Call to unfreeze public sector posts
The House must consider the unfreezing of 1,851 vacant first appointment roles, civil servants union Pasydy director Stratis Mattheou and finance ministry director general George...
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Civil servants to get shift allowances, overtime restored
President Nikos Christodoulides pledged to gradually restore shift allowances and overtime pay for civil servants by 2025 on Tuesday. Addressing the annual conference of civil...
State doctors embark on strike, Okypy assures patients covered (Update 1)
Doctors on Thursday morning started their planned 24-hour work stoppage over uncertainty in medical malpractice suit insurance while the state health organisation called for an...
Pasydy nurses call on minister to up numbers at hospitals
Nurses belonging to Pasydy union on Wednesday called on Health Minister Popi Kanari to intervene and increase staffing levels in the island’s hospitals. During a...
Teen in adult mental health unit to be transferred on Wednesday
The 14-year-old receiving treatment at Athalassa psychiatric hospital will be transferred to the Makarios hospital on Wednesday, Okypy announced after intense criticism. Earlier in the...
Minister calls for dialogue as doctors, nurses strike (updated)
Doctors and nurses at state hospitals threatened to intensify strike action as they held a two-hour work stoppage on Tuesday demanding the state health services...
State doctors and nurses to hold warning strike on Tuesday
Doctors and nurses at state hospitals will hold a two-hour work stoppage on Tuesday to exert pressure for having certain collective agreements renewed. Unions SEK,...
Nurses threaten to stage a walkout after latest incidents
Nurses union Pasyno and civil servants union Pasydy have called on the authorities to take measures following incidents involving aggressive behaviour against nurses at accident...
Pasydy prison guards support suspended colleagues
Prison staff who are members of the Pasydy union on Tuesday threw their support behind suspended colleagues at the Nicosia central prison who were relieved...
Union calls for action after nurse attacked in hospital (Update 3)
Three British women are under arrest following an alleged assault on a nurse at Paphos’ general hospital amid a wave of condemnations by nurses’ unions...
