The monster of small politics is reappearing
By Antonis Loizou F.R.I.C.S. – Antonis Loizou & Associates Ltd – Real Estate Valuers & Estate Agents We wonder whether there are people in this...
opening hours
Shops must close on August 15
All general stores must remain closed on the religious holiday of August 15, the labour ministry said on Monday. Specialty stores may remain open on this date, but under...
House to hire legal eagles to fight shop hours bill
By Angelos Anastasiou PARLIAMENT has commissioned a lawyer to fight its battle against the government at the Supreme Court over the right to weigh in...
Big shops vow to keep opening on Sundays
By Evie Andreou BIG retailers yesterday vowed to defy the law on shop hours and remain open on Sundays and Wednesday afternoons after the government...
New banking hours effective from Monday
The association of banks has reached an agreement with unions that the new working hours would apply as of August 10, it was announced on...
Shop workers protest outside MP’s house
By Andria Kades The New Recruits Movement, a group of people who are part of around 7,000 new hires under expanded shop hours, staged a...
Our View: Intervention by the authorities in the retail sector must stop
THE POLITICAL parties have won the latest battle in the ongoing war over shop opening hours. Ten days ago, a law that took away the...
Bank of Cyprus could extend opening hours
By Andria Kades The Bank of Cyprus may extend working hours to meet client needs, spokesperson Michalis Persianis said Tuesday. “There is an international tendency...
Extended opening hours for three more months
The cabinet on Wednesday renewed a decree that extended shop opening hours across the island despite claims that it was harming small businesses. The new...
Nicosia Municipality changes opening hours
Nicosia municipality has announced changes to its opening hours and that of the municipal cashier’s office. Public service opening hours at Nicosia Town Hall will...
Supermarkets ‘breaking deal not to sell tobacco products’ on Sundays
Kiosk and Convenience store owners union SYKADE have called on supermarkets to stop selling tobacco products and newspapers on Sundays in accordance with a deal...
Longer opening hours a curse for some
By Zoe Christodoulides BANG IN the middle of this past summer, something changed for the local consumer as shop doors outside tourist areas – which...
Kiosks and bakeries given exclusive rights to sell certain products on Sundays
A DECREE allowing shops outside tourist areas to remain open later on weekdays and also on Sundays has been amended to define which shops may...
Decree on new shop hours likely to be extended
By Poly Pantelides LABOUR minister Zeta Emilianidou on Tuesday informed ambivalent lawmakers she was looking to renew a decree expanding shop hours which has been...
Big retailers want new opening hours made permanent
By Maria Gregoriou A NEW association representing retailers on Monday called for the extended opening hours to continue past the trial run, which ends on...
New bank opening hours from October 1
As of October 1 banks will be open to the public as per the winter timetable, which is from Monday to Friday from 8.30 am...
Kiosks say forced to close down due to new shop hours
AROUND 70 kiosks and convenience stores have been forced to close due to the new shop opening hours according to their association SYKADE. Association chief...
‘New shop hours infringe on workers’ religious rights’
By George Psyllides AFTER exhausting almost all other avenues of complaint, small businesses yesterday appealed for the Church’s help to reverse a decree that extended...
CY announces new opening hours
Cyprus Airways on Tuesday announced new extended opening hours at their Nicosia and Limassol offices and at Larnaca airport. The new hours of the...
Shacolas declares new opening hours a success
By Maria Gregoriou LEADING retailer Nicos Shacolas said yesterday that extended opening hours, and Sunday openings had improved business and given consumers more flexibility....