Deadline for asylum appeals cut from 75 to 15 days
Parliament on Friday amended the constitution to allow for a reduction in the time limit for filing appeals against the decisions of the asylum service...
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MPs pledge to speed up code of conduct
MPs will step up gear to speed up adoption of a code of conduct in line with recommendations from the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body,...
Georghadji hits out, says efforts afoot to discredit PEP list
Former central bank governor Chrystalla Georghadji hit back on Thursday at detractors of a list of names of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with non-performing loans,...
PEPs list returned to House, back and forth continues
A controversial list of politically exposed persons (PEPs) and the money they owed banks, including bad debts, has been sent back to parliament after the...
Ad hoc committee appointed to probe PEP list
House President Demetris Syllouris on Friday announced the composition of an ad hoc committee that will investigate a controversial list of politically exposed persons (PEPs)...
MPs demanding shorter, simpler code of ethics
MPs hope to have a new, shorter, and simpler code of ethics text by early September so that they can discuss its adoption, as Cyprus...
Committee to probe politically exposed persons with bad debts
Parties on Wednesday decided to set up an ad hoc committee to look into a controversial list of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with bad debts,...
MPs call for simpler ethics code
MPs agreed on Wednesday that a parliamentary ethics code should be simple, and easy to understand and use. The House ethics code on Wednesday continued...
MPs begin discussion on code of ethics
Lawmakers on Wednesday began discussions on a code of ethics for MPs, which had been shelved during the pandemic. The code was discussed at the...
MPs shy away from electoral reform
No major changes are expected in the next parliamentary elections, as the House interior committee shelved a number of proposals on Monday, apart from one...
MPs to discuss raft of proposals ahead of 2021 parliamentary elections
A series of draft laws in view of the parliamentary elections in 2021 including a proposal tabled by socialist Edek to increase the number of...
Anti-corruption body says Cyprus failed to implement recommendations
The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body Greco (Group of States against Corruption), said Wednesday Cyprus was among the 14 countries which had not yet fully...
House president defends MP ethic plan: it’s not ‘the Syllouris code’
ALTHOUGH mocked and ridiculed by the media for the code of ethics for deputies presented a couple of weeks ago, House president Demetris Syllouris has...
Bank charges to be scaled back by decree to be issued next week
Financial authorities are to issue a decree to scale back on excessive bank charges, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides and Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou jointly...
Draft code of ethics for MPs ‘too lengthy to discuss’ Akel says
A DRAFT ethics code for members of parliament will be discussed by the ethics committee, House president Demetris Syllouris said on Friday, as he rejected...
House president presents code of conduct for MPs
House president Demetris Syllouris on Monday presented the draft of the MPs’ code of conduct arguing it is yet another tool reinforcing institutions and democracy...
Legal affairs committee to meet on phone tapping
The House legal affairs committee will convene on Friday to discuss the law on phone surveillance after the president vetoed two amendments passed by opposition...
House votes to limit presidents to two terms in office (Updated)
The House plenum amended the constitution on Friday restricting the terms in office of the president to two and reducing the age limit for deputies’...
New neutering law will bankrupt animal shelters, dissenting MPs tell plenum
The House plenum on Friday passed new regulations, which among other things provide that dogs must be neutered before they leave temporary shelters but some...
Change to rent control law would make evictions easier for landlords
MPs on Wednesday appeared to agree on an amendment to the rent control law that would make it easier for landlords to evict delinquent tenants,...
