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
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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
Angry Papadopoulos slams Harris, denies he proposed payment stoppage
By Stelios Orphanides A war of words has broken out between Finance Minister Harris Georgiades and Diko leader and presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos after the
Papadopoulos would seek new Cyprus conference if elected
Presidential hopeful Nicolas Papadopoulos is ready to accept an invitation from the UN Secretary-General for a new Conference on Cyprus, but said he would try
Petrides spat leaves Papadopoulos with egg on his face
Presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos was again left with egg on his face on Tuesday after it emerged he got his facts wrong concerning the appointment
Lillikas: Papadopoulos camp tried to ‘buy him out’ of elections
Presidential hopeful Giorgos Lillikas said on Tuesday that someone from the campaign team of Nicolas Papadopoulos tried to ‘buy him out’ so he would withdraw
Papadopoulos’ election claims appear to backfire
Presidential hopeful Nicolas Papadopoulos’ bid to score points against incumbent Nicos Anastasiades by raising the issue of the 2013 deposit seizures appeared to have backfired
New poll: Anastasiades more open minded than other candidates
President Nikos Anastasiades is deemed more capable of promoting the country’s strategic interests and is seen as smarter, more open-minded and hard-working than the other
