Former Edek MP aims to reunite party, will stand for its presidency
Former Edek MP Yiorgos Varnavas said on Tuesday he would run for party president in the October 24-25 party conference. In thinly veiled barbs against...
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Edek chairman to meet President to discuss budget
Edek chairman Marinos Sizopoulos will meet President Nicos Anastasiades at 10am to discuss the revised state budget for 2021, which is scheduled to be put...
Papadakis: Sizopoulos put me under surveillance, CID visit Edek offices (Updated)
MEP Demetris Papadakis, who was ousted by Edek over the alleged misuse of EU funds, accused party chairman Marinos Sizopoulos of ordering an undercover sting...
Attorney-general wades into Edek row with call for probe
By George Psyllides and Nick Theodoulou Edek MEP Demetris Papadakis’ spat with the party leadership ballooned beyond party politics and a step closer to the...
Edek MEP calls on party leader to go to police with claims (updated)
After being kicked out of his party Edek, MEP Demetris Papadakis threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday, challenging party boss Marinos Sizopoulos to provide any...
Challenger for Edek leadership blasts Sizopoulos’ decision
Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos has once more committed the party to his own personal choices, promises and ambitions in pledging to support Diko leader Nicolas...
Edek leader calls for referendum before Cyprus talks go any further
Socialist Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos on Sunday called for a referendum before the Cyprus negotiations go any further, he said. Sizopoulos, whose party has disavowed...
Centre parties’ Cyprus problem seminar to proceed without Lillikas
A follow-up seminar on the Cyprus problem, organised in Paphos on Friday by parties opposing President Nicos Anastasiades’ stance in the talks for not being...
Slow start to find single candidate
Talks to find a single presidential candidate among the parties supporting a hawkish strategy in the Cyprus problem did not get off to a good,...
Our View: MPs must understand property prices cannot be set by legislation
THERE is nothing worse than politicians interfering in the workings of the market in misguided attempts to regulate it, supposedly in order to help people....
Papadopoulos and Sizopoulos walk out of palace meeting (Update 4: adds other party leaders)
The leaders of two opposition parties, Edek’s Marinos Sizopoulos and Diko’s Nicolas Papadopoulos on Tuesday walked out of a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades, on...
President backs down on confidentiality clause for National Council
President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday backed down from asking party leaders to agree to a confidentiality clause as part of the National Council’s operation, a...
National Council plans ‘bad political joke’
Resumption of the National Council’s operation is important at a time when efforts are afoot to speed up reunification negotiations, main opposition AKEL said on...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Radical change in mindset as Mr Perfect could be on his way out
PREZ NIK seems in a bit of a fix over how to replace our negotiator Andreas ‘Mr Perfect’ Mavroyiannis if the latter gets elected President...
Our View: EDEK leader’s ‘revelations’ on talks a sign of desperation
EDEK chief Marinos Sizopoulos kept his word and made more “revelations” about what President Anastasiades had been agreeing for a settlement “behind the back” of...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Fighting for space on the moral high ground
PISS-ARTISTS like me, who have to write a substantial amount of words every week, are often stressed and anxious because there is nothing to write...
Theocharous, Sizopoulos want to prevent a bad settlement
By Angelos Anastasiou EDEK chairman Marinos Sizopoulos and leader of the Solidarity movement Eleni Theocharous voiced their shared goal of preventing a bad solution to...
Omirou’s rogue stance being tolerated by party
By Angelos Anastasiou A proposal to bring former EDEK leader and House Speaker Yiannakis Omirou before the party’s disciplinary body so that he can explain...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Two amigos get closer as Cyprob veers into Botox and halloumi
I WAS informed by a regular that after last Monday’s meeting, the two amigos had pseudo-dinner at a pseudo-restaurant and nobody protested about this blatant...
With EDEK in a glasshouse, it shouldn’t throw stones
By Loucas Charalambous IN THE RELENTLESS, audacity contest being waged in the field of politics, socialist EDEK are winning hands down. The contempt they show...