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...
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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....
Disy and Citizens Alliance in favour of cross-voting
RULING Disy and the Citizens Alliance on Thursday came out in favour of cross-voting, a matter that keeps coming up but always shelved by parties....
Omirou says people should be given an overview of the negotiation
Former House president Yiannakis Omirou said on Thursday that it was time for President Nicos Anastasiades to brief the Cypriot people on the negotiations, not...
Parties pan Akinci comments after Erdogan meeting
Opposition parties in Cyprus on Thursday panned the comments made in public by Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci during his visit to Turkey and his...
Opposition parties accused Ban of interfering in internal affairs
Opposition parties on Saturday were angered by the latest report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Cyprus, particularly the segment where he said the...
Anastasiades expects parties’ response on National Council by next week
President Nicos Anastasiades expects political parties to submit suggestions for the operation of the National Council by Monday, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Tuesday....
Cyprus goes to the polls Sunday to choose new parliament
OVER 500,000 people will be able to exercise their right to vote today for the parliamentary elections however it remains to be seen how...
Bondholders gather support for compensation scheme ahead of elections
A group representing investors who lost money in Cyprus’s banking crisis when the value of their bank bonds was wiped out, asked its members to...
The new kids on the block
By Andria Kades It’s promise time in Cyprus’ politics and although the threshold for being considered for a seat in parliament has been pushed up...
Opposition parties vote to ban privatisations until end of 2017
Opposition parties on Thursday passed a bill prohibiting privatisation of state telecoms CyTA and power company EAC until the end of 2017 amid a row...
Opposition reacts to presidential conference
Main opposition AKEL on Friday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of participating in ruling DISY’s election campaign by holding a news conference to present the government’s...
Turkish Cypriot parties race to form alliances
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci stressed on Wednesday the need for the formation of a ‘government’ that will put above all, the best interests of...