Parliament plans to pass pay-as-you-throw law before elections
Parliament plans to pass a pay as you throw bill for rubbish management before the May 30 elections so that it can be put to force six months later by the ...
MPs to decide next month whether to publish co-op PEP list
Parliament will decide during one of its next sessions, possibly next month, on whether to publish a list with the names of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with bad debts at ...
Parties cross swords, fail to pass House resolution ahead of Cyprus talks
Political parties crossed swords on Friday at the House plenum on the Cyprus problem and on what the Greek Cypriot side’s stand ought to be at next month’s ...
House votes to scrap Grains Commission
Parliament on Thursday voted to scrap the Grains Commission, a semi-governmental entity that had been running up big deficits in recent years.
Under another bill, the competences and staff of ...
House approves law for tax breaks for landlords renting to businesses
Parliament on Thursday passed two items of legislation granting tax breaks to landlords who voluntarily reduce their rents to businesses financially stricken by the coronavirus-related restrictions.
The first bill provides ...
Coronavirus: officials say it would be irresponsible to obtain non EU-approved jabs
Officials on Thursday called it irresponsible and risky for Cyprus to potentially acquire supplies of Covid-19 vaccine not licensed by EU authorities, and that the island has no choice but ...
Authors of anti-corruption White Paper urge MPs to adopt proposals
Cyprus’ legislation on asset statements by politically exposed persons (PEP) is a ruin which has not been restored, experts who have drafted a White Paper on the issue said on ...
Code of ethics for MPs passed by plenum
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a code of ethics for its members, providing for the naming and shaming of violators but no tangible sanctions otherwise.
The bill passed ...
House passes Okypy and HIO budgets, securing Gesy finances
Parliament on Thursday passed the 2021 budgets for two agencies that are key components of the national health scheme (Gesy), also giving the nod to the balance sheets of several semi-governmental ...
Law passed levying 0.4% on all immovable property sales
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law levying a 0.4 per cent tax on all sales of immovable property, the proceeds of which to go toward supporting Greek Cypriot ...
New bill lays out revised criteria for naturalisation
Basic knowledge of the language, history and culture of Cyprus will be among the new stricter criteria to be fulfilled before the granting of Cypriot citizenship, it emerged on Saturday.
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Edek and Citizens Alliance ask for more time to propose changes to MPs code of ethics
Edek and Citizens’ Alliance MP Giorgos Lillikas have asked for a week’s postponement to the vote on the parliamentary code of ethics to give them time to propose and ...
MPs vote to publish PEP list (Updated)
Lawmakers on Thursday passed a resolution authorising the House President to make public a much-awaited list of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) with bad loans.
The resolution passed with a majority, ...
Budget passes with narrow margin (Updated)
With 29 votes for and 26 against, the House on Thursday passed the revised state budget for 2021, unlocking hundreds in millions earmarked for coronavirus relief to businesses and households.
The ballot went ...