Local government workers to hold one-hour strike
Local government workers will go on strike for an hour on Thursday from 11am to 12pm to protest delays to local government reform, according to...
local government reform
Our View: Surely parties can show sense of urgency on reform bills
October has been set as the deadline for the approval of the government’s reform bills that would rationalise local government and make municipalities economically viable,...
Lawmakers set to push for local government reforms to pass
Lawmakers are planning a big push to pass three bills relating to local government reform by October, though a number of tricky issues remain to...
Autumn vote possible for long-delayed local govt reform
The much needed and delayed reform of local authority could be put to the vote in the autumn, MPs heard on Monday, although some communities...
Communities seeking to fiddle with municipal mergers
Delegates representing local communities conveyed to the government on Monday their opposition to being merged with municipalities, but it appears the horse-trading over who ends...
Huge drop in municipal charges after local government reform, says minister
The cost of municipal fees and charges to the public will be as much as five times cheaper than now once local government reforms are...
Yeroskipou, Konia and Timi oppose merger with Paphos
Yeroskipou municipality and the community councils of Konia and Timi announced on Monday they have sent a counterproposal to the interior ministry regarding municipal mergers...
Moves to drag UN into municipal merger dispute
As the disputes over the joining of municipalities into larger units rumbles on islandwide, the Dherynia mayor has gone as far as trying to solicit...
Battle for sweeping local government reform
A key part of sweeping local authority reform is expected to conclude on Monday when Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides is due announce the government’s proposal...
Yeroskipou protests future merger with Paphos
Yeroskipou residents on Wednesday said they were against their community merging with Paphos municipality as part of the local government reform without holding a referendum...
Napa, Sotira and Liopetri local councils rubber-stamp merger
The local councils of Ayia Napa, Liopetri and Sotira met on Monday night to discuss their merger under local government reform, rubbing-stamping the move and...
Sotira moves to merge with Ayia Napa and Liopetri
The Sotira municipal council unanimously decided on Friday to merge with Ayia Napa and Liopetri in a future merger of local authorities as part of...
Mayors lobbying president to prevent local govt mergers
A small number of mayors are said to have lobbied the president directly to prevent their municipalities from being absorbed into larger clusters, as provided...
Aglandjia mayor one of few to support municipal mergers
Aglandjia mayor Charalambos Petrides said on Friday he was in favour of plans to reform the local authority system that may see his jurisdiction merge...
Local government reform will cut red tape says minister
The plan to reform local administration essentially means restructuring the role of central government, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday, highlighting the scale of...
‘Residents ought to have a say in local government merger’
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...
Napa mayor calls for emergency meeting over local authority reforms
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...
Dherynia joins growing list of municipalities rejecting mergers
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...
Athienou joins other municipalities in rejecting mergers
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...
Minister lashes out at municipal ‘kingdoms’ fighting reform
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...
