Political power mismatch makes voting difficult
Our clunky electoral system makes voting for one of the two biggest parties our only option This coming Sunday we will elect 70 per...
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Lockdowns force political parties to rethink campaign strategies
The current restrictions and measures in place against the spread of the virus have severely affected the political parties’ campaigning strategies for the upcoming parliamentary...
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...
Is political party state funding financing democracy?
Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras Reports and post-programme surveillance following Cyprus’ exit from the bailout agreement praised sustained economic growth at rates far higher than expected....
Parties say Anastasiades desperately trying to shift blame
Opposition parties went on the counterattack on Friday, saying President Nicos Anastasiades’ claims that he was a victim of a smear attack over Cyprus’ now...
Petrides issues new appeal to MPs to pass budget
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday appealed to parliamentary parties to back the 2021 state budget as it constitutes the main weapon for tackling the...
Most Greek Cypriot parties irrelevant who TC leader is as ‘Turkey calling the shots’
Nationalist Ersin Tatar’s election as the new Turkish Cypriot leader was met with concern by main opposition Akel but most parties said it was Turkey...
Five separate bills freezing foreclosures to be discussed at House finance committee
Five bills tabled by various political parties with the central focus of freezing foreclosures will be discussed on Monday at the House Finance Committee. The...
Political parties call on Syllouris to resign
Diko and other parties on Tuesday demanded the resignation of House president Demetris Syllouris after he and Akel MP Christakis Giovanis appeared ready to help...
Political parties, other than Elam, say closing crossings is a mistake
Political parties criticised the government for the week-long closure of four checkpoints on Saturday as the president refused to budge saying there was ‘no other...
President holds ‘friendly’ meeting with Akel leader (updated)
Akel was happy to support government policies it approved of, but would also state its disagreement when necessary, party leader Andros Kyprianou said on Thursday...
Parties from both sides pledge to avoid rhetoric which stokes mistrust
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties on Wednesday committed themselves to avoiding actions or rhetoric that increases distance or mistrust between the two sides,...
Parties reach consensus on vacant House seats
Political parties appear to have reached consensus on how a parliamentary seat should be assigned in the event it is vacated or not claimed, either...
Extra police guard for Disy leader, Christofias still has 12
Ruling Disy chief Averof Neophytou has added one more guard to his security detail, bringing the total to eight, according to reports, citing a recent...
No home for the moderate leftist in Cyprus
IN Cyprus there is some confusion regarding the definition of ‘leftist’ which may be explained by the absence of different tendencies within the left. The...
Parties mull haircut refund
By Stelios Orphanides and Evie Andreou With elections approaching, lawmakers, in a rare show of solidarity, appeared on Monday to be leaning towards the idea...
Police investigate mayor’s latest corruption claims (Updated)
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos may give another statement to the police regarding matters of corruption, following the one he gave on Tuesday night, he...
Audit boss flags party election expenses
MOST of the financial statements submitted by political parties relating to their expenses for the May 2016 parliamentary elections contain discrepancies, the auditor-general has found....
‘Everyone flouted the law’, AG says of civil servants and party posts
FOR YEARS everyone flouted the law on when civil servants may simultaneously hold an office with a political party, looking the other way because it...
Scrutiny for all civil servants holding party posts
THE cabinet has decided that all ministers are to initiate a disciplinary probe of those civil servants simultaneously holding political party posts to determine which...