MPs to decide on local elections on September 16
The House interior committee will decide next week whether the local government elections will take place as planned in December or be postponed, it emerged...
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Communities seeking to fiddle with municipal mergers
Delegates representing local communities conveyed to the government on Monday their opposition to being merged with municipalities, but it appears the horse-trading over who ends...
Urgent need for national refugee strategy says minister
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Monday that there was a need for a national strategy to tackle issues faced by refugees and a plan...
Mackenzie property dispute continues
The users of a disputed property in Larnaca’s Mackenzie area has secured an injunction halting a demolition order issued by the municipality last week. The...
Trying to end scandal, May appoints Javid as interior minister
Britain‘s Theresa May appointed Sajid Javid as her new interior minister on Monday, elevating the former banker to try to draw a line under an...
UK interior minister resigns after immigration scandal (Update)
Britain’s interior minister resigned on Sunday after Prime Minister Theresa May’s government faced an outpouring of indignation over its treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents...
Petrides announces new measures to help disabled
Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday decided to meet the demands of the Cyprus Paraplegic Organisation, such as the introduction of new arrangements regarding...
Petrides says ‘get a move on’ or forget about competitiveness
Cyprus must climb the global competitiveness ranks in relation with issuing building permits, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said, as he pushes for reform that would...
President’s undersecretary appointed interior minister (Updated)
Undersecretary to the President Constantinos Petrides will be the new interior minister, replacing Socratis Hasikos following his resignation for personal reasons last week, it was...
Citizens Alliance accuses Greens of logo sabotage
The Citizens’ Alliance on Thursday asked Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos to intervene because the logo of the Green Party-Citizen’s Cooperation resembled their own and was...
Dinos Michaelides released by Greek authorities (Updated)
By Elias Hazou Former Cypriot interior minister Dinos Michaelides, convicted for bribery in Greece earlier this year, was on Wednesday evening released from jail early...
New round of talks begins on local authority reform
By Evie Andreou A new round of consultations with the municipalities and communities has begun aiming to reach a consensus on local government reforms in...
New Piale Pasha officially inaugurated
Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos on Sunday official inaugurated the revamped Piale Pasha in Larnaca which has seen the area transformed with bicycle lanes, pedestrianisation, parks,...
Rift widens between minister and auditor-general
By George Psyllides Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos on Wednesday accused the auditor-general of not doing his job properly, overstepping legal boundaries and publicising issues without...
Presidency seeks to settle issue between minister and auditor-general
The government on Thursday denied reports it was at loggerheads with the auditor-general following a public spat between him and the interior minister. In a...
Hunger strike ended after case review pledge
By Peter Stevenson FOUR political refugees who had camped outside the interior ministry, asking to be granted citizenship or residency, have called off their hunger...
Interior ministry donates €115,000
THE Interior Ministry will be donating some €115,000 to 25 separate organisations which operate food banks around Cyprus to cover their costs in the run-up...
Local authorities must adjust if they want to survive
The model followed by local authorities in Cyprus needs to adjust to the new conditions in order to survive, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday....
Egypt’s interior minister survives bomb attack
By Yasmine Saleh Egypt’s interior minister survived an assassination attempt on Thursday when a bomb blew up as his convoy drove through Cairo’s Nasr City...