Posts tagged with "MPs"

MPs renew call for review of state’s compensation deal with Hermes Cyprus

MPs renew call for review of state’s compensation deal with Hermes

March 14th, 20192727 Lawmakers on Thursday again called for a review of a deal whereby the state compensates Hermes – the operator of the two international airports in the south – for revenues lost to Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north. During a closed-doors session of the House watchdog committee, MPs heard that year in year out the state...
MPs pass law giving them a say over golden visas Cyprus

MPs pass law giving them a say over golden visas

February 1st, 20194630 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 come into effect on January 31, 2020 to give the government time to set the regulations. Greens’ MP, Giorgos Perdikis, whose party proposed the bill, said that parliament has been concerned with...
MPs seek say on ‘golden visas’ Cyprus

MPs seek say on ‘golden visas’

December 24th, 20183527 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 of passports to foreign nationals under the citizenship-by-investment scheme. The bill, authored by the Greens, is expected to go before the plenary session on January 11, the first session...
EAC boss says ‘unable to bring down prices’ Cyprus

EAC boss says ‘unable to bring down prices’

October 5th, 20183863 By Elias Hazou POLITICIANS on Thursday heave-hoed about rising electricity bills, only to be told that at the moment the state power corporation was unable to cut its rates. “The government must understand that, with Cyprus having exited the bailout programme, people cannot cope with its policy of extortionate taxes,” MP...
State orchestra members called to face the music over concert in north   Cyprus

State orchestra members called to face the music over concert in north  

September 13th, 20186542 By Evie Andreou Members of the state symphony orchestra found themselves under fire on Thursday with some MPs asking for their heads on a plate over their intended participation in a music festival in the north of the island on their own time. Some MPs called for their dismissal and they must face the state orchestra board next...
MPs slam education minister for not ordering probe into physics debacle Education

MPs slam education minister for not ordering probe into physics debacle

June 6th, 20181448 By Andria Kades The minister of education was wrong not to order a disciplinary probe after a question on the physics school leaving exam was not phrased correctly, lawmakers heard on Wednesday. During a session at the House education committee, MPs demanded that a disciplinary investigation should go ahead so as to get to the...
NPLs and the unaffordable luxury of populist lawmakers Cyprus

NPLs and the unaffordable luxury of populist lawmakers

May 10th, 20181037 Following the Macedonian conquest of Greece, Alexander’s campaign and death, the socio-political landscape in the Greek world changed dramatically. As a result of the concentration of political, military and economic power in the hands of a few who reigned over a number of successor kingdoms of what was once the vast empire Alexander...
Law on new health body ‘inconsistent’, MPs told Health

Law on new health body ‘inconsistent’, MPs told

April 19th, 20182600 By Evie Andreou Health Minister, Constantinos Ioannou, told MPs on Thursday the government had referred the law on the creation of the organisation of state health services (Okyy) which was passed by the House plenum recently, due to inconsistencies. Ioannou, explained to the House health committee that the government referred the...
MPs fail to agree on resolution condemning Turkish provocations in EEZ Cyprus

MPs fail to agree on resolution condemning Turkish provocations in EEZ

March 9th, 20182606 Parliament on Friday could not agree on the wording of a resolution aimed at condemning Turkey’s violation of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The bone of contention was apparently that a paragraph which included European Council President Donald Tusk’s comments on Turkey were erased. They referred to statements made...
MPs give transport ministry two weeks to sort out conflicting bicycle laws Cyprus

MPs give transport ministry two weeks to sort out conflicting bicycle laws

March 2nd, 20182791 MPs on gave Friday the transport ministry two weeks to make the necessary arrangements to avoid the clash between penalties provided in local government regulations and the bill regulating bicycles or they will press ahead and table the bill to the plenum for a vote. The House transport committee, which discussed the bill on Friday,...
Akel MP sues Disy colleague over leaked police documents claim Cyprus

Akel MP sues Disy colleague over leaked police documents claim

October 31st, 20172271 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 he repeatedly accused her of receiving and leaking classified documents from the former chief of police. Charalambidou said the decision had not been an easy one but there was...
Minister to be investigated over sexual harassment allegation Britain

Minister to be investigated over sexual harassment allegation

October 30th, 20172187 Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered an investigation into a report that one of her ministers asked a female secretary to buy sex toys for him, as she tries to tackle a culture of sexual harassment in politics. Mark Garnier, a junior international trade minister, asked secretary Caroline Edmondson to buy two sex toys and he also...
MPs defend lack of penalties for false capital statements Cyprus

