Elias Hazou

The justice ministry needs to develop a reliable internal audit system for receipts and payments, the Audit Office said in a report released Tuesday. The dossier covered the justice ministry’...

MPs heard on Tuesday that out of some 230,000 registered companies, so far only 140,000 have updated their records regarding their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs), the rest facing hefty fines if they ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday complained that the Natural Gas Public Company (Defa) is being mismanaged and operates with subpar transparency, as the organisation sought parliament’s nod for its 2024 budget. The 2024 ...

Trade unions representing civil servants on Monday demanded that a new evaluation system for promotions be put on hold, as its implementation so far has caused nothing but chaos and ...

Opposition party Akel on Monday reiterated their call on government to make moves to drive down electricity costs for households and businesses, while demanding that light be shed on the ...

Nobody likes taxes, not even politicians whenever they have to foist them on the public. But the announcement of the looming carbon or ‘green’ tax on motor fuel elicited a ...

The Tenders Review Authority on Thursday saved the state from a potential major headache – losing out on EU funds – by ruling that a contract awarded for the installation of smart ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) needs to rein in its expenses if it is to continue receiving state grants, officials warned in parliament on Thursday. Health ministry officials and ...

The US government on Tuesday announced sanctions against two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Consortium that develops spyware technology – including ex-Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian who in 2019 ...

The supreme constitutional court has found no career advancement discrimination took place against female non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the National Guard, according to a statement released Tuesday. In a statement, ...

Cyprus was on Tuesday named among the EU member states where concerns remain over government use of spyware against journalists by a Council of Europe report. The findings are part ...

Authorities in Cyprus risk losing out on EU funds unless they quickly come to a final arrangement concerning the purchase and installation of smart meters, the boss at the Electricity ...

Organised crime has grown to a ‘worrying’ scale, and all elements of society must come together to contain it, speakers said at a workshop held on Monday. The remarks came ...

After much haggling, the House plenum on Thursday passed a law regulating the employment of advisors or associates to the president, ministers and deputy ministers. The legislation provides for members ...

Parliament on Thursday gave the nod to the establishment of a deputy ministry for migration and asylum, hailed by the interior minister as a “milestone” for the country. Creating the ...

Tempers flared in parliament on Thursday during the ratification of an interstate agreement between Cyprus and Israel over the co-production of movies, with opposition Akel describing the proceedings as being ...

Although the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) remains a profitable business concern, there is also an internal effort to “embellish” its image and to conceal serious problems, found a report released ...

Parliament is reviewing a legislative proposal allowing members of the public to introduce legislation if the proposal garners 5,000 signatures, an MP with the Diko party confirmed on Thursday. Speaking on ...

The government on Tuesday pledged to overhaul the benefits system for disabled people, by de-linking it from the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) which currently also covers such persons. In parliament, ...

In a report released Tuesday, the auditor-general’s office again raised the matter of the simultaneous payment of salaries and pensions to currently serving state officials, calling on the Treasury ...

A doctor at the Nicosia general hospital earned €187,000 in overtime pay in 2022 – two-and-a-half times his regular salary – according to a report released on Monday. The Audit Office published its special ...

The Court of Appeal has voided a prior ruling by the administrative court that had granted an asylum seeker applicant access to classified documents, it emerged on Monday. In a ...

Cyprus’ compliance with international sanctions is “very good”, the finance minister said on Monday, adding that by year’s end the two units dealing with sanctions will be consolidated into ...

63 per cent of poll respondents felt the country is headed in the wrong direction Almost exactly a year after coming to power, the ‘honeymoon period’ for President Nikos Christodoulides appears ...