Progressive Party of Working People

The statements by Greek popular singer Notis Sfakianakis on Cypriot state TV that refugees were cowards for leaving the civil war, while claiming refugees and immigrants were raping Greece continues to cause controversy.

"The visit has achieved the objectives we set at the outset ? To meet the Turkish prime minister and foreign minister, who can take on board the positions of the Greek Cypriot side," said Greek Cypriot Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) head Andros Kyprianou on his return to the island after visiting Turkey over the weekend.

Many people were puzzled when Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavu?o?lu separately met in Istanbul with Andreas Kyprianou, the secretary-general of the Greek Cypriot Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL). Particularly, the very fact that the meeting came immediately after a landmark trilateral meeting of the two Cypriot leaders with the U.N.

Nicos Katsourides, a senior member of the Greek Cypriot Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL), let the cat out of the bag. "What's being achieved at the [intercommunal] talks is nothing further than a reaffirmation of the past convergences; in reality the talks have landed in a deadlock," the veteran politician said during an interview with the Alithia.

The Turkish Interior Ministry has suspended the co-mayors of the eastern province of Batman, along with 17 members of the municipal council and three members of the provincial council, late Oct. 15, on grounds they made "self-governing" statements. 

Two sand coasters crashed late on July 21 off Istanbul's northern Riva coast in the Black Sea, with one sinking as a result of the accident.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and AKEL party secretary general Andros Kyprianou met to discuss the negotiations of the Greek government with the Brussels Group, the economic situation of Greece and Cyprus, the Cyprus issue dominated a meeting on Monday.

Officially whatever is left from the 1960 Cyprus Republic, it is still "officially" a non-aligned country, even if there is no longer a functional Non-Aligned movement. It seems like a bad joke. On part of its territory there are two sovereign bases of NATO-member Britain.

The Cypriot Parliament has adopted a government budget that envisions an increase in spending of only 0.6 percent.

The budget forecasts state revenue of 5.928 billion euros compared with 5.952 billion euros in 2014, with spending of 6.660 billion euros.

The House of Representatives approved the tight spending plan late Tuesday by a vote of 29-26.

The Cypriot parliament will vote Saturday on a controversial bill to streamline bank foreclosures of bad debts, Finance Committee chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos said, amid fears some people could lose their homes.