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Disy MP George Pamborides exchanged criticism with figures close to former party leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday over the timing of discussions surrounding the party’s candidate for the 2028 presidential ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has pardoned 11 third-country nationals who are currently inmates at the central prison, with all 11 set to be released and immediately deported, the justice ministry said on Friday. ...

The privileges granted to a president of the republic and a president of the legislature after they leave office, were discussed once again by the House institutions committee on Wednesday. ...

The House is preparing to vote on a proposal that would scale back the benefits long granted to former presidents of the Republic and former speakers of the House. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is ready to take part in an expanded informal conference on the Cyprus issue even before the end of 2025.  He made the statement ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday met the outgoing chief of the National Guard, lieutenant general Georgios Tsitsikostas, at the presidential palace. The meeting took place ahead of Thursday’s swearing-in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Sarajevo on Thursday for a working visit as Cyprus prepares to assume the presidency of the council of the European Union in the first ...

Two of four advisors to the president and ministers who were dismissed due to a change in the law are taking the matter to court, it was reported on Sunday, ...

The government on Thursday said President Christodoulides currently receives a pension of just €600 a month, contradicting earlier reports that the amount comes to €1,000. Speaking to a television news network, deputy ...

The government will continue to stand by the side of the workers in every fair demand, President Nikos Christodoulides assured in a written statement on Labour Day, praising at the ...

MPs failed to make headway on Wednesday over the controversial capital statements that politically exposed persons are expected to publish. Despite months of discussions, lawmakers are still trying to agree ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, where he is set to visit with Greek officials before heading to the Mount Athos monastery. The Mount Athos monastery is known ...

Wrapping up his televised presentation of the government’s plans for this year, President Nikos Christodoulides said he had announced more than 80 policies and actions that would be implemented in 2024 “...

House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday that lifetime benefits for the president and the House speaker need to be abolished. “I have the personal opinion that these lifetime benefits ...

A cabinet reshuffle will take place before the 18 months of President Nikos Christodoulides’ governance are up, he said in an interview published in Phileleftheros on Sunday, noting that decisions will ...

In 1988 a law was approved that set out the benefits the president of the republic and president of the House of Representatives would enjoy when they retire. Apart from a ...

A real scandal: president did not list his pension in wealth declaration By Efi Xanthou The last week saw the pundits debating Cyprus’ latest scandal: namely President Nikos Christodoulides’ omitting ...

The replacement – or not – of police chief Stelios Papatheodorou has dragged on for a month, with President Nikos Christodoulides still unable to decide what to do. The chief has refused ...

The buffer zone should not be doubted nor should it give Turkey a competitive advantage, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, over the spat that emerged in Pyla last month. “...

President Nikos Christodoulides said it was not goal to “convince anyone” over the foreclosures and non-performing loan bills, after a meeting with MPs at the presidential palace on Monday night. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a press conference on Tuesday on the first 100 days of his administration, following underwhelming comments about his term so far by experts and the public. ...

A freeze on civil service pay rises and reductions established in 2012 for salaries over €2,001 a month has been abolished, meaning billions more will be spent from the state budget to ...

The first political act of a newly-elected president is the selection of the people who will make up the council of ministers, the executive’s decision-making body. The choices made ...

As a new president takes up the post, I submit some suggestions that would improve the real estate and construction industry. The adoption of deputy ministers by the previous government ...