Mistakes were made on missing admits Photiou
The presidential commissioner for humanitarian affairs conceded that mistakes were made as regards the missing persons issue, which caused pain to the families, but the...
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Upgrading your home
As the values of residential properties are recovering and older properties have become quite competitive by comparison to new units, it could be time to...
Budget for 2022 to be tabled by end of September
The coming months, and 2022 will be crucial for ensuring the sustainability of public finances, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has said. His ministry is currently...
Battle lines drawn in row over foreclosures
This past week saw another episode in the long-running saga The ongoing tussle between the government camp and the opposition over freezing bank foreclosures has...
A gap in the market
Like many other things, our living situations are changing and this affects accommodation. Young people or couples, if able to buy, start off with the...
The sale of a private home
Buying property in Cyprus is not difficult due to the abundance of supply, however, selling your own property may be more difficult since you will...
Time for small contractors
Increasing building costs, limited availabity of suitable housing units in central town areas, the burden of VAT, the lack of titles for new units, among...
Race for House Speaker picks up pace
While the picture surrounding the election of a new House president remains murky, some light could emerge later on Tuesday when both Akel and Diko...
Irish ambassador reaffirms Dublin’s position on Cyprus
The ambassador of Ireland to Cyprus, Deirdre Ní Fhallúin has reaffirmed her country’s position on a Cyprus settlement on the basis of the relevant UN...
House passes Varosha resolution ahead of Security Council meeting (Updated)
By Evie Andreou and Peter Michael PRESSURE was building on Turkey late Friday ahead of a closed-door UN Security Council meeting on Varosha in New...
House ready to ask banks whether certain PEPs received favourable treatment
Parliament will turn to the auditor-general, the central bank, and the financial ombudsman to find out whether any politically exposed persons (PEPs) had received favourable...
Deadline for asylum appeals cut from 75 to 15 days
Parliament on Friday amended the constitution to allow for a reduction in the time limit for filing appeals against the decisions of the asylum service...
House votes to accept president’s referral of PEP list
With a majority vote, parliament voted on Friday to accept the president’s referral back to lawmakers on the decision to publish the controversial list containing...
House president pledges to support civil society
Suggestions made by the second session of the parallel parliament for civil society will be taken on board by MPs when the House reconvenes after...
House passes resolutions on Hagia Sophia, and Kokkina, Pyroi crossings
MPs on Friday approved two resolutions, one condemning the decision by Turkey to convert Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and another calling on the...
Plenum ratifies EastMed pipeline deal
The House plenum on Friday ratified the agreement signed last January between Cyprus, Greece and Israel on the East Med pipeline aimed to connect the...
Georghadji hits out, says efforts afoot to discredit PEP list
Former central bank governor Chrystalla Georghadji hit back on Thursday at detractors of a list of names of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with non-performing loans,...
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...
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...