Ousted Edek member testifies to police over party leader’s ‘sting operation’
MEP Demetris Papadakis who was ousted from his party, Edek, earlier this week submitted information to the police on Saturday regarding the claims against him...
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Gesy sabotage claims anger accused parties
Just days before the House heath committee is set to begin an article-by-article discussion of the regulations concerning the work framework of personal and specialist...
Phedonos-Sizopoulos spat intensifies
By George Psyllides A spat between Edek chairman Marinos Sizopoulos and Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos intensified on Thursday after the former questioned the local official’s...
Paphos mayor accuses Edek chief of land sale scam
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos accused Edek chairman Marinos Sizopoulos of tax evasion on Wednesday, continuing a public spat for the second day running. Phedonos claimed...
Sizopoulos re-elected as Edek leader
Marinos Sizopoulos was re-elected president of socialist Edek on Sunday, garnering over 84 per cent of the vote, or more than 2,600 votes. His rival,...
MPs get tougher on municipal candidates
LESS than a month before December’s local elections, parliament on Friday voted to amend candidates’ eligibility criteria, allowing anyone who runs a business in a...
Last opportunity is not now. It was 2004
THE BEHAVIOUR of the rejectionist parties, organisations, media and journalists is now beyond a joke. As soon as a voice stressing the need for a...
Hope inspired by the women in white
INSTEAD of answering today to the Papadopoulos, Sizopoulos, Lillikas, Theocharous, Perdikis and the rest of those wandering salesmen of patriotism I thought I would leave...
Sizopoulos seeks allies in creating Cyprob front
EDEK chairman Marinos Sizopoulos has proposed a wider alliance with three other parties to cover the Cyprus problem in light of developments and possible referendum....
DIKO looks to ‘centre’ candidate for House president
DIKO, Cyprus’ third-largest party, has decided to back EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos in Thursday’s elections for House Speaker, it said in a statement on Friday....
Sizopoulos and Syllouris also eye Speaker’s seat
EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos and Solidarity Movement’s Demetris Syllouris are the latest contenders for the position of House Speaker who will be chosen on June...
EDEK leader under attack from his own party (updated)
EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos was left with another blow to his party on Tuesday as yet another party member resigned, bringing the tally up to...
AKEL rules out ‘horse-trading’ for House Speaker role
AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou, thought to be a contender for the vacant position of House Speaker, said on Tuesday his party would refrain from horse...
Our View: Sizopoulos should be banned from National Council
A DAY before the news conference by Marinos Sizopoulos it was reported that big revelations would be made by the EDEK chief. His meeting with...
Our enviable future as a circus state
By Loucas Charalambous UNDER normal circumstances, the only word to describe what we hear every day from our political demagogues is incredible. But we know...
EDEK votes to consolidate leadership’s power (Updated)
By Angelos Anastasiou EDEK’s central committee, the party top decision-making body, voted on Sunday to consolidate the leadership’s power by extending its authority from matters...
EDEK resentments boil over
By Angelos Anastasiou EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos has challenged his predecessor – and House Speaker – Yiannakis Omirou to an open and public debate, after...
Our View: Hard-line parties should not attend National Council
EDEK might call itself a socialist party, but the truth is that it has always made more stock out of its nationalism and hard-line stance...
EDEK hopefuls submit candidacies for party leader (Updated)
By Jean Christou Socialist EDEK’s deputy leader Marinos Sizopoulos and first vice president Giorgos Varnava on Monday formally submitted their candidacies to run for party...
Sizopoulos and Varnava to face off for EDEK leadership
By Constantinos Psillides EDEK deputy chairman Marinos Sizopoulos and party MP Giorgos Varnava will be facing off for the top spot in the party, on...
