More restrictions to be placed on released child-sex offenders
CONVICTED child-sex offenders will be more strictly supervised after their release from prison, according to a draft legislative amendment prepared by the House legal affairs...
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House President Syllouris and delegation to visit China
HOUSE President Demetris Syllouris leaves for China on November 3, heading a delegation, that will visit the country at the invitation of the Chinese National...
MPs vote to strip cabinet of power to grant, lease, or exchange state land
Parliament on Friday voted to strip the cabinet of the power to grant, lease, or exchange state land after the values published recently by the...
House approves bill to subsidise salaries of priests
Parliament on Friday approved a government bill to subsidise the salaries of the clergy based on a so-called agreement struck between the state and the...
New neutering law will bankrupt animal shelters, dissenting MPs tell plenum
The House plenum on Friday passed new regulations, which among other things provide that dogs must be neutered before they leave temporary shelters but some...
‘Skyscrapers are not mushrooming…Cyprus won’t turn into a Manhattan’, says Petrides
Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides pledged on Thursday that Cyprus would not be turned into Manhattan during House discussions on his ministry’s budget when the topic...
Around €11m to be divvied up among the parties as 2020 expenses
Some €11m of taxpayer money will be divvied up among political parties for their expenses in 2020, €4m of which going to the salaries of...
Over 8,000 domestic workers unaccounted for, no clue as to their whereabouts
Around 8,500 domestic workers have been reported missing by their employers, the House ethics committee heard on Wednesday, saying it would investigate the issue. Although...
Solidarity’s Papadopoulos sworn in after getting House seat back
The Solidarity Movement’s Giorgos Papadopoulos was on Tuesday declared an MP for the third time after a parliament decision to return the seat to him...
House passes resolutions condemning Turkey over Varosha and Syria
THE House plenum on Friday passed resolutions condemning Turkey’s actions in Varosha and in Kurdish-led territories in northern Syria. Following the reaffirmation of UN resolutions...
Parliament votes to amend constitution to resolve issue of vacant MP seats
Parliament on Friday voted unanimously to amend the constitution in a bid to resolve the issue of a vacant seat that has been hounding MPs...
Bill to shore up legalities tied to vacant MP seats at plenum next week
A LAW proposal on the amendment of the Constitution aiming to address the gap found in the event a parliamentary seat is vacated or not...
Parties reach consensus on vacant House seats
Political parties appear to have reached consensus on how a parliamentary seat should be assigned in the event it is vacated or not claimed, either...
‘Drunk drivers are potential killers’, MPs mull deterrent fines
LAWMAKERS on Friday delved into a package of bills providing for deterrent traffic fines that they hope will end the road carnage after a particularly...
Widowers threaten legal action over pensions
A group representing widowers on Monday called on the government to relent on the issue of pensions and to respect the House vote on the...
Anastasiades vetoes bill for widowers’ pension
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday vetoed a bill on the widowers’ pension passed by the House plenum earlier in the month on the grounds that...
Parliament says yes to extending hydrocarbons’ licences
THE House on Friday approved regulations that allow the government to extend the licenses of companies exploring for hydrocarbons inside the island’s exclusive economic zone...
Anastasiades vetoes House bill to set its own budget
Citing constitutional issues, President Nicos Anastasiades has refused to sign into law a bill passed by parliament to make the legislature financially independent so that...
Some GPs turning patients away, health ministry investigating
SOME general practitioners enrolled with the national health scheme (Gesy) are turning patients away, it was alleged on Thursday. In parliament, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou...
Bill on phone surveillance delayed
A government bill allowing authorities to conduct phone surveillance will not be going to the plenum this week as initially planned, after legislators decided Thursday...
