Efforts to give people a greater voice in parliament underway
Efforts are underway in parliament to give the public a greater say as to what is debated and even the power to table legislation and...
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Revisions to law on Turkish Cypriot properties to be tabled to parliament
Revisions to the law on the management of Turkish Cypriot properties are expected to be tabled to parliament in October to cover a multi-million deficit,...
Passports’ controversy raises new questions
Main opposition Akel on Thursday sought to turn up the heat on the administration, revealing that several beneficiaries of the ‘golden passports’ scheme made significant...
The law of necessity in Cyprus
House of Representatives is invoking the doctrine of necessity to undo a merged court that was itself created under the same doctrine The House...
Judicial reform hailed but some warn still a long way to go
Former judges and cabinet ministers on Friday hailed the amendment of the constitution to allow for what they deemed faster and high-quality justice to prevail,...
AG hails ‘biggest reform of justice system in history of Republic’
Following three years of debate in committee, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation clearing the way for broad reform of the justice system...
Barbed wire along buffer zone proving divisive, MPs hear
The attorney general must clarify whether he approved measures which will curtail the public’s access to their homes and fields, Akel MP Aristos Damianos said...
New bills aim to let ordinary citizens petition government and House
Ordinary citizens may soon be able to petition the government and parliament under two bills currently under discussion in the House legal affairs committee. Both...
House spat over €43,000 budget allocation to a Grivas foundation, Akel files to block it
Parliament on Thursday passed the government’s second supplementary budget for fiscal year 2022, with the debate on the House floor devolving into a spat over...
Back to the drawing board on VAT rates for first homes
Faced with pushback from MPs and building industry stakeholders, the government on Monday agreed to -again – rethink parts of a bill providing for reduced...
