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A complaint was filed by the finance ministry to police over a raffle being carried out to build an illegal monastery in the environmentally protected Natura 2000 area of Cape Greco, ...

Former state officials in hot water with the audit office over allegedly pocketing secretarial allowances do not have to give back the thousands of euros that the law allows them, ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) needs to rein in its expenses if it is to continue receiving state grants, officials warned in parliament on Thursday. Health ministry officials and ...

Cyprus will on Friday submit a formal request for the second and third tranche of payments from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) which once granted will bring ...

MPs heard on Tuesday that to date some €43 million has been collected through a special levy on immovable property transactions, the proceeds going to assisting refugees facing financial hardship. In ...

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A tender with an estimated value of €2 million for the preparation of a modernised bill and regulations covering the outdated companies’ law was announced by the finance ministry on Tuesday ...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