House gives nod for 2023 budget
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 ...
House President chides state broadcaster for airing World Cup instead of parliament
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 ...
MPs vote for major change to family law
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, ...
House approves supplementary budget of €345m
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 ...
Petrides warns MPs of consequences from new freeze on foreclosures
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 ...
House postpones vote on extending foreclosures freeze
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 ...
Ports authority under scrutiny at House
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.
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MPs call for probe into whether nefarious fertility activities happening in Cyprus given global problem
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 ...
Times are uncertain and hard, Petrides says as submits budget to House
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 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 reverse government decisions.
Diko MP ...
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, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said ...
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 donations to the ruling party.
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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 of Representatives may reactivate Cyprus’ Supreme ...
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, but noted that this should ...
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 that is hoped will shorten ...
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 on Thursday after he ...
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 bills, one submitted by the ...
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 a €43,000 allocation to a foundation ...
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 VAT on first homes.
The matter ...
House gives nod to cops for buffer zone
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that allows the police force to hire 300 special constables who will be deployed to help stem migrant flows.
The special constables, to ...
Only half of the public satisfied with work of the House – poll
Only half of the public is satisfied with the work of the House of Representatives, while an overwhelming majority would like to see parliamentary committees aired live, a poll has ...
Parliament to debate long-awaited judicial reforms on June 30
The long-awaited justice reform bills are set to be discussed in parliament on June 30, with the head of the house legal committee vowing that the bills will modernise the legal ...
Law passed that allows GCs leasing TC properties to use for commercial purposes
Parliament on Thursday approved legislation that allows Greek Cypriots leasing Turkish Cypriot properties in the south to use them for commercial purposes.
The bill had been tabled by Diko MP ...
House unanimously passes law to fast-track part of lost Laiki deposits
By unanimous vote, the House on Thursday passed legislation aiming to fast-track the return of at least part of the moneys that legacy Laiki’s depositors lost when the bank ...