Audit boss flags party election expenses
MOST of the financial statements submitted by political parties relating to their expenses for the May 2016 parliamentary elections contain discrepancies, the auditor-general has found....
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‘Everyone flouted the law’, AG says of civil servants and party posts
FOR YEARS everyone flouted the law on when civil servants may simultaneously hold an office with a political party, looking the other way because it...
Scrutiny for all civil servants holding party posts
THE cabinet has decided that all ministers are to initiate a disciplinary probe of those civil servants simultaneously holding political party posts to determine which...
Russians seeking to form their own party
Russians living in Cyprus filed for the creation of a political party earlier in the month, it was reported on Wednesday. According to Reporter Cyprus...
Civil servant union chief against political postings
The head of Pasydy civil servants’ union, Glafcos Hadjipetrou said on Wednesday that no civil servant, regardless of their rank, should hold a political party...
AG says finance minister has ‘lost his seriousness’ (Updated)
If anyone has lost their seriousness it is Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, not the state’s independent institutions, Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Tuesday. The...
AG supports Michaelides in spat with finance minister
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades must launch a disciplinary probe against ministry employee Savia Orphanidou, who was found in violation of the law on holding...
Our View: Parties have always paid lip service to meritocracy
THE ROW between the auditor-general and the minister of finance, regarding the finance ministry civil servant that also happens to be member of a Disy...
Parties, not state should pay MP assistant salaries, Audit chief says
MPs’ assistants should not be paid directly by the state but from the parties that employ them, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has told the House general...
Interior ministry blunder allowed registration of convict’s political party
‘Imperfections’ in the system were blamed on Wednesday for the interior ministry’s blunder in registering a political party whose leader was dangerous convict Andreas Onoufriou....
Parties pessimistic ahead of National Council meeting
Political leaders are expected to decide on Sunday whether they will accompany President Nicos Anastasiades to Switzerland next month where he is to discuss the...
NHS is for the benefit of the people, not the staff, minister says
The overhaul of the public health sector is for the benefit of the people and not health professionals, and political parties must support this, Health...
Breakthrough on NHS as consensus reached with parties
THE government on Thursday expressed satisfaction on the consensus between all heads of the parliamentary parties during their meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades as to...
Scramble to come up with IPT formula
PARLIAMENT will resume discussion of a last-ditch government proposal to amend the immovable property tax (IPT) regime on Monday, as each party tabled its own...
Parties on both sides pledge to work together on reforestation
Greek and Turkish Cypriot political parties on Wednesday pledged to work together in reforesting all the areas affected by a huge fire in the Solea...
Sizopoulos seeks allies in creating Cyprob front
EDEK chairman Marinos Sizopoulos has proposed a wider alliance with three other parties to cover the Cyprus problem in light of developments and possible referendum....
Reform process expected to be slow in new parliament
Populist opposition politicians are reiterating their intention to water down proposed reforms – or even reversing some already in place – while a DISY deputy,...
EDEK reveals campaign spending, calls on other parties to do the same
Socialist EDEK on Thursday was the first party to reveal how much it had spent on the election campaign, urging other parties to follow suit....
One fifth of candidates pledge commitment to gender issues
A TOTAL of 106 parliamentary candidates responded to the campaign of the Cyprus Women’s Lobby (KLG) and promised to support six commitments to promoting gender...
Electioneering turns attention to economy, Turkish visas
President Nicos Anastasiades’ letter to the EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on visas for Turkish nationals, and the government’s announcements on fiscal policy measures, were...
