municipal elections
Seven of the 20 registered voters of Anadiou handed their voting booklets in protest over the decision of the chief returning officer for a repeat...
Akel backs off from Limassol recount call
As the candidate who lost the municipal elections in Limassol is not interested in a vote recount, Akel will not pursues it, the party’s spokesman...
Mea culpa from CyBC after Akel blunder
The Board of public broadcaster CyBC said on Wednesday it recognised the station’s mistake in interrupting live statements by Akel general secretary Andros Kyprianou during...
Data chief to look into how election candidates got hold of people’s phone numbers
The office of the Commissioner for the Protection of Personal Data announced on Wednesday that it will investigate reports concerning the unauthorised disclosure of telephone...
All parties rush to claim victory in local elections
Despite some high-profile defeats in Sunday’s local government elections, all political parties claimed victory a day later, glossing over failures and highlighting points of success,...
Success of women candidates, a ‘positive step’
The election of four women mayors out of six that ran as candidates in Sunday’s municipal elections was a positive step and should be...
Nicolaides takes Limassol as Nicosia, Paphos, Famagusta and Napa mayors re-elected (Update 14)
Nicos Nicolaides won Limassol on Sunday with 48.31 per cent of the vote, ousting two-term rival Andreas Christou with 48.27, a difference of only ten...
Local elections overshadowed by Cyprus talks and voter apathy, Limassol contest billed as mother of all battles’
By George Psyllides GREEK Cypriots go to the polls today to vote for their local authorities in what could be the last municipal election in...
Over 560,000 registered to vote on Sunday
The results of the municipal elections, if all runs smoothly will be known by around 10pm on Sunday, Chief Returning Officer Constantinos Nicolaides said on...
Elections: acrimony in Limassol, tranquility in Nicosia
With municipal elections looming this weekend, there has been a striking difference in the tones set during the campaigns in the islands’ two biggest cities,...