MP Charalambidou demands answers for passports to Cambodian elite
Opposition Akel MP Irini Charalambidou on Thursday called on the government to explain itself after Reuters disclosed relatives and allies of Cambodia’s leader acquired Cypriot...
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Irini Charalambidou appointed OSCE parliamentary assembly special representative on corruption matters
Akel MP Irini Charalambidou, head of the island’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been...
Our View: Judges remain a weakness in the justice system
Akel deputy Irini Charalambidou was correct to ask questions of the government regarding advertisements for 35 positions of judges. The government requires 23 new judges...
Court order sought to place freed paedophile under supervision
By George Psyllides The authority that monitors convicted child molesters will seek a court order this week to put an individual under its supervision following...
‘Victim’s age’ made paedophile’s release possible
By George Psyllides Age criteria that made possible the early release from jail with presidential pardon of a child molester and others with similar offences...
Cypriot MPs head to Turkey as part of OSCE election observation mission
Members of the House, Irene Charalambidou and Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis, depart for Turkey on Thursday to take part in an election observation mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of...
Prospects of co-operation with Oman ‘growing’
Various co-operation proposals in financial services, accounting, trade, food storage, renewable energy sources, research, education and universities were tabled during Tuesday’s meetings by a delegation...
Akel MP sues Disy colleague over leaked police documents claim
Main opposition Akel MP Irini Charalambidou said Tuesday she had instructed her lawyers to file a slander lawsuit against ruling Disy MP Zaharias Zahariou after...
Disy PR operator in hot water over Irini Charalambidou cleavage comment
A PR operator for the ruling Disy party is facing the boot after posting on social media a snarky comment about Akel MP Irini Charalambidou....
In call for reform, MP leaks video of attack on prison guard
The police said on Wednesday it will be launching an investigation into the leaking of footage from the Nicosia central prisons where a guard...
Auditor-general eyes probe in ‘politically driven’ appointment
JUST because the law is routinely violated is no excuse for inaction when illegality is spotted, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on Tuesday, referring to Finance...
Auditor-general calls for probe into Disy official who also holds European bank post
The auditor-general, Odysseas Michaelides, has asked the finance minister to order an administrative probe against an official of his ministry who also holds office at...
New House welcomes many new faces
The newly elected 56-member House of Representatives welcomes three new political parties and 28 parliamentarians, although some of them have served as MPs in the...
Officials unable to provide answers on faulty electricity poles
Officials of the tender review board could not provide answers as to why they had taken a controversial decision to purchase thousands of wooden poles...
MPs start discussing bill to exclude law breakers from tenders
The House watchdog committee on Tuesday began discussing a bill aiming to ban companies proven to have broken the law from tendering for public contracts....
AG to decide what to do with money earned in prison store
The attorney-general will decide about some €600,000 amassed by wardens running a prison convenience store that sold products at higher prices than supermarkets outside, an...
Wasted incinerator funds to be discussed in House
An incinerator at Nicosia general hospital which has sat idle for 13 years while hospital waste management costs spiral will be discussed at the House...
Prisoners being ripped off at in-house shop
Products at the prison convenience store were sold between 20 per cent and 60 per cent higher than supermarkets, the auditor-general has found, with MPs...
MPs probe further on cigarette smuggling
By George Psyllides AKEL MP Irini Charalambidou on Tuesday questioned the customs department’s decision to ask the attorney-general to suspend prosecution of individuals implicated in...
Cigarette smuggling rife in Cyprus say MPs
By George Psyllides Cigarette and tobacco smuggling is booming in Cyprus, costing the state millions in taxes and known individuals are behind it, MPs said...