#politics

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman described the north’s ‘government’s’ conduct as “extremely unserious” on Monday, as the political wrangling over attempts to appoint a ‘...

Despite facing significant pressure, political party Disy continues to maintain its position as the leading party in Cyprus, according to a poll conducted by RetailZoom on behalf of daily Politis. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday denied rumours about a cabinet reshuffle, following a report that it could be coming as some ministers have been in their positions since the beginning ...

“None of the names mentioned by the media” are in the running to become the next Cypriot European Commissioner, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC radio, he ...

MPs said on Monday they hope to soon pass legislation setting up a more effective framework for the submission of wealth declarations by certain state officials and Politically Exposed Persons. ...

By Grant Duncan Many western countries have seen a decline of trust in government and politicians. But if you’re one of the distrustful majority, that may not be such ...

Turkish Cypriot minor party Milletin Partisi leader Bertan Zaroglu on Friday rejected a proposal from ruling coalition party YDP leader Erhan Arikli that the two parties merge. Arikli had made ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday that his party the YDP should merge with another, namely the Milletin Partisi. Speaking in a televised interview with the ...

A founding conference for the new Volt Cyprus party was held on Sunday afternoon as the ‘Filoxenia’ Conference Centre in Nicosia. Addresses at the conference were made by Deputy Government ...

Akel is to hold a statutory conference on Sunday with the aim of voting on changes to the party’s constitution, which members hope will modernise the party. Among the ...

Serdar Denktash, the son of late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, said on Wednesday he is considering establishing a new political party. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he confirmed that ...

Syriza’s new party leader Stefanos Kasselakis has pledged that his first official trip will be “to our brothers in Cyprus”, it emerged on Monday. Kasselakis, 35, took control of leftist ...

More than 1,000 Israeli Air Force reservists threatened on Friday to stop volunteering for service if the government goes ahead with a planned judicial overhaul, a key component of which comes ...

The social-democratic CTP party’s candidate Sami Ozuslu won a surprise victory in the north’s ‘parliamentary’ by-election on Sunday. Ozuslu won 44 per cent of the vote, beating conservative UBP ...

It’s a sad indictment of our politicians that out of almost 72,000 eligible but unregistered voters, only around 10,000 at best signed up for the upcoming presidential elections by Tuesday’s ...

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte said on Friday she is willing to discuss early elections with the country’s political and civil organizations, but ruled out kick-starting constitutional changes for ...

By Christos Panayiotides In recent years there has been a global political shift towards far-right parties. We have seen this phenomenon in many countries. In France there was Jean-Marie Le ...

Kuwait’s crown prince accepted the government’s resignation on Sunday following a parliamentary election in the Gulf Arab country in which opposition candidates made considerable gains, state news agency ...

Ukraine forged ahead on Monday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but said a weekend missile ...

How politics has led to deterioration of the labour market since 2012 Has the Cyprus economy recovered from the financial crisis of 2012/2013 in that the majority of its citizens by 2021 were ...