#Employment

Since independence, Cypriots have put great value in university education. Parents would put all their savings into their children’s university education, often going without for this purpose, while youngsters ...

The welfare department’s unemployment and job searching platform is deficient in crucial ways, Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou said on Tuesday. Speaking to Cyprus Mail Theopemptou said he had ...

The labour ministry on Wednesday clarified that asylum seekers are no longer permitted to work within the first nine months of their arrival. The Cyprus chamber of commerce (Keve) had ...

Trade unions agreed with the finance ministry on measures to deal with the issues of low-paid civil servants, representatives from the unions Peo, Sek, and Pasydy said on Tuesday. The ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The global economy is undergoing a difficult period, characterised by the enduring geopolitical turmoil and uncertainty, which adversely affect energy security and food sufficiency ...

By Socratis E Socratous and Leontios Charalampidis A few years ago, one of those film series that everyone talked about was The Hunger Games, a movie saga based on the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Discussions to resolve the Cyprus problem are currently at a standstill, while the work of technical groups on various aspects has been suspended. However, ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The economy of Cyprus depicts positive features as regards growth, employment and public finances. However, its economic development model requires radical adaptation in order ...

During the presidential election campaign the candidates expressed concerns about youth unemployment, which they all promised to tackle if elected. The prevailing wisdom has always been that the state has ...

Trade unions have condemned the new regulations concerning the employment of third country nationals, while employers have said they do not go far enough. Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos on Wednesday ...

Around 100 Turkish Cypriots were interviewed this week for jobs in the hotel industry, while procedures will continue next year for the construction sector, a Sek trade union representative said on ...