People of Cyprus ‘ready to accept’ a female president
Three out of five people in Cyprus said Cypriots are “ready to accept” a female president while more than half believe eligible voters abstain from...
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British residents lose their right to vote
Large British expat communities no longer have any say in how local affairs are run By Bejay Browne British permanent residents living in Cyprus have...
Latvia bans unvaccinated lawmakers from voting, docks pay
Latvia’s parliament voted on Friday to ban lawmakers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine from voting on legislature and participating in discussions. Latvia, which has one of...
Arrest warrant for twin caught voting as his brother
An arrest warrant has been issued against a 20-year-old who allegedly voted for himself and his twin brother in last year’s presidential elections. According to...
Man on trial for impersonating twin at ballot box
A 20-year-old man from Paphos is to stand trial for allegedly casting a ballot in place of his twin brother during the presidential elections earlier...
Cypriots will be able to vote abroad
Election centres will operate abroad in January’s presidential election in Cyprus for voters who are already registered or will register by December 18. The centres...
Turks in Germany start voting in referendum on boosting Erdogan’s powers
Turks living in Germany began casting their ballots on Monday in a referendum which proposes changing Turkey’s constitution to increase President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers. The...
Disy and Citizens Alliance in favour of cross-voting
RULING Disy and the Citizens Alliance on Thursday came out in favour of cross-voting, a matter that keeps coming up but always shelved by parties....
Cyprus scores poorly in policies, democracy and governance, German foundation says
Cyprus scored poorly in the Sustainable Governance Indicators survey prepared by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German foundation, which compares policy performance of members of the...
The booze ban, mandatory voting and other trivia
A relic of a time when the fear of politically-sparked rowdiness was enough to usher in unreasonable measures with little – if any – popular...
