Problems remain for low-income pensioners despite new year amendments
Thousands of low-income pensioners struggling to make ends meet over the Christmas period will from January 1, 2023 be able to apply for a new...
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Our View: Benefits given to retired top officials amount to lawful theft
During the state budget debate, the Green Party, once again, tried to block the spending item for former presidents of the republic and former presidents...
Government Christmas gift for those on low incomes
The government will be giving a Christmas gift to people in need with a grant of over €17 million, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. Following...
Special benefits paid before Christmas
All pensions and benefits that fall under the responsibility of the labour ministry and social insurance will be paid before Christmas. A ministry announcement on...
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...
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...
