Posts tagged with "parliament"

President refers bill on vacant seat to supreme court Cyprus

President refers bill on vacant seat to supreme court

June 15th, 2018 Following the advice of the attorney-general, President Nicos Anastasiades has decided to refer a controversial bill concerning a vacant seat in parliament to the supreme court, the government spokesman said on Friday. The decision is the latest twist in a legal saga that started after the May 2016 parliamentary...
Anastasiades to seek AG’s advice on vacant MP seat Cyprus

Anastasiades to seek AG’s advice on vacant MP seat

June 14th, 2018 By George Psyllides President Nicos Anastasiades will seek the attorney-general’s advice on how to proceed with a bill passed by parliament giving a seat to the Solidarity Movement, which lost it in April after the supreme court annulled the process used to fill it after the 2016 elections, the government spokesman said on...
SNP MPs walk out of parliament in protest Britain

SNP MPs walk out of parliament in protest

June 13th, 2018 Lawmakers from the Scottish National Party (SNP) staged a dramatic walkout from the British parliament on Wednesday after their leader was ordered to leave the House of Commons in a row over Brexit. Ian Blackford was thrown out of the chamber by the Commons Speaker because he refused to sit down after demanding a new debate on...
Solidarity tries to claim vacant seat in parliament Cyprus

Solidarity tries to claim vacant seat in parliament

June 8th, 2018 The Solidarity Movement on Friday submitted a proposal aimed at overcoming legal obstacles that have rendered a seat in parliament they consider theirs, vacant, and caused a protracted court battle that started after the 2016 elections. The proposal will be put to the vote in a special plenary meeting on Wednesday. Solidarity MP...
Parliament to convene over vacant seat Cyprus

Parliament to convene over vacant seat

June 7th, 2018 Parliament will convene next Wednesday in a bid to resolve the issue of a seat that the Supreme Court vacated because it had been filled through improper procedures. In April, the Supreme Court annulled the election of Solidarity MP Giorgos Papadopoulos to parliament, after he had essentially inherited his seat from party leader...
EU’s air-passenger data grab under scrutiny by lawmakers Cyprus

EU’s air-passenger data grab under scrutiny by lawmakers

June 6th, 2018 By Andria Kades Lawmakers on Wednesday began discussing an EU harmonising bill which will require air carriers to obtain 20 categories of data from travellers in a bid to combat terrorism and organised crime. The bill falls under the EU PNR directive which stands for passenger name records. Discussed during the House legal...
Local authority reform back on the table (updated) Cyprus

Local authority reform back on the table (updated)

May 24th, 2018 Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said Thursday he will be launching a fresh initiative with political parties aiming at pushing through the reform of local authorities by 2021, a matter discussed for years without any results. Speaking before the House watchdog committee, Petrides said the government was not dogmatic on the...
Parliament ends Opap monopoly Cyprus

Parliament ends Opap monopoly

May 18th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The House plenum on Friday passed a law which puts an end to the monopoly of Opap Cyprus in lottery games and provides for a new procedure of granting exclusive use of this right to the most qualified interested party. The adoption of a law was deemed necessary after a letter of formal notice by the European...
House extends paternity leave to unmarried couples Cyprus

House extends paternity leave to unmarried couples

May 18th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The House plenum on Friday voted into law two bills extending the right to paternity allowance to men who are not married and those who have not entered into a civil partnership, amidst warning by some MPs of unconstitutionality due to the increase it would put on the state budget. The proposals, submitted by Akel,...
NPLs and the unaffordable luxury of populist lawmakers Cyprus

NPLs and the unaffordable luxury of populist lawmakers

May 10th, 2018 Following the Macedonian conquest of Greece, Alexander’s campaign and death, the socio-political landscape in the Greek world changed dramatically. As a result of the concentration of political, military and economic power in the hands of a few who reigned over a number of successor kingdoms of what was once the vast empire Alexander...
Constitutional amendment best way to resolve parliamentary seat dispute, AG says Cyprus

Constitutional amendment best way to resolve parliamentary seat dispute, AG says

May 10th, 2018 Under the circumstances, the safest legal path to resolve the matter of a disputed parliamentary seat in Limassol that has been dragging on since the poll in 2016 is a constitutional amendment, Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Thursday. On April 30, the Supreme Court annulled the entry into parliament of Solidarity MP Giorgos...
Parliament approves guarantors bill Cyprus

Parliament approves guarantors bill

May 4th, 2018 Parliament on Friday approved a bill extending protection for loan guarantors to six years from the current three in relation to provisions in the insolvency framework. The change relates to guarantees in non-consensual repayment plans in a bankrupt individual’s debts, and the same provisions concerning companies. The amendments...
Finance minister warns against further disruption in co-op bank (updated) Cyprus

Finance minister warns against further disruption in co-op bank (updated)

