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The House plenum on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the recent attacks by Hamas in Israel – though not unanimously – as politics and different approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict kicked in. ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP has rejected claims made by the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli of support across the north’s political spectrum for a transition to a ...

It is astonishing that our deputies and politicians are unable to grasp the big difference between a presidential and parliamentary system of government. These are lawmakers who should have a ...

The government is set to expand the current laws regarding offensive material on the internet, such as child pornography and terrorism, to include racism, xenophobia, and hate speech. Speaking to ...

Sexual harassment committed by civil servants will from now on be classed as a standalone offence and investigated differently to other disciplinary offences, under a law parliament passed on Thursday. ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Elias Hazou The House on Thursday passed two of four legislative proposals amending the foreclosures framework, but decided to postpone voting on the controversial bill that ...

A by-election is set to be held in the north on Sunday to fill the a vacant seat in ‘parliament’. The seat has been vacant since last year when former ‘...

Parliament is discussing a bill which aims to outline the rules of remote working. The bill, which was put to the house on Thursday, sets out the rights and responsibilities ...

Parliament on Thursday passed a law raising the maximum court-imposed fine on employers for failing to pay employees’ salaries. The text of the legislation was also amended so to as ...

The House on Thursday rejected the president’s veto of a law passed in late March which requires structural integrity checks on Turkish Cypriot properties in the south. MPs had ...

Parliament on Thursday approved another two-month extension for reduced fuel tax until the end of June, going one better than the government proposal. By a unanimous vote, the House passed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday referred back to parliament a law it passed in late March regarding the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, deeming the legislation unconstitutional. ...

High school exams will include only 60 per cent of the teaching material this year, after the plenum approved a relevant education ministry proposal on Thursday. The approved proposal also provides ...

The commerce ministry is to draw up legislation to close a loophole in the law that allows vendors to charge extra to consumers using credit cards. The legislation will allow ...

The House on Thursday gave the nod to the state budget for fiscal year 2023, in what was parliament’s final act of the year before going into mandatory recess ahead ...

It is unacceptable that state broadcaster CyBC is not streaming parliament’s live session and is instead broadcasting the World Cup, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday. To this ...

Parliament on Friday voted in favour of amending the constitution on family law, broadening its scope on the cases the courts could hear. With 49 votes in favour and one abstinence, ...

MPs approved the government’s second supplementary €345m budget on Friday with 49 votes in favour and one abstention. The key points of the additional budget are €150m to be spent ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday slammed parliament’s decision to extend the foreclosures freeze, saying it ignored both the government’s and central bank’s warnings against this. Petrides ...

Parliament on Thursday decided to postpone a planned vote on a legislative proposal that, if passed, would have extended by three more months a freeze on property foreclosures. Voting on ...

Authorities had decided not to prosecute two former senior Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) cadres who were being investigated for abusing ‘revolving door’ rules for civil servants, lawmakers heard on Thursday. ...

Surrogates, egg trafficking, IVF funding, and the dangers from illegal fertility clinics in the north prompted MPs at the House health committee on Thursday call for an investigation, given the ...

The state budget for 2023, submitted on Thursday by Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides, has been increased by €500 million. Petrides met with House President Annita Demetriou in her office to deliver his ...

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 reverse government decisions. Diko MP ...