Diko leader digs heels in on budget rejection
Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos has remained unrepentant over the chaos caused by rejection of the 2021 state budget in which he had a hand. In...
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Coronavirus: Diko leader broke health protocols, report says (updated)
Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos came into close contact with a confirmed coronavirus case and did not take any precautions afterwards, going instead to parliament and...
Diko leader’s slurs over passports is ‘pot calling the kettle black’, says Petrides
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said Friday Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos knew well the citizenship by investment regulations he was accusing the government of flouting because...
Diko launches campaign to see more women in power
An information campaign on the underrepresentation of women in government was launched by Diko head Nicolas Papadopoulos on Tuesday. He blamed the lack of vision...
Wide ranging meeting between president and Diko leader
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday met Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos, discussing various issues from the Cyprus problem to corruption in football. Speaking after the meeting,...
Opposition in uproar over limited scope of government committee on naturalisations (Updated)
The controversy over the citizenship-by-investment scheme was reignited on Monday, after spokesman Prodromos Prodromou clarified that the three-member committee to be appointed to check the...
Akel and Diko seek to find some common ground
The leaders of left-wing Akel and centre-right Diko met on Tuesday to try and find common ground despite their ideological differences on the Cyprus issue...
Our View: Gesture politics will have high cost for taxpayer
In an attempt to show he was a magnanimous winner committed to building unity, after his re-election President Anastasiades announced he would go through the...
Diko takes shots at government about banking crisis
Diko chairman Nicholas Papadopoulos took shots at the government on Tuesday saying those calling Cyprus a success story are now asking for help to deal...
Papadopoulos runs unopposed as Diko leader sealing second term
Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos will run uncontested for the seat of party leader as no one else submitted their candidacy for the internal elections on...
Diko: can the ‘party of strife’ weather its latest drama?
By Elias Hazou THE purge within Diko, with the ouster of over a dozen party members earlier this week, is expected to rage on as...
Diko in-fighting leads to more ousters
Two more Diko members were kicked out of the party late on Tuesday night, while a third officially resigned, the party said, as reports circulated...
Diko in-fighting set to lead to more ousters
In-fighting in Diko continued on Tuesday, as the party prepared to dismiss more members, blaming them for chairman Nicolas’ Papadopoulos defeat in the presidential elections....
Our View: Will there be a government without Diko’s toxic input?
Speaking on a radio show on Tuesday morning, a representative of the Stavros Malas camp said that the candidate would not change or water down...
Diko says won’t back either candidate
Diko will not support either candidate in Sunday’s presidential runoff, party spokesman Athos Antoniades said on Tuesday after a meeting of the party’s executive board....
Papadopoulos’ position in doubt after first-round trouncing
Neither President Nicos Anastasiades or Akel-backed Stavros Malas are fit for the presidency, a chief staffer from Diko’s camp that lost the bid for the...
European socialists under fire for pro-Papadopoulos tweet
The Party of European Socialists (PES) caused a bit of a tweetstorm in Cyprus on Sunday for appearing to endorse presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos. In a tweet...
Papadopoulos seeks brownie points from Greece after Anastasiades’ Macedonia fallout
The hubbub over president Nicos Anastasiades’ Macedonia comments continued to get a lot of play on Thursday, with Diko leader and presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos...
Malas, Papadopoulos trade barbs in race for second place
Akel-backed independent candidate Stavros Malas is estimated to finish second in the first round of the presidential elections, but is still very close to Diko...
Lillikas backs away from ‘buyout’ claims
Presidential candidate Giorgos Lillikas sought on Thursday to dial down his allegations that someone tried to buy him off so that he’d pull out of...