April 12th, 2018 Finance Minister Harris Georgiades warned MPs on Thursday that fresh disruption of the Co-op bank’s operations would likely bring measures from European authorities, which are the lender’s supervisors. The government was forced to intervene earlier this month to restore stability and confidence in the lender after months of...
Tattoo studios ‘out of control’, MPs hear Cyprus

Tattoo studios ‘out of control’, MPs hear

March 29th, 2018 By Evie Andreou MPs on Thursday called on the state legal services to speed up procedures concerning a bill proposal regulating the operation of tattoo and body piercing studios, which has been pending since 2012, arguing that the current situation as regards these businesses was uncontrollable. The issue was discussed at the House...
Anti-abortion group sends plastic embryos to MPs Cyprus

Anti-abortion group sends plastic embryos to MPs

March 29th, 2018 A women’s group which opposes abortions this week sent MPs small plastic embryos through the mail along with graphic images of dead foetuses, as parliament prepares to vote on the issue on Friday. According to daily Phileleftheros, a group who call themselves Women in Support of Life, sent MPs plastic embryos and literature with...
Catalonia parliament to vote next Monday on new regional chief Europe

Catalonia parliament to vote next Monday on new regional chief

March 6th, 2018 Catalonia's parliament will convene next Monday to vote on the region's new leader, assembly speaker Roger Torrent said on Tuesday, though it is unclear whether the candidate put forward by secessionist parties will be elected or not. Jordi Sanchez is currently in jail as he awaits trial on charges of rebellion and sedition...
Armenian parliament elects ex-PM Sarkissian as president Asia

Armenian parliament elects ex-PM Sarkissian as president

March 2nd, 2018 Armenia's parliament chose Armen Sarkissian as the country's new president on Friday in a vote that is meant to herald the start of a power shift to the country's prime minister and parliament. Sarkissian, 64, a former prime minister who once served as the country's ambassador to Britain, was elected to serve a seven-year...
Uncertainty reigns in final polls ahead of Italy election Europe

Uncertainty reigns in final polls ahead of Italy election

February 16th, 2018 Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right bloc has a clear lead ahead of Italy's parliamentary election on March 4 but is unlikely to win an absolute majority, a batch of final opinion polls showed on Friday, pointing to possible political deadlock. Under Italian election rules, polls cannot be published in the final two weeks of campaigning....
May faces pressure over Brexit law (Update) Brexit

May faces pressure over Brexit law (Update)

January 29th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May came under further pressure over her Brexit blueprint on Monday, with members of the upper house of parliament saying there were "fundamental flaws" in a law crucial to the departure. The law has also deepened splits in her Conservative Party, which has for years been divided over Britain's...
Spanish PM calls for Catalan parliament to be formed on Jan 17 Europe

Spanish PM calls for Catalan parliament to be formed on Jan 17

December 29th, 2017 Spain's prime minister said on Friday that the new Catalan parliament should hold its maiden session on Jan 17, the first step in reinstating local government after Madrid fired the old regional administration for illegally declaring independence. Once the parliament is formed, potential leaders of the regional government will put...
Finance minister says economy in ‘virtuous circle,’ to grow 4% this year Cyprus

Finance minister says economy in ‘virtuous circle,’ to grow 4% this year

December 1st, 2017 Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said the Cypriot economy will expand 4 per cent this year, up from a previous forecast of 3.5 per cent, and will continue growing an average 3 per cent over the next three-year period. The finance minister, who was addressing lawmakers in his annual budget speech, said that the government, whose term...
President vetoes sewerage fee bill (Updated) Cyprus

President vetoes sewerage fee bill (Updated)

November 23rd, 2017 Α law mandating that district sewerage boards may not collect more in total fees than they did last year has been vetoed by President Nicos Anastasiades on grounds of unclear provisions that could lead to legal challenges, it emerged on Thursday. The law, passed on November 3, was needed so that the Paphos Sewerage Board could be...
Parliament passes anti-Nazi bill Cyprus

Parliament passes anti-Nazi bill

November 10th, 2017 Parliament on Friday passed a resolution expressing concern over the rise of the far-right, neofascism, and racism, noting that Cyprus has painful experience from fascist activity in the country. The resolution was adopted with 37 votes in favour and two against – both MPs from the far-right party Elam. It highlights the rise of the...
Parties mull haircut refund Cyprus

Parties mull haircut refund

October 30th, 2017 By Stelios Orphanides and Evie Andreou With elections approaching, lawmakers, in a rare show of solidarity, appeared on Monday to be leaning towards the idea of setting up a fund to compensate depositors and investors who lost money in the 2013 banking crisis, and agreed to discuss it behind closed doors at the House finance committee...
Minister to be investigated over sexual harassment allegation Britain

Minister to be investigated over sexual harassment allegation

October 30th, 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered an investigation into a report that one of her ministers asked a female secretary to buy sex toys for him, as she tries to tackle a culture of sexual harassment in politics. Mark Garnier, a junior international trade minister, asked secretary Caroline Edmondson to buy two sex toys and he also...
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