Cabinet approves legislation to regulate use of scooters
The cabinet on Monday approved legislation regulating the use of scooters or e-scooters, including minimum specifications and safety measures. The bills were prepared by the...
Council of Ministers
Coronavirus: Curfew to be scrapped from June 10 (Updated)
The night-time curfew will be pushed to 1am from Saturday and will be scrapped completely from June 10, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday...
Cabinet green lights Astromeritis-Evrihou motorway despite eco-concerns
Citing overriding public interest, the cabinet decided on Wednesday to go ahead with construction of a mountain road, ignoring its own department’s disagreement and warnings...
New measures, school openings on Cabinet agenda
Decisions on new measures to control the spread of the coronavirus are expected to be taken by the Council of Ministers on Friday, which is...
Council of Ministers include youth
President Nicos Anastasiades and his ministers discussed a wide range of issues with youth representatives during an informal cabinet meeting. Hundreds of pupils, students and...
Cabinet to discuss state budget
The Cabinet will discuss the state budget for 2019 in its session on Thursday. The ministerial council in May approved the strategic framework for fiscal...
Government gives in to some teacher demands (updated)
With just days left to the start of the new school year, the government on Tuesday recoiled from a confrontation with state teachers, conceding a...
Council of Ministers hold final session (updated)
The bar has been set very high by the outgoing council of ministers, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday speaking during the current cabinet’s final...
Our View: No radical change in new cabinet a wise move
There were no big surprises in the new cabinet line-up announced by President Anastasiades on Tuesday as six old ministers were kept, five at the...
Power in all the wrong places
THE INFAMOUS National Council was established in 1975 by Makarios. Perhaps his successive blunders, culminating in his conviction that Greek army officers were patriotic and...
Council of ministers to discuss shopping hours
The council of ministers will hold their last meeting of the year on Monday at the presidential retreat in Troodos, where they will discuss taking...
A Turkish Cypriot MEP would help Cypriot unity’
By Stefanos Evripidou HEAD OF the Socialist and Democrats group in the European Parliament (EP) Hannes Swoboda yesterday suggested EU observers monitor Turkish Cypriot participation...
Our view: Anastasiades gives up sense for populist pandering
HOW NAIVE it was to think that the election of Nicos Anastasiades would have ushered in a new era in the way the country was...
