Our View: Sources of campaign funds should be public knowledge
There was an amusing exchange about state funding of election campaigns during Wednesday night’s television debate that hosted seven presidential candidates. It was sparked by...
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Parties in last-ditch duel for Sunday’s votes
The Cyprus problem, corruption and possible protest votes were the focus of political parties on Friday in their final messages before Sunday’s parliamentary elections. With...
Talks to begin with parties after rejection of CETA
The government will initiate a round of deliberations with political parties here after the House plenum last week voted against ratifying the Comprehensive Economic and...
Our View: Public perceptions of corruption won’t change until parties change
More than nine out of 10 Cypriots consider the problem of corruption to be widespread. According the latest Eurobarometer survey 95 per cent of Cypriots...
Around €11m to be divvied up among the parties as 2020 expenses
Some €11m of taxpayer money will be divvied up among political parties for their expenses in 2020, €4m of which going to the salaries of...
Local authority reform back on the table (updated)
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...
Candidates have kept far too quiet over the Russian issue
By Stelios Orphanides In the politically incorrect Greek culture, often xenophobic, tribalistic and sexist jokes are very popular. A certain category of these jokes is...
Opposition parties ‘scaremongering’, Anastasiades says
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday accused hard line opposition parties of scaremongering and suggested that their objective was to terminate the negotiations on the island’s...
Hardliners censure president over handling of talks
The five nominally centrist parties, which oppose the ongoing efforts to reunify the island, on Thursday censured President Nicos Anastasiades for supposedly showing full contempt...
Our View: It’s optimistic to think parties will back postponement of elections
THERE is a strong possibility that all the horse-trading, the expedient alliances and the bickering over party choices for the municipal elections will prove pointless....
