#Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV)

Energy Minister Michael Damianou said on Wednesday that Cyprus is expected to have “several hundred megawatts” of energy storage capacity installed by the end of 2027, allowing greater use of renewable ...

The defence ministry and the Cyprus employers and industrialists federation (Oev) have signed a memorandum aimed at strengthening public-private cooperation on crisis management, the protection of critical infrastructure and national ...

The ongoing foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak is reshaping the debate around Cyprus’ agricultural model with Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) President Giorgos Pantelides on Tuesday warning that food ...

Cyprus’ healthcare system is operating under sustained pressure due to a structural shortage of nurses, with delays in workforce reforms affecting both private hospitals and services operating under the national ...

The services sector in Cyprus showed an improvement in 2025, to data published by the Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) on Sunday revealed. “The data confirm the decisive role of the ...

The Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) on Thursday expressed its satisfaction with the package of eight measures announced by the government to support businesses and consumers in light ...

The employers’ union OEV has been authorised to take all necessary measures, including postponing the operation of private hospitals, pending developments in their understaffing, the organisation said on Thursday. In ...

The government’s decision to raise the national minimum wage to €1,088 per month, has drawn strong and conflicting reactions from employers’ organisations and trade unions. The increase was approved by ...

The employers & industrialists federation (Oev) has issued a warning to its members following a rise in phishing and fraud attempts involving falsified invoice payment requests. The organisation said several ...

The long-awaited cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) agreement, signed Thursday after months of tough negotiations between employers and workers, has drawn mixed reactions across Cyprus’ political spectrum. Disy, on Friday, welcomed the ...

The government hopes that the contentious issue of the cost-of-living-allowance (CoLA) will at long last be settled after the employers’ side accepted its revised proposal, however the trade unions that ...

The Cyprus chamber of commerce (Keve) and the federation of employers and industrialists (Oev) deserve congratulations for turning down the government’s proposal on CoLA. In fact, it was a ...

The employers’ decision to reject the government proposal for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) was “not positive”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, pointing out that there were more options, which ...

A memorandum of understanding for the promotion of gender equality at work, was signed on Thursday between Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou and the employers’ federation (OEV), with First Lady ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos are meeting the leadership of Cyprus’ main trade unions — Sek, Peo, Deok and Pasydy — in Nicosia on Thursday afternoon to discuss ...

Employers’ organisations OEV and Keve came out of a meeting with the ministers of labour and finance on Wednesday “reservedly optimistic”, but cautioning there was still a long way to ...

The draft framework for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), presented earlier this week, was sharply criticised by the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (...

A new negotiation framework drawn up by the government to solve the ongoing disagreement over the Cost of Living allowance (CoLA) received a lukewarm reception from employers and unions on ...

Employers’ organisations Oev and Keve remained in close contact on Friday as they awaited an invitation from the labour and finance ministers for a meeting aimed at breaking the deadlock ...

Employers’ organisations Oev and Keve will be meeting on Monday at 3pm to discuss their next steps regarding the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), after the presidency announced discussions would continue under ...

The work stoppage of customs agents which had initially been indefinite has officially ended, with customs agents on Saturday announcing that they would start working with the new automated import ...

Employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) have received legal counsel about regulating the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) for the private sector by law, ...

Giving the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) to all private sector workers remains a red line for employers’ organisations Keve and OEV, they told Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Monday. ...

The hotel workers’ branch of the PEO and SEO unions on Wednesday announced that they would eventually go on strike on Monday, July 28, as a “last resort”, after two weeks ...