Rachel Reeves, the UK finance minister, was tearful last Wednesday during prime minister’s questions (PMQs). She looked miserable as the prime minister rose to take questions after a U-turn ...
Cypriots are concerned about the rising cost of living, immigration and a majority considers the local economy as ‘bad’, according to the European Commission’s Eurobarometer for spring 2025.
While 38 per ...
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, it seems, cannot issue a statement about the president’s activities or statements without inflating its importance. Everything has to be significant, important, unprecedented, historic, emblematic ...
The police on Monday issued a warning to the public following multiple reports of fraud involving individuals posing as government officials. The scammers are attempting to steal money from victims’ ...
Dealing with drought was a “matter of the highest national priority,” director-general of the ministry of agriculture, Andreas Gregoriou, said on Monday. Government is stepping up efforts to tackle drought ...
The number of low-income pensioners receiving the Easter bonus will drop by 2,500 this year, Cyprus union of pensioners (Ekysy) said on Monday. The organisation warns that compared to 2023, the reduction ...
Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou hosted Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in a live podcast discussion titled How to Change the System? on Friday. The event, held at the old EAC building ...
Cyprus’ newly formed municipalities are facing financial turmoil, with €34.3 million in unpaid water bills threatening to slash their state grants, revealed on Tuesday.
Under local government reforms, former municipalities and ...
Construction company Aktor (formerly Intrakat) is now seeking over €35 million in damages through the courts after the public works department terminated the contract with regarding the Paphos-Polis road project, according ...
The government’s new public procurement website has gone live, the treasury announced on Friday.
The website allows for easier public access to all matters related to government contracts, how ...
Lessons on financial literacy will be introduced to public schools this year, the government following the EU-wide trend of giving youngsters a basic financial education that would help them understand ...
There is a lot of theoretical discussion about which is more beneficial for the government, to build or rent offices, or even buy ready office buildings on the open market.
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Next week undersecretary to the president Ireni Piki will announce an online platform where people will be able to follow the government’s implementation of its action plan, it emerged ...
The House commerce committee on Tuesday gave the government 15 days to submit its position over which body will be responsible for overseeing Cyprus’ marinas.
Committee chairman and Disy MP Kyriakos ...
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday that everything will be investigated at the Osiou Avakoum monastery, where scandals have been rife.
Asked to comment on a statement by opposition Akel ...
There is no doubt that the tenders’ procedure for the Vasiliko LNG terminal was a catalogue of errors that violated every notion of rational decision-making. It suffices to say that ...
Wrapping up his televised presentation of the government’s plans for this year, President Nikos Christodoulides said he had announced more than 80 policies and actions that would be implemented in 2024 “...
Amid great fanfare and pledges of transparency and change, 2023 saw a new president elected. And though the ‘new broom’ promised to sweep clean, Nikos Christodoulides’ administration soon became clogged by ...
A few days ago I saw the article ‘Government gets its way on 397 new public sector jobs’ in your paper and thought to myself – all the government needs to do ...
Recipients of the monthly mobility allowance on Friday received a €120 one-off payment from the Social integration department.
The payment was announced by the Social welfare deputy ministry, with the money ...
The central government’s debt fell by 5.6 per cent between June and September to €22.5 billion.
The figure amounts to a €1.33bn reduction over the course of the three-month period in ...
The government on Tuesday announced the launch of a website that it says will serve as a node for interaction with the public.
According to government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis the ...
It is apparent that the authors of the legislation lacked the know-how necessary. As has happened in the past, omissions will lead to deadlocks
Recently, I had the opportunity to ...
The government web portal will be interrupted over the weekend due to maintenance work and upgrades.
Operations were interrupted starting Friday at 3:30pm and the portal is expected to return ...