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...
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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,...
Parliament votes to amend constitution to resolve issue of vacant MP seats
Parliament on Friday voted unanimously to amend the constitution in a bid to resolve the issue of a vacant seat that has been hounding MPs...
House mulls lowering MPs election age from 25 to 21
A BILL lowering the age to stand in parliamentary elections from 25 to 21 is to be tabled by the end of October, MPs heard...
Bill to shore up legalities tied to vacant MP seats at plenum next week
A LAW proposal on the amendment of the Constitution aiming to address the gap found in the event a parliamentary seat is vacated or not...
AG lets loose on corrupt system, apathy of citizenry
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Tuesday slammed the fact no political responsibility was taken anyone as a result of the findings of independents such as the...
MPs ignore warnings, freeze foreclosures (updated)
Parliament on Friday voted to temporarily suspend foreclosures on properties that could be eligible for inclusion in a state borrower relief scheme but also changed...
MPs urged to delay vote on changes to foreclosure law
FINANCE minister Harris Georgiades as well as the banking industry urged lawmakers on Thursday to delay voting on proposed amendments to the foreclosures law, changes...
Lawyer named new Akel MP
Lawyer Andreas Pasiourtides, 35, was declared on Wednesday as the new AKEL MP in the Larnaca district in the place of outgoing Giorgos Georgiou...
Parliament wants to be more people-centric
THE House of Representatives on Friday decided on the creation of a parallel parliament aimed at reaching out more to constituents, which will start operating...
‘Is it so difficult to communicate with us?’ Filipino community asks authorities
THE police not only failed to do what was necessary in the cases of the women who disappeared and ended up murdered, but also did...
We’ll resign if government resigns over Co-op, MPs tell Neophytou
Opposition parties said on Monday they would agree to dissolve parliament if the government also resigned, responding to ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou’s challenge during...