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Parliament on Monday will hold an extraordinary session to discuss the president’s referral of a law passed on December 5 to limit large cash transactions.  The plenary session is set ...

Parliament on Thursday evening gave the nod to an increase in maternity benefits and other child-related allowances, with the stated aim of boosting birth rates in Cyprus. Under the amendments ...

MP Rita Theodorou Superman assumed the presidency of the parliamentary assembly coordinating mechanism of UNOCT – the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism – on Friday, expressing concern over the Middle East crisis, which ...

Transactions of over €10,000 done in liquid assets, such as cash, are now illegal and punishable by fines or even jail time, under a law passed by parliament on Thursday. Drafted ...

Members of the House of the Elders outlined the problems senior citizens are facing, demanding they be solved immediately, while officials listened and assured the elderly that their quality of ...

Parliament and the government on Tuesday found a sweet spot to regulate the matter of companies not having declared their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) on time, with an agreement to ...

A business association urged parliament on Monday to quickly pass an EU regulation that has to do with the screening of direct foreign investment in Cyprus, noting that the island ...

Contrary to the assertions of the presidential palace, a document leaked to the press on Thursday showed that the government has not disclosed to parliament the names of the donors ...

The House labour committee has set January 21, 2025, as the deadline for tabling a bill regulating the benefit policy for disabled people. The committee members said it was important to promote ...

The pain of destruction has become a spark of creation, President of the Greek parliament Konstantinos Tasoulas said on Monday, at the opening of the exhibition ‘Cyprus, 1974. Memory is the ...

Lawmakers on Monday continued grappling with the complex issue of pensions paid to currently serving state officials who also draw a salary, with the attorney-general’s office pouring cold water ...

Parliament is set to start discussions on eight legislative proposals aimed at revising the laws governing traffic fines and the operation of the traffic camera system in Cyprus. The proposals, ...

Bills aimed to tackle undeclared work are set to be discussed in parliament come September, with unions and the government appearing to be on the same page on clamping down ...

Cyprus’ parliament on Thursday announced that its Greek counterpart had published the 12th and 13th volume of the ‘Cyprus File’. The ‘Cyprus File’ documents the events leading up to and ...

Parliament on Thursday evening ratified an interstate agreement between Cyprus and the United States on the sharing of travelers’ information, as a prelude and precondition for the island joining the ...

Three MPs on Thursday jointly tabled a bill aiming to introduce the use of a ‘panic button’ for prevention of domestic abuse and violence against women. The bill is co-sponsored ...

In its last session before adjourning for the upcoming June elections, the House plenary on Thursday passed several laws having to do with such disparate issues as regulations relating to ...

The last House plenary to take place before the European and local elections will convene on Thursday at 3pm. Both parliamentary committee and plenary proceedings will then be suspended, as ...

The House plenum on Friday unanimously rejected the president’s referral of the law giving the power to the chief of police to appoint a person of his/her choice ...

High-level guests will attend a celebration in the parliament on Friday during a special session of the House plenum, to mark Cyprus’ 20th anniversary since joining the European Union. It ...

Parliament on Thursday evening enacted a law that allows the identification of users of prepaid mobile phone cards, with some MPs hailing the step while others called it a damp ...

A lactation room for women has just been opened in the parliament building, House President Annita Demetriou announced on Thursday. Catering to female staff and visitors to the premises, the ...

Pleas continued to be made to disregard civil service evaluations for 2023, as civil service head Elena Oikonomidou Azina said on Wednesday that discussions in parliament about the new civil service ...

Tempers flared in parliament on Thursday during the ratification of an interstate agreement between Cyprus and Israel over the co-production of movies, with opposition Akel describing the proceedings as being ...