Municipalities eye installing traffic cameras
Municipalities may soon deploy traffic cameras of their own following the green light from the transport ministry, but offences such as speeding won’t be recorded....
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Cabinet approves €1.5m for creation of more municipal dog shelters
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a special €1.5 million plan to support local authorities in creating appropriate facilities for the temporary care of stray dogs....
Petrides: We want to create a new kind of local authority
Legislation on the radical reform of local authorities should be ready within a month, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Wednesday, as various municipalities are...
Local authority reform back on the table (updated)
Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said Thursday he will be launching a fresh initiative with political parties aiming at pushing through the reform of local authorities...
Anastasiades bemoans delays in project implementation (Update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday bemoaned delays in implementing local authority projects during a broad meeting in Limassol to evaluate the progress on projects he...
Municipal gravy trains can’t go on, audit boss says
By Evie Andreou THE latest report by the audit office on local government paints a bleak picture of the state of affairs in municipalities, communities...
MPs give transport ministry two weeks to sort out conflicting bicycle laws
MPs on gave Friday the transport ministry two weeks to make the necessary arrangements to avoid the clash between penalties provided in local government regulations...
Our View: Local authority reform will be difficult but it must be done
IT IS encouraging that some progress is being made in the interior ministry’s attempts to streamline local government. Interior minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday met...
Taxpayers will ‘bail out’ local authorities to the tune of €185m
The government has decided to use around €185m of taxpayer money to bail out indebted local authorities, it emerged on Friday. The decision was made...
Lakatamia in dire financial straits, says mayor
Lakatamia mayor Fotoulla Hadjipapa bemoaned the municipality’s miserable financial state on Wednesday, saying that they owed close to €17 million. Speaking at a news conference...
