Supreme Constitutional Court upholds €25,000 fine
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld a prior ruling by a lower court which had voided a €25,000 administrative fine slapped on a brokerage firm executive by the Securities and ...
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Only small minority of Cyprus hotels have licence
Only a small fraction of hotels and tourist accommodation establishments are fully licensed, MPs heard on Tuesday, while unlicensed businesses continue to operate with impunity, confident that the state will ...
Limassol bypass the busiest road in Cyprus
Data published on Monday captured the scale of traffic congestion on the main roads of the island, with the Limassol bypass shown to be the busiest.
Citing numbers obtained from ...
State official earns hundreds of thousands since suspension
A senior functionary at the Audit Office has earned €260,000 since late 2019 when he was put on paid suspension after reveals that he and others had fraudulently established a company, media ...
House approves €85.9m Defa budget amid LNG delays debate
The House plenum on Thursday evening approved the 2025 budget for the Natural Gas Public Company (Defa) amid a lively debate over the delays in the advent of natural gas for ...
Parliament ends ‘hiring freeze’ in public sector
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to end the ‘hiring freeze’ on vacated permanent positions in the public sector, reversing a policy instituted twelve years ago.
The repeal act ...
Parliament approves voluntary military service for women
Women can now enlist voluntarily in the National Guard, for a minimum of six months, under a law passed by parliament on Thursday.
The law passed with 32 MPs voting in ...
MPs hear of delays in citizenship and residency applications
The former Civil Registry and Migration Department was slow in processing applications for Cypriot citizenship and for permanent residence, as a result of which some 12,000 applications were pending at the ...
Car recall probe begins amid safety concerns
The three-member committee appointed to examine the recalls process for cars imported from the EU and third countries began its first public hearings on Thursday.
The first witness to testify ...
Government called on to block Netanyahu in Cyprus air space
Global movement to support the Palestinian struggle BDS Cyprus on Tuesday called on the government to deny access to Cyprus’ airspace to the plane carrying Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
Football clubs receive further tax reprieve
Football clubs that owe the state millions in tax have apparently received a new reprieve until the end of April to repay part of their debts, reports said on Tuesday.
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Government seeking extra funding for beleaguered LNG plant
The government on Monday revealed it is asking for an extra €70 million to complete works at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko, a project plagued by delays and ...
2013 ‘haircut’ losers to get some compensation
Bank depositors and bondholders whose savings were wiped out in the 2013 ‘haircut’ will receive a fraction of their losses as compensation, officials said in parliament on Monday.
The House finance ...
All defendants acquitted in latest Napa rape allegation case
Famagusta criminal court has acquitted all defendants of all charges relating to the alleged gang rape of a British female tourist in Ayia Napa in September 2023, it emerged on Monday.
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Reckless hiring in civil service ‘not sustainable’
Ending the hiring freeze on permanent jobs in the public sector is not in itself an adverse development but it has to be done in a considered way that doesn’...
Bill proposes two-year license suspension for fatal road accidents
Parliament on Thursday discussed a bill that would deprive a person of their driver’s license for up to two years if that person is found guilty of having caused ...
Gesy ‘loophole’ on prescriptions shut
The House on Thursday passed a law allowing only doctors enrolled with the general health system (Gesy) to issue prescriptions for medicines covered by the system.
The law – a government ...
Government urges water conservation, announces desalination subsidy
The government on Thursday called for “a collective effort” to tackle the effects of the drought and the coming water shortages, also announcing a subsidy scheme to get hotels to ...
Pressure on to fast-track PV cut-off bill
The sponsor of a bill aiming to end the practice of cutting off solar panels urged government agencies on Monday to come back with their written remarks by the end ...
Civil service always claims understaffing ‘no matter how many they hire’
MPs on Monday wrapped up discussion of a government bill that would end the hiring freeze on vacancies for full-time jobs in the broader public sector – a policy instituted in 2013 ...
Municipal employees to be paid despite budget delays
No municipality employee will remain unpaid at the end of the month, despite the delayed submission of municipality budgets, a senior government official said on Thursday.
Elikkos Elia, permanent secretary ...
Cyprus aims for 33 per cent renewable energy by 2030
Cyprus has set itself the “ambitious” target of having a third of energy consumption derive from renewable sources by the year 2030, the energy minister said on Thursday, while also announcing ...
Cyprus, Greece reaffirm commitment to Great Sea Interconnector
The energy regulators of Cyprus and Greece reaffirmed on Thursday their ongoing commitment to the Great Sea Interconnector – the proposed subsea electricity cable connecting the two countries.
In a statement, ...
Bill to prevent solar panel shutdowns ‘accepted in principle’ by state agencies
State agencies and officials on Tuesday welcomed in principle proposed legislation that would bar shutting down solar panels, but the fly in the ointment was that affected households and businesses ...