Government initiates study to streamline state payroll (Updated)
The government will commission a study on how to streamline the state payroll to reflect international and European standards, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on...
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Relations between government and audit service ‘not in crisis’
Relations between the government and the audit service are not in crisis, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday. Letymbiotis’ comments come after a report...
Early warning system for dengue-carrying mosquitoes developed
Scientists at the Cyprus Institute (CyI) have introduced an early warning system to evaluate the potential threat posed by tiger mosquitoes which can cause dengue...
Our View: The public education system benefits teachers, not students
It should not have surprised anybody that in the ‘PISA 2022’ international evaluation of students Cyprus finished in the bottom quarter of the rankings –...
Cyprus considers direct investment in EuroAsia Interconnector, decision by January
Cyprus is mulling becoming a direct investor in the EuroAsia Interconnector – a mooted subsea electricity cable linking the island with Greece and Israel –...
‘No terms and conditions for UN envoy’
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the UN envoy set to come to Cyprus will not have terms and conditions, responding to comments from ‘officials’...
Turning over a page, Greece and Turkey agree to mend ties (Updated)
Greece and Turkey on Thursday agreed to reboot their relations, establishing a roadmap designed to usher in a new era of closer ties between the two NATO...
Unficyp closely watching Turkish works in Dherynia
The UN peacekeeping force (Unficyp) is closely monitoring works in Dherynia, which are being conducted by the ‘authorities’ in the north near the buffer zone,...
Audit office demands thousands in overpayments to president when spokesman
President Nikos Christodoulides should return to the state over €18,000 he should not have received in paid leave, and come clean as to how much...
Environmental organisations call on government to ‘rise to occasion’ on Akamas (Updated)
By Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou Contractors have been ordered to halt all construction work within the Akamas national forest until December 18, while a...