MPs defend lack of penalties for false capital statements

September 7th, 20172240 Members of parliament were quick to defend on Wednesday the ample protection that legislation offers public officials required by law to publish their capital statements. Comments have been mixed since Monday, when 75 public officials including the president, his 11 ministers, 56 MPs, six MEPs and the undersecretary to the president...
Wealth statements draw derision Cyprus

Wealth statements draw derision

September 6th, 20173092 The source of wealth and funds statements of 75 public officials released to the public drew public derision on Tuesday. Greens MP Giorgos Perdikis warned that the understandable controversy over the assets and income declarations might be used as a pretext by some to tinker with the relevant law again, and defang it even...
Law on capital statements impossible to implement Cyprus

Law on capital statements impossible to implement

August 29th, 20171853 The law on disclosure of politically exposed persons and government officials, which requires thousands of individuals to submit capital statements by next month to a three-person committee, is practically impossible to implement and the justice ministry has prepared amendments aiming to make it workable, it emerged on...
End-of-month deadline for MPs to disclose finances Cyprus

End-of-month deadline for MPs to disclose finances

July 5th, 20172262 MPs have until the end of July to conform to the new law on capital-statement submission, which calls on them to reveal not only their own assets and liabilities but also those of their spouse and children, it emerged on Wednesday. In a letter to deputies, dated June 28 and made public by daily Politis, House secretary-general...
Tighten your belts, wasteful MPs told Cyprus

Tighten your belts, wasteful MPs told

April 13th, 20171986 Plethora of assistants, unjustified travel allowances, airfares, audit boss says A lot more can be done to track MPs’ expenses and to bring their benefits in line with the rest of the civil service, generating considerable savings for the state, the auditor-general said on Thursday. Presenting his report on parliament’s accounts...
Taking away audit chief’s power to look at co-ops would be a step back, MPs hear Cyprus

Taking away audit chief’s power to look at co-ops would be a step back, MPs hear

November 3rd, 20161326 Approval by parliament of a proposal to take away the auditor-general’s power to scrutinise co-op banks would be a regression in terms of transparency and accountability, MPs heard on Thursday. “We think the audit is imperative for each one wielding public authority and manages public money, and we believe that it should apply for...
Courts system ‘in distress’ top judge says Cyprus

Courts system ‘in distress’ top judge says

October 26th, 20161490 The courts system is in distress, threatening the proper dispensation of justice, the President of the Supreme Court warned on Wednesday. The judicial system is so congested that it takes years to bring cases to court, Myron Nicolatos told MPs at a session of the House legal affairs committee. “Justice delayed is justice...
Ministry takes a step back from the more draconian provisions in smoking bill Cyprus

Ministry takes a step back from the more draconian provisions in smoking bill

October 13th, 20162707 The health ministry has come back with amendments to a bill banning smoking in public buildings and open-air spaces, rendering the legislation less draconian. The changes relate to the crucial point in the bill – smoking in open spaces and work areas. In the previous draft, smoking would have been prohibited in common public...
Some 600 identified in Panama Papers, deputies told Cyprus

Some 600 identified in Panama Papers, deputies told

October 12th, 20162670 THE tax department told MPs on Wednesday it has identified 600 individuals from 1,050 named in various companies included in the so-called Panama Papers, while the securities and exchange commission said it had located three Cypriot politically-exposed persons (PEPs). The securities and exchange commission, CySEC, told MPs it had...
Tax department was ‘like a coffee shop’ of gossips, chief says   Cyprus

Tax department was ‘like a coffee shop’ of gossips, chief says  

September 29th, 20162379 Some 30,000 appeals dating back to the 1980s were still outstanding last February, Tax Commissioner Yiannis Tsangaris said on Thursday, likening the situation to the mythological Augean Stables, which had not been cleaned for years. On top of that, Tsangaris told the House watchdog committee, 5,000 capital statements and 4,000 tax...
Leaks affect investigations and trial outcomes, Nicolaou warns featured

Leaks affect investigations and trial outcomes, Nicolaou warns

September 21st, 20161651 Leaks relating to police investigations are being treated as a matter of corruption that affects the outcome of the case and possibly a trial, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou told MPs on Wednesday. “It is not a matter of revealing omissions but one of the issues we are treating as corruption that certainly affects the investigation...
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