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Diko, SEK agree on pension reform necessity

CyprusMail 09 Oct 2026
Diko and trade union SEK found ... He added that said Diko and SEK saw eye to eye on the pension reforms, adding that the trade union wanted to see “better European practices being implemented in Cyprus”.
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Papadopoulos: confidence-building measures not a condition for enlarged meeting

CyprusMail 30 Sep 2026
Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Wednesday said that the implementation of confidence-building measures between Cyprus’ two sides is not a condition which must be fulfilled for an enlarged meeting ...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Such ingratitude to Diko and the Papadopoulos clan

CyprusMail 27 Sep 2026
He also informed the interviewer that he was a Diko member and wondered whether Junior recognised this, the implication being that as a Diko member he should be considered infallible by his party leader.
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Diko boss questions whether Cyprus has ‘two governments’

CyprusMail 25 Sep 2026
Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Thursday kept up the pressure regarding his spat with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos, suggesting that the latter is insubordinate to the president and asking flat-out whether there are “two governments”.
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Palace downplays schism between Keravnos and Diko

CyprusMail 25 Sep 2026
The presidential palace sought on Friday to calm a public dispute between Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos, with a meeting between the two left open once President Nikos Christodoulides returns from New York.
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Our View: Diko has a point. Maybe the finance minister should resign

CyprusMail 23 Sep 2026
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos may have laughed at the suggestion by the Diko leader that he should resign over his oft-expressed opposition to the Great Sea Interconnector project but Nicolas Papadopoulos had a point.
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Disy backs Diko over Keravnos stance on GSI

CyprusMail 22 Sep 2026
Disy has backed Diko’s criticism of Finance Minister Makis Keravnos over his handling of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), saying the government must give “specific and convincing answers” over the project.
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Keravnos ‘not sure if Papadopoulos realises I am’ a Diko member

CyprusMail 22 Sep 2026
Keravnos is a longtime member of Diko, having served in the party’s internal bodies before being named in Papadopoulos’ father Tassos Papadopoulos’ first cabinet, as labour minister, in 2003.
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Papadopoulos on 2028 election: Diko does not give blank cheques to anyone

CyprusMail 20 Sep 2026
Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Sunday refused to be drawn on whether or not his party will support President Nikos Christdodoulides’ re-election campaign in 2028, saying that “Diko does not give blank cheques to anyone”.
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: One more extension ought to do it

CyprusMail 19 Jul 2026
A VISIT to the presidential palace for a meeting with the Prez appears to have become a weekly fixture for the Diko leadership ... time, according to reports, he was accompanied by the Diko secretariat.
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DIKO leader pressures Christodoulides for more government roles amid growing rift

Philenews 05 Jul 2026
The political partnership between President Nikos Christodoulides and his sole parliamentary ally, the Democratic Party (DIKO), faces severe strain as the party demands co-decision powers over an upcoming cabinet reshuffle and key state appointments.
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Our View: Diko flexes its political muscle

CyprusMail 03 Jul 2026
It is astonishing that President Nikos Christodoulides postponed a cabinet meeting on Wednesday to make time to see the backer of his government and Diko chief Nicholas Papadopoulos ... Diko was a “key ...
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