Disy’s Demetriou voted as new House President, first woman Speaker for Cyprus (Update 3)
Disy MP Annita Demetriou was voted House president on Thursday, the first woman ever to hold the post in Cyprus. Demetriou garnered 25 votes in...
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More bombs fall on Syria’s Ghouta ahead of UN vote (Update 2)
A new wave of bombs struck Syria‘s eastern Ghouta district unabated on Friday, witnesses said, ahead of a UN Security Council vote to demand a 30-day...
Czech government set to lose confidence vote
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, battling allegations he illegally tapped European Union subsidies a decade ago, looked certain to lose a parliamentary confidence vote on...
Two Palestinians ‘killed’ in protests after UN Jerusalem vote (Update)
Israeli troops shot dead at least two Palestinians on Friday, a Gaza health official said, as protests intensified against Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem asIsrael‘s capital....
Catalan separatists win vote, crisis re-ignited (Update)
Separatists looked set on Friday to regain power in Catalonia after voters rejected Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s attempt to neuter its independence movement, instead...
Parliament to vote on ban on big cash transactions
Parliament will soon be voting on a bill banning cash transactions of €10,000 and over. Once passed, the law would make any cash-based transactions over...
House set to pass anti-Nazi resolution
The House is on Friday set to pass a resolution denouncing extremist ideologies, particularly the far-right, and calling for measures to contain their spread. The...
House votes to support total Turkish troop withdrawal (Updated)
The House plenum on Friday approved a motion by the Green party for a resolution stipulating that any solution to the Cyprus problem should not...
House postpones vote on three bills
House speaker Demetris Syllouris said that new regulations are underway that restrict the number of postponements of discussion and voting of a bill in the...
Teachers call for strike after House vote
PRIMARY teachers’ union Poed announced on Friday night that its members would strike next week to protest over the approval by the House plenum of two...
