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...
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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...
Movement calls on voters to get rid of incumbents
The movement behind an advertising campaign urging people not to cast a vote for any of the incumbent MPs standing for re-election in the upcoming...
Neophytou calls on young people to vote
Ruling DISY chief Averof Neophytou on Sunday urged young people to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections because abstinence, he said, only rewarded the...
Our View: The deeper causes behind low voter turnout
A RECURRING theme in newspaper opinion pages has been the supposedly low regard in which parties and politicians are viewed by the public. Politicians have...
ECHR decisions have prompted positive changes in Cyprus – study
The decriminalisation of homosexuality, improvements in court delays, and the right of Turkish Cypriots to vote in parliamentary elections have been used as positive examples...
Neophytou takes coalition partners to task (Updated)
By Angelos Anastasiou Government minority partner EVROKO, which has not voted for a single bill required by Cyprus’ bailout agreement in the last 12 months,...
Over 20,000 new voters eligible for May 2016 elections
Electoral rolls will see the number of people eligible to vote increase by 23,000 – a record number, the interior ministry election service said on...
Voters can use ID cards in lieu of booklet
VOTERS will be able to exercise their voting rights in the upcoming parliamentary elections in May, by presenting just their identity cards, the House Interior...
The power to change things
Recent by-election in Paphos highlighted lack of voting awareness among expats By Bejay Browne CAMPAIGNERS are urging EU residents in Cyprus to register to vote...
UK expats urged to register online for upcoming election
The UK Electoral Commission has launched a dedicated overseas voter registration campaign to encourage British citizens living overseas to register to vote ahead of the...
Go mad and vote in the EU elections
By Hermes Solomon ALMOST TWO weeks ago I decided to undergo a ‘minor’ medical intervention that most men of three score years and ten plagued...
How dead people get to vote
By Staff Reporter SOME 63,500 Cypriots who have passed away since 2000 are still listed as voting citizens, while others who are listed as deceased...
EU nationals can stand for EP elections
EU NATIONALS resident in Cyprus now have the right to stand for election in the upcoming European Parliament vote, under a law passed yesterday. The...