#AKEL

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating in line with the protocols, the party said on Friday afternoon. The announcement was made public by the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday met Akel leader Stephanos Stephanou to discuss a series of proposals the main opposition party believes will help tackle rising electricity costs. The meeting was ...

Main opposition Akel have all but ruled out backing any party leader for candidate for next year’s presidential elections, in a strong signal to the rest of the opposition ...

Akel on Wednesday urged the government to fill the gap in care available to adults with special needs. The call was made by the party’s general secretary Stephanos Stephanou ...

Main opposition Akel accused the government of being authoritarian after it transpired Tuesday that the president would veto a recent law passed by opposition parties to cut VAT on electricity ...

Presenting the 2022 State Budget to the House of Representatives on Thursday, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said the drawing of funds from European sources and programmes was a government priority. Cyprus ...

In keeping with its custom, main opposition Akel said Wednesday it will be voting against the 2022 state budget but only after proposing a number of amendments to counter what it ...

The attorney-general’s office on Tuesday said it had no comment on its decision a day earlier to drop all charges against three individuals in the case of the so-called ‘...

A bill tabled by main opposition Akel suggesting further cuts to VAT on electricity bills will be discussed at the next House finance committee after gaining support from the majority ...

Opposition Akel on Sunday called for a meeting of the National Council to discuss a six-page document for a decentralised federation that was drawn up by the Greek Cypriot side ...

The president should have resigned a long time ago if he had political ethos, main opposition Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said Saturday, as he called on Nicos Anastasiades to resign ...

Ruling Disy took a swipe at main opposition Akel on Saturday for planning a demo to protest the ‘loss of Cyprus’ credibility’ in the wake of the Pandora Papers, by ...

A European Parliament (EP) resolution specifically naming President Nicos Anastasiades in connection with the Pandora Papers, negative media articles, and the opposition calling for his resignation, all only serve to ...

Ruling Disy has pledged there would be no return to the economic polices that led to the advent of food banks in Cyprus following the 2013 financial crisis on the island. ...

The Cyprus problem is at its worst phase, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday at the bicommunal event the party organised in Dherynia for the reunification of the island. ...

Justice Minister Stefi Drakou on Friday sought the support of main opposition party Akel to move forward on the much-awaited justice reform bills and a legal framework to combat corruption. ...

The back-and-forth between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar spilled over into the domestic political arena on Thursday, with the administration and the main opposition party trading ...

Main opposition Akel is marking its 95th anniversary on Sunday with the promise to do what it takes for a better future for Cyprus. In a statement, Akel said its 95...

A pro-debtors group on Tuesday blamed the government for the low uptake for the Estia debt relief scheme, saying the red tape involved disqualified many borrowers who now risk having ...

If the negotiations on the Cyprus issue do not resume, Turkey will continue to exploit the gap in negotiations, opposition Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday. In statements after ...

President Nicos Anastasiades early on Monday congratulated the newly elected secretary-general of Akel Stephanos Stephanou and said he hoped to have a meeting with him soon. The conversation took place ...

Akel’s Stephanos Stephanou was elected on Sunday as the new secretary-general of the party, replacing Andros Kyprianou who has held the post since 2009. He was elected by the party’...

Outgoing Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Friday said just because he would not stand for re-election did not mean he would not continue to support the party. In his 16-page ...

Part of Famagusta Avenue in Larnaca was renamed Demetris Christofias Avenue on Wednesday in honour of the former president who died two years ago. Akel leader Andros Kyprianou said at ...