Greeks strike as new tax, pension reforms loom
Greeks started a 48-hour nationwide strike on Friday in anger at tax and pension reforms pursued by the indebted nation to qualify for more of...
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Unions vow to restore lost rights in 2016
By Evie Andreou CYPRUS’ main trade unions on Wednesday pledged to spend 2016 battling to restore the lost rights of members and to continue the...
Last ‘austerity budget’ cleared
By Elias Hazou PARLIAMENT gave the nod to the 2016 state budget late on Thursday night, the last one to be submitted during the economic...
One in four children at risk of poverty in Cyprus, but situation has improved slightly
One in four children in Cyprus are at risk of poverty, slightly below the European average, according to statistics released by the European Parliament (EP)...
Environment Commissioner seeks ‘green Christmas’
Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou said on Sunday she had written to all local authorities urging them to ‘go green’ this Christmas and keep energy-wasting decorations...
Juncker greeted by anti-austerity protest at the House
By Evie Andreou Around 200 members from 19 organisations gathered on Friday outside the parliament in an anti-austerity protest while European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker...
Greece’s debt battle stirs austerity row in bailout poster-child Ireland
By William James and Conor Humphries Greece’s bailout battle with Germany is casting a long shadow in Ireland, dividing political and public opinion over whether...
Greece: a tragedy and four myths
By Johan Adler Austerity is a reality in Greece today. An example presents itself as I sit writing, overlooking the Thermaic Gulf of Thessaloniki. This...
‘Prudent planning is not the same thing as austerity’
By Angelos Anastasiou Finance minister Harris Georgiades on Friday tried to allay fears of ‘austerity until 2018’ following publication of publication of the government’s Fiscal...
Call for students to mobilise against austerity
Student body PSEM on Tuesday announced that on March 4 they would hold a mass mobilisation against austerity during a planned meeting of the European...
