Vision of local government reform
Consultation is necessary with the affected local authorities and residents The delay that is observed and hinders the reform of local self-government seems to...
municipalities
Nouris calls opposition parties ‘deniers of progress’ in reforms row
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said opposition parties were “deniers of progress” after bills providing for the comprehensive reform of local administration appeared to be headed...
Municipal workers strike over delay in reforms
Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis on Thursday said he shared the concerns of striking municipal workers islandwide over the stagnation in the process of local government...
Municipalities have lost quarter of their income, Vyras says
Municipalities have lost at least 25 per cent of their income due to the Covid-19 pandemic and only have enough to pay staff wages, head...
Coronavirus: municipal tax relief in pipeline for hospitality sector
Municipalities are looking at ways to assist the hospitality sector which must now exclusively serve customers outside, as over 2,000 businesses reopened on the first...
Coronavirus: municipalities gear up to help vulnerable groups
Municipalities islandwide are making special efforts to assist vulnerable groups facing uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic. Elderly people and those from vulnerable groups who have...
Municipal cleaner beaten up for telling woman to pick up her dog’s poo
A Limassol resident allegedly attacked and beat up a municipal cleaner after he told the former’s wife to pick up her dog’s poop. According to...
State respects reactions to municipal mergers but benefits to citizens ‘the priority’, president says
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday said reactions to the proposed bill on municipality mergers were respected but that the priority was on the ultimate benefits...
Mayors agree with mergers but problems remain over with who
Most mayors seem to be on board with local government reforms, and while the interior ministry appears to have cleared the first hurdle sticking points...
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...
Liopetri council will merge with Ayia Napa and Sotira
The Liopetri community council announced on Thursday it had decided to join the municipalities of Ayia Napa and Sotira as part of the local government...
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...
Municipalities squabbling over waste management fees
The ministry of agriculture offered to mediate on Monday in a financial dispute over waste treatment fees pitting the district council of Larnaca and Famagusta...
People urged to do their bit in keeping down rodent populations
Rodent numbers are spiralling out of control in some areas and municipalities cannot control them because they lack funding, it was reported on Monday. According...
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...
No transparency, no accountability: the long fight for a building permit
By Louis Kontozis I first applied for a building permit to Strovolos municipality in early September 2018. In October, I enquired about the progress of...
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...
‘Time is ripe’ for local government reforms, president says
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...
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...
Municipalities can receive EU funding to create public wi-fi spots
The European Commission on Tuesday launched its WiFi4EU web portal to which municipalities all over Europe are invited to register for the chance to benefit...