Parties reach consensus 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...
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‘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...
House to vote this week on emissions tax
THE House will this week be voting on two government bills that aim to introduce emissions-based taxes on passenger cars and vans. Legislators have wrapped...
MPs pass law giving them a say over golden visas
The House on Friday passed a law giving MPs a say over honorary naturalisations and on who could be granted golden visas. The law will...
House passes regulations governing Gesy contributions
The regulations on contributions to the National Health Scheme (Gesy) were approved by the House plenum on Friday. Regulations, voted with 36 votes for and...
MPs seek say on ‘golden visas’
A LEGISLATIVE proposal is to be tabled to the House plenum in January aiming to give parliament a say in the criteria governing the issuing...
Anastasiades stays mum on ‘secret’ US base (Updated: adds former spy chief)
Foreign Minister to brief House after clamour Former secret service chief says heliport at Akrotiri dates back decades By Elias Hazou THE government’s continued...
No plan to lower fuel tax, minister says (updated)
The government does not favour a change in its tax policy on fuel because it is low compared with the rest of the EU, Finance...
Elam slammed for not mentioning the coup at anniversary House session
Far-right Elam was slammed by both socialist Edek and centre-right Diko on Sunday over the party leader Christos Christou’s speech during the special House session...
Kyprianou calls on Anastasiades not to go down as ‘the president of division’ (Update 2)
The House on Sunday held a special session of the plenum to mark 44 years since the 1974 coup and subsequent Turkish invasion. The session...
Proposals made for horizontal voting
Four proposals for horizontal voting have been submitted to the House interior committee for discussion, the head of the committee, Eleni Mavrou said on Monday....
House unanimously condemns Israeli violence in Gaza
The House plenary unanimously approved on Friday a resolution condemning the “violent acts of the Israeli army” in the Gaza Strip. The resolution noted that the use...
MPs riled when central bank boss and finance ministry a no-show at co-op discussion
Opposition MPs, who have misgivings about the government’s plans for the co-op bank, were further riled on Thursday after Central Bank chief Chrystalla Georghadji did not...
House condemns Turkish provocations
The House plenum on Friday unanimously approved a resolution condemning Turkish provocations in the Cypriot exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and its violations of the law...