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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. ...

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 ...

It is astonishing that our deputies and politicians are unable to grasp the big difference between a presidential and parliamentary system of government. These are lawmakers who should have a ...

THE ENGLISH translation of the first name of the deputy government spokesperson, Doxa Komodromou, is ‘glory,’ which is rather unfortunate considering she did not cover herself in glory with her ...

Georgia on Monday accused a former deputy interior minister of plotting from Ukraine to overthrow the Tbilisi government, testing ties with Kyiv as Georgia deepens its relations with Russia. The ...

The government on Monday has denied accusations that President Nikos Christodoulides does not respect the collective bodies of opposition party Disy, after a flurry of back and forth a day ...

The government is set to expand the current laws regarding offensive material on the internet, such as child pornography and terrorism, to include racism, xenophobia, and hate speech. Speaking to ...

When a government introduces a temporary measure, aimed at offering relief to people, its eventual revocation is certain to spark opposition. There will be demands for keeping the measure in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that he will continue to follow the “successful” model of Anastasiades’ government, with a more citizen-centred approach. “The government’s ultimate goal is to ...

Around 2,000 new job openings in the public sector are expected to be made in the next two months, while 114 promotions for existing positions are also on the cards, reports said ...

It might not have been an election promise designed to win votes, but President Nikos Christodoulides had made it clear he would set up a National Security Council (NSC), which ...

During the state budget debate, the Green Party, once again, tried to block the spending item for former presidents of the republic and former presidents of the legislature, that cover ...