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...
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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...
Current local authority model ‘outdated’
The current local authority model in Cyprus is outdated, the number of municipalities is excessive, and they are overstaffed, Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said on...
Local authorities ‘in dire straights’, stage strike
SOME local authorities are on the verge of default and solutions must be found urgently if they are to survive, chairman of the union of...
Hasicos urges Disy, Akel to pass local authority reforms
Interior Minister Socratis Hasicos appeared fed up on Friday over what he suggested were deliberate delays in passing local authority reforms, as he urged arch...
Hasikos: local authorities hinder title deeds process
Local authorities hinder the process of issuing title deeds to trapped buyers, the interior minister said on Thursday, despite legislation passed by parliament in 2015....
Our View: No workable solution except to cut number of municipalities
WHEN Cyprus entered the assistance programme in 2013 and the government was discussing a range of reforms that would reduce state spending, predictably, one of...
Radical reforms sought for local authorities, MPs hear
Mandatory clustering of municipalities and local authorities, bringing the total number of municipalities down by eight to 22, and postponing December’s municipal elections to coincide...
Union of municipalities ends negotiations with Green Dot
The Union of Cyprus Municipalities said on Tuesday it was terminating collective negotiations with recycling non-profit organisation Green Dot Cyprus, leaving it up to individual...
Local authority reform on hold
LOCAL authority reform will have to wait until parliament reconvenes after May’s elections because MPs do not have time to discuss and vote on revised...
Delegation of CoE to visit to monitor local authorities issues
A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE), will conduct a monitoring visit to Cyprus from Tuesday...
Discussion on local authority reform kicks off
Parliament on Thursday kicked off discussion of bills aimed at reforming local authorities, an effort that started years ago but never seen through. House Interior...
Environment Commissioner seeks ‘green Christmas’
Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou said on Sunday she had written to all local authorities urging them to ‘go green’ this Christmas and keep energy-wasting decorations...
Government keeping local authorities on a ventilator, president says
The government can no longer provide a lifeline for local authorities President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday addressing the controversial bill reforming local government which...