Government to get tough on migrant benefits
The state is to tighten its purse strings and get tougher on how benefits are handed out to migrants and asylum seekers, but those seeking...
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Three arrests as fracas breaks out over delayed benefits payments
Paphos police arrested three people on Tuesday who allegedly assaulted employees at the social welfare office and one officer after complaining over delayed payment of...
Reversing the low birth rate
The government has recently improved maternity benefits, but will this encourage couples to have more children? New government measures to fight falling birth rates...
Online system to speed up processing of benefits
A fully automated system to come online perhaps by the end of the year will address the problem of the long delays in the processing...
Twenty outgoing MPs to share €3m one-off tax-free payment
Twenty outgoing MPs will share an approximate €3m one-off tax-free payment, it emerged on Friday. Former MPs who served one term will receive a one-off...
Cyprus has third lowest share of expenditure on disability in EU
Cyprus has the third lowest share of expenditure on disability in the EU, Eurostat reported on Thursday. In 2018, EU member states spent approximately €276...
Coronavirus: cabinet approves additional measures to support workers
The cabinet on Thursday approved a series of additional measures to support workers stricken by the coronavirus fallout, also extending existing schemes to include new...
Coronavirus: Expanded emergency benefits please unions, employers
Employers and unions said on Wednesday they were satisfied with the additional measures announced by the labour ministry to support workers and businesses stricken by...
Coronavirus: suspended employees say state benefits not enough to cover expenses
Employees temporarily laid off due to the coronavirus are complaining that the state benefit is not enough to cover their expenses. The labour ministry’s hotline...
Coronavirus: payment of special allowances begins on Tuesday
The payment of special emergency benefits to 167,000 beneficiaries, employees and self-employed persons begins on Tuesday, the labour ministry announced. There are 240,000 potential beneficiaries,...
