Government vows cleanup of contract system
Government officials on Thursday promised that a series of measures are on the way to correct distortions in the awarding of public contracts, after a recent report revealed a disproportionate ...
Etek: Audit report exposed ‘distortions’ which were ‘already known’
Scientific and technical chamber (Etek) chairman Constantinos Constanti on Thursday said an Audit Office report which found that over 40 per cent of money spent on public works had gone to ...
Three companies awarded 41% of public work tenders
Public work projects totaling more than €1 billion were awarded to just three contractors – Cyfield, Iacovou Brothers and Cybarco – from 2015 to 2024, the audit service said in a report published on Tuesday.
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Government insists Cyfield asked for 17-year extension for Nicosia ring road (Update 2)
The government on Wednesday insisted that reports the construction contractor Cyfield had requested a 17-and-a-half-year extension to the time allotted for the Nicosia ring road’s construction are true.
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Akamas works ‘partially frozen’, House environment committee hears
Works in Akamas are “partially frozen,” the agriculture ministry’s general director Costas Hadjipanayiotou told the House environment committee on Wednesday, noting that the Ministry’s administrative investigation into the ...
Government slammed for ‘pathetic’ coordination in Akamas (Updated)
By Nikolaos Prakas and Tom Cleaver
Contractor Cyfield announced that it would be stopping all works on the road network in the Akamas peninsula as of Wednesday until all issues ...
Gas turbines for island’s first private power plant arrive
Three gas turbines for Power Energy Cyprus (PEC), the first private conventional power plant, have arrived in Cyprus and are currently being installed, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Thursday.
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