Our View: Syllouris hints at PEP list being published, chances are it won’t be
House President Demetris Syllouris threw out a bit of a teaser on Wednesday saying that on July 17, it would be decided whether or not...
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PEPs list returned to House, back and forth continues
A controversial list of politically exposed persons (PEPs) and the money they owed banks, including bad debts, has been sent back to parliament after the...
House passes supplementary budget to cover government schemes
Parliament unanimously passed the third supplementary budget for 2020, worth just over €231m on Friday. The additional funds are intended to cover increased costs resulting...
Coronavirus: Parliament to stay where it is
House speaker Demetris Syllouris on Friday announced that the House of Representatives will continue to work from the Filoxenia conference centre until it breaks up...
House passes shop-hours regulation back to govt
Parliament on Friday voted to return the authority on regulating shopping hours back to the labour minister, thus ending a row spanning over five years....
Coronavirus: First House plenum at the Philoxenia to vote on slew of bills
A full plenum of parliament has got underway at the Philoxenia conference centre, and for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic all members will...
Coronavirus: House resumes work in physical environment (with video)
Parliament began ending remote working on Wednesday and resumed meetings in a physical rather than virtual environment at the Philoxenia conference centre in Nicosia. The...
Coronavirus: House votes to work from Philoxenia conference centre
By unanimous vote parliament on Thursday passed a decision, the upshot of which is that legislative business will be conducted at Nicosia’s Philoxenia conference centre...
Coronavirus: parties looking for alternative venues for House committee meetings
Parties were looking into alternative venues that meet health standards to house parliamentary committee meetings with participants having physical presence, it emerged on Friday. The...
Coronavirus: Political parties ponder reopening of parliament (Updated)
House President Demetris Syllouris on Monday exchanged views with representatives of the political parties on the reopening of the parliament plenary and committee meetings. The...
Coronavirus: plenum approves govt bills increasing fines (Updated)
The House plenum on Friday approved three government bills doubling to €300 spot fines for those found to violate the movement restrictions and allowing some...
Audit office says party funding by the state not adequately substantiated
A rise in regular party funding by the state in excess of 50 per cent between 2017 and 2018 was not adequately substantiated and was...
Coronavirus: House approves raft of bills to shore up economy (Update 1)
Parliament on Friday approved a raft of bills aimed at shoring up the economy to withstand the fallout from the coronavirus crisis. In a closed-door...
Karousos backs up Syllouris’ pledge to give cash for new parliament to Covid-19 fight
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos stepped in on Wednesday to back House President Demetris Syllouris who has said the budget for the building of a new...
House plenum to observe gatherings ban
The House plenary session on Friday will be observing the order banning gatherings of more than 75 people, which means only the 56 MPs and...
House president defends MP ethic plan: it’s not ‘the Syllouris code’
ALTHOUGH mocked and ridiculed by the media for the code of ethics for deputies presented a couple of weeks ago, House president Demetris Syllouris has...
Bill in pipeline to control unwanted flyers
Environment commissioner Klelia Vassiliou is to discuss a bill controlling the distribution of advertising flyers with the finance and transport ministers. A draft law has...
Bank charges to be scaled back by decree to be issued next week
Financial authorities are to issue a decree to scale back on excessive bank charges, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides and Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou jointly...
House postpones vote on expanding state-limo use
Parliament on Friday postponed a vote on regulations increasing the number of state officials allowed to use a government car outside officer hours. The vote...
House passes law incentivising early retirement in public sector
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday, giving incentives to public-sector employees to apply for early retirement without any reduction in their benefits,...
