among government departments plus their indifference has resulted in refugee estates falling into disrepair, reducing the quality of life for those...
MPs call for problems of prisoners held in 1974 to be looked into
MPs called on the government on Tuesday to create a record of civilian prisoners from 1974and look into the problems they face. The House committee...
More co-ordination needed over refugee loans, MPs hear
MPs on Tuesday called for more coordination between the Co-op Central Bank and the Loan Commissioners to treat all refugees who received loans as part...
Our View: Many on low income more deserving of state help than refugees
The House refugees committee on Tuesday discussed what its chairwoman, Akel deputy Skevi Koukouma, described as an “injustice against the refugee world.” She was referring...
Disabled 1974 veterans ask for state help
The more than 850 war veterans who were left disabled in the 1974 invasion asked MPs on Tuesday for support as they said they feel...
Up to 5 per cent of all Greek Cypriot properties in the north undeclared, MPs hear
By Angelos Anastasiou Delays in issuing refugee ID cards and undeclared or disputed properties may result in the loss of up to 5 per cent...
Another nursing mother detained
By Bejay Browne JUST one day after Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos ordered the release of three mothers detained at Menoyia on March 20, yet another...
