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The President of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, is set to make an official visit to Cyprus on Monday. Hoyer will be joined on the island by the newly ...

The industrial dispute between low-wage civil servants and the government was settled “in the best possible way”, Finance Minister Permanent Secretary George Panteli said on Wednesday. Panteli was speaking after ...

No agreement has been reached on the extension of a concession contract for the airport management company’s obligations regarding management and development of Larnaca and Paphos airports, the finance ...

Applications for the new mortgage to rent scheme will be accepted starting October, the finance ministry said on Thursday, a day after the scheme was given the nod of approval ...

Members of the newly formed Independent Association of Teachers of Afternoon Programmes on Tuesday called on the finance ministry to count them as ministry employees. The association’s secretary Charalambos ...

Stores will be required to carry out stock counts on the zero VAT consumer goods, the finance ministry said ahead of the introduction of VAT reductions on Friday. Cabinet on ...

The government is expected to submit a compromising proposal on the cost of living allowance (CoLA) before the end of the month, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. With ...

A tender with an estimated value of €2 million for the preparation of a modernised bill and regulations covering the outdated companies’ law was announced by the finance ministry on Tuesday ...

Government services were back online on Tuesday evening after shutting down throughout the day, following a flooding incident in the room they are hosted in on Monday evening. The government ...

The Audit Office on Monday said it would report the finance ministry to the EU Commission over the way it handled two contracts related to the Hermes airports concession agreements. ...

The permanent secretary of the finance ministry George Panteli has sent a letter demanding that the attorney-general investigates auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for allegedly leaking false information and disclosing state secrets. ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has accused the finance ministry outright of criminal offences by committing to spending taxpayer money without first securing parliamentary approval for the funds, it emerged on Tuesday. ...

The finance ministry has requested the release of €138,000 for the purchase of two hybrid limousines for the needs of the presidency. According to Politis on Thursday, the finance ministry, in ...

The finance ministry on Friday waded into a spat between the health insurance organisation (HIO) and the health ministry, accusing the Gesy operator of taking the health system to the ...

The finance ministry said on Thursday it may tax RES producers found to have earned windfall profits as a result of the high tariffs paid to them. In a statement, ...

The Audit Office has petitioned the Supreme Court to rule on whether the government can unilaterally alter the nomenclature pertaining to state officials as these are prescribed in the constitution. ...

The finance ministry has asked parliament to green-light an additional €102 million in government spending to deal with the continuing economic impact of the Covid situation and the fallout from the ...

The finance ministry on Friday responded to accusations of procedural failings and weaknesses when it comes to complying with legal and regulatory provisions regarding payments, which included the purchase of ...

The government anticipates that the European Commission will soon give it the green light to roll out the ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme. Speaking to the state broadcaster on Thursday, the ...

The finance ministry’s failure to follow procedure and weaknesses when it comes to complying with legal and regulatory provisions regarding payments, were among the main concerns highlighted in 2020 report ...

The finance ministry on Tuesday said it was prepared to draw up plans to help nightclubs after the financial blow dealt by the pandemic. The comments were made during a ...

Presenting the state budget for 2022 to the Council of Ministers last Wednesday, Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides informed his colleagues that the public sector wage bill will rise by 3.2 per ...

Central government workers union Pasydy asked the finance minister on Thursday to speed up procedures to fill vacant positions, because delays affected the smooth operation of the civil service and ...

Parliament on Thursday passed a law empowering the permanent secretary of the finance ministry to act as, and assume the duties of, the Tax Commissioner in the event that position, ...