Ambitious plans outlined in 2024 interior ministry budget
The interior ministry on Monday presented the House finance committee with a budget more than 10 per cent higher than the year before, with its...
local government reform
Our View: The hazy realities of local government reform
After a great deal of tampering by the political parties the laws that would reform local government were eventually passed by the legislature. But despite...
Disy in-fighting over candidate for Nicosia mayor
Nicosia’s mayoral elections appeared to have created in-fighting within Disy, with the party leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday saying she would not tolerate any rebels...
Polis mayor to stand for re-election
Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi has announced his intention to seek re-election as an independent candidate. In a written statement released on Wednesday, Papachristofi said...
Local government reform means ‘better, faster service’
That’s the official line, but the results remain to be seen Big changes are coming down the pipe next year in terms of how people...
Minister discusses looming local government reform
The interior ministry on Wednesday announced that a meeting was held the previous day between Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou and the executive committee of the...
Akamas communities repeat call not to be divided
Eleven villages in the Akamas peninsula on Saturday protested government plans to divide them between the municipalities of Polis Chrysochou and Peyia in the upcoming...
Ministry promotes unified local government portal
Reform of local governance has entered its final stages as local elections are coming up in less than a year, the interior ministry said in...
Local government reforms ‘on home straight’, minister says
Local government reforms are “on the home straight”, according to interior minister Constantinos Ioannou. In a speech read on his behalf by the Kyrenia district...
Intense day of local elections in June
Political parties were informed on Wednesday of the changes which have taken place in the electoral system due to recently enacted local government reforms. In...
