Posts tagged with "local government reform"

'Residents ought to have a say in local government merger' Cyprus

'Residents ought to have a say in local government merger'

January 13th, 2019 Any changes including mergers of local authorities should be done through referendums and not by force, the community leader of Chlorakas, Nicolas Liasides said on Sunday. In a written statement, the head of the Paphos district’s coastal community said that the clustering of services of local authorities should be promoted soon to...
Napa mayor calls for emergency meeting over local authority reforms Cyprus

Napa mayor calls for emergency meeting over local authority reforms

January 11th, 2019 AYIA Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos has asked for an emergency meeting of the Union of Municipalities in a bid to put a halt to the intention of abolishing a number of local authorities as part of plans to reform the bankrupt sector. In a letter to the chairman of the union, Karousos said there was a sense that municipalities were...
Dherynia joins growing list of municipalities rejecting mergers Cyprus

Dherynia joins growing list of municipalities rejecting mergers

December 28th, 2018 Dherynia municipality on Thursday expressed reservations over its merger with neighbouring local authorities as part of local government reform, arguing that its residents are being looked down at by others in the area for insisting on maintaining friendly relations with Turkish Cypriots and for having different aspirations for the...
Athienou joins other municipalities in rejecting mergers Cyprus

Athienou joins other municipalities in rejecting mergers

December 19th, 2018 Athienou in Larnaca will under no circumstances agree to be merged with another municipality, it declared on Wednesday. The decision was made at a meeting at which local government reform and the possible merger of municipalities were discussed. Athienou Mayor Kyriakos Kareklas briefed organised groups on the proposals of Interior...
Minister lashes out at municipal ‘kingdoms’ fighting reform Cyprus

Minister lashes out at municipal ‘kingdoms’ fighting reform

December 12th, 2018 Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides charged on Wednesday that certain local authorities, which he did not name, have started gathering signatures against merging with other municipalities as part of reforms advanced by the government. In a message on Twitter, Petrides said certain municipalities have started asking anyone who...
Yeroskipou municipality to fight Paphos merger Cyprus

Yeroskipou municipality to fight Paphos merger

December 5th, 2018 The Yeroskipou municipality set up a campaign committee on Tuesday to battle its proposed merging with the Paphos municipality as part of the planned local government reforms. Residents of Yeroskipou, the second largest municipality in the Paphos district, gathered to discuss the proposed merger as part of reforms which seek to reduce...
Ayia Napa ‘too successful’ to be merged under reforms, mayor says Cyprus

Ayia Napa ‘too successful’ to be merged under reforms, mayor says

December 1st, 2018 By Lizzy Ioannidou The Ayia Napa municipality is expected to have a budget surplus of €3.6m in 2019, according to Mayor Yiannis Karousos, who said its economic viability suggests it should not be merged as part of the planned local-government reform. The city council recently approved the sum of €19.2m for the 2019 budget,...
‘Time is ripe’ for local government reforms, president says Cyprus

‘Time is ripe’ for local government reforms, president says

November 27th, 2018 The time is ripe to promote a radical and complete plan to strengthen local government reforms, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday at the Union of Cyprus Municipalities conference. He added that the interior minister, the Union, and the political parties have all agreed that the conditions are ready to have the plan...
Petrides aims for local government reforms by early 2019 Cyprus

Petrides aims for local government reforms by early 2019

November 15th, 2018 By the beginning of next year, the issue of local government reform should be finalised, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday. "It is now a matter of political will,” the minister said following a meeting with opposition Akel leader Andros Kyprianou whom he briefed on the issue. "We are ready to bridge the...
‘Time is ripe to press on with local government reform’ Cyprus

‘Time is ripe to press on with local government reform’

November 8th, 2018 After many years of parliamentary deliberations and multiple conducted studies, the time is now ripe to press on with a radical reform of Cyprus’ local government structure, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday. “Several studies have been conducted in recent years, which all conclude that the number of Cyprus...
Parties thwart every attempt at municipal reform Opinion

Parties thwart every attempt at municipal reform

October 7th, 2018 By George Koumoullis THE problem with the municipalities can be summarised in a few words – too many, over-staffed and underworked. There are 39 municipalities, which must be the largest number in the world as a proportion of population. During British colonial rule there were only 12 mayors, six in the main towns and six in big...
New round of talks on local government reform pledged Cyprus

New round of talks on local government reform pledged

May 5th, 2018 Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Saturday that a new round of consultations would be launched on the reform of local government as the existing system is no longer functioning. Speaking at the Pancyprian conference on local government in Pervolia, Larnaca, Petrides said there are currently 30 municipalities and 350...
Progress on streamlining local government Cyprus

Progress on streamlining local government

August 9th, 2017 A study on the creation of 35 to 40 administrative clusters of local councils, commissioned by the interior ministry, will be ready by November 2017, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Wednesday. Following a meeting with Union of Local Councils reps, Petrides said the grouping together of administrative services was the...
New interior minister plans to streamline building licences Property

New interior minister plans to streamline building licences

June 12th, 2017 The government has commissioned a study into how town planning and construction permits can be merged into a single licence issued by a single agency, new interior minister Constantinos Petrides said on Monday. Petrides, speaking in parliament for the first time after his appointment, said having a single permit under one roof for...
Local government reform package would streamline water and sewerage Cyprus

Local government reform package would streamline water and sewerage

January 9th, 2017 By Elias Hazou The three bills comprising the government’s local administration reform package could go to the plenum by Easter or before the summer recess, the chair of the House interior committee said on Monday. Eleni Mavrou was speaking after the committee completed discussion of one of the bills, which aims to establish...
Our View: Parties snubbed sensible municipal bill simply to annoy government Opinion

Our View: Parties snubbed sensible municipal bill simply to annoy government

November 8th, 2016 WHEN two weeks ago Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos submitted the government bill to postpone the local authority elections scheduled for December, this column had asked whether he had secured the support of any of the political parties, which had already began the campaigning. We doubted the parties would have approved such a bill,...
Improving efficiency of local self-government Property

Improving efficiency of local self-government

April 14th, 2016 DISCUSSIONS regarding the reform of local self government, which were initiated a few years ago, seem to be at an advanced stage. Considerable effort is being invested for the reform to be completed by the new composition of the House of  Representatives through the enactment of three already proposed bills, after the...
Limassol mayors object to local government reform Cyprus

Limassol mayors object to local government reform

July 22nd, 2015 LEGISLATION aimed at overhauling local government will end up disrupting the system, mayors of the Limassol district warned on Wednesday. “The bill does not reform, but rather deregulates local and regional growth. It does not decentralise the system but rather concentrates all powers and jurisdictions on a district level, thereby...
Agreement sought on municipal reform Cyprus

Agreement sought on municipal reform

November 17th, 2014 By Constantinos Psillides MUNICIPALITIES and community councils owe the banks over €600 million in loans, according to Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos, who met on Monday with a delegation from the Union of Cyprus Municipalities (UCM) . UCM head Alexis Galanos told the press that the money was spent on development projects to...
Municipal reform stirs up a storm Cyprus

Municipal reform stirs up a storm

October 4th, 2014 By George Psyllides THE union of municipalities and political parties yesterday dismissed draft legislation put together by the interior ministry aiming to reform local government. In a written statement, the union said the draft essentially abolished local authorities, something that did not serve the objective of upgrading...
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