Cyprus has third lowest GDP spending on old-age pensions in EU
Total Government expenditure in Cyprus for 2016 reached 38.6 per cent of GDP, according to Eurostat, had the third lowest expenditure share on pensions at 6.2...
Pensioners
House approves extended deadline for low-income pensioners
The plenary House session on Wednesday approved the referral of a bill on low-income pensioners and passed a law which entitles these pensioners to...
Cabinet green-lights spending spree for vulnerable groups
More than 60,000 people considered vulnerable will receive Christmas bonuses amounting to €20m in total, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday after the cabinet...
Low-income pensioners miss out on ‘small cheque’ bonus
LABOUR Minister Zeta Emilianidou has rejected a request for low-income pensioners to be able to apply for Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) past the deadline, their...
More could be done to help low income pensioners, House hears
There is a great deal more the state can do to provide financial assistance and relief to low-income pensioners and the elderly, the House labour...
Pensioners to receive Easter allowance
The cabinet on Wednesday decided to grant an Easter allowance worth a total of €2.5mln to people who received low pensions, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianides...
Greek police fire teargas at pensioners during Athens protest
Greek police on Monday fired teargas to control a demonstration of pensioners protesting over cutbacks to their benefits, part of an austerity drive dictated by...
Pensioners go on the march
Scores of pensioners staged a protest Thursday morning in the centre of Nicosia demanding that their benefits that have been slashed by more than 30...
Cabinet approves €4.5m to prop up ‘small cheque’ for pensioners
THE Cabinet approved on Friday a €4.5m plan to increase the pension bonus, also known as the “small cheque” due to the size of the...
Parties focus on visas, EEZ and Laiki
Turkey’s questioning of the validity of Cyprus’ EEZ, the halt of the Turkish visas process by the EU, a new furore surrounding Laiki, and...
Greeks protest against pension reform as government seeks support
Hundreds of Greek pensioners and workers marched in central Athens on Friday, protesting against plans to overhaul an ailing pension system as the government sought...
Juncker greeted by anti-austerity protest at the House
By Evie Andreou Around 200 members from 19 organisations gathered on Friday outside the parliament in an anti-austerity protest while European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker...
British expats set to lose winter fuel allowance
By Bejay Browne AS Cyprus is battered by a spate of bad weather British expat residents have reacted angrily to the news that thousands will...
Extra help for pensioners who fell short for GMI
By Constantinos Psillides Elderly people who fall just short of qualifying for the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) but fit all other relevant criteria will receive...
Our View: Bumpy start to GMI should come as no surprise
APPLICANTS for the minimum guaranteed income (GMI), introduced by the government earlier in the year, were found to own blocks of flats or have hundreds...
Benefit abuse is widespread, some paid even after death
By Angelos Anastasiou INSTANCES of welfare recipients who own blocks of flats and hundreds of thousands of euros in deposits, and others who continued to...
Thousands of pensioners did not apply for GMI
By Staff Reporter SOME 17,000 elderly people eligible for low pensions have not filed an application for guaranteed minimum income (GMI), the chairman of the...
Two pensioners critical after separate road accidents
A 76-year-old man is in critical condition at the Famagusta General Hospital, after his scooter was hit by an unidentified car at the Ayios Panteleimonas...
‘No medical, no licence’ policy for over-70s
By Stefanos Evripidou PENSIONERS over 70 should get medical checks every year, the traffic police department said yesterday. Heads of the traffic police gathered yesterday...
Some widow’s and widower’s pensions to be taxed
WIDOW’S and widower’s pensions will from now on count toward a recipient’s total taxable income, under a law passed yesterday. Previously, pensions granted to widows...