Progress on electronic signature legislation
The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday debated draft legislation dealing with the introduction of electronic signatures. “It is a major reform that will help...
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Job creation on the rise in the private sector
Almost half of businesses in Cyprus have created new jobs over the last six months, while firms that have shed jobs fell from 23 to...
Law on civil servants switching to private sector reviewed
Parliament is reviewing the law regulating the employment of former public servants in the private sector in light of the recent transfers of the Limassol...
Health ministry to tender for private medical services
The health ministry announced on Wednesday that a decision had been taken to tender for the purchase of services from the private sector to meet...
Health sector crisis going from bad to worse, state doctors say
MORE and more state doctors are leaving the public sector and replacements have been slow to step forward due mainly to the appalling salaries and...
EU Commission’s VP Katainen calls on Cyprus to set up an investment platform
Jirki Katainen, the European Commission’s Vice President called on Cyprus to consider setting up an investment platform combining both public and private sector in a...
Nicosia ICU head says allegations of kickbacks a ‘huge lie’ (Updated)
Accusations that a mannequin was used at Nicosia general hospital to inflate patient numbers as a pretext to refer people to the private sector in...
Doctor used medical mannequin to inflate ICU numbers – reports
A probe into possible squandering of public money in state hospitals revealed that ICU numbers were inflated by using a medical mannequin to keep at...
Over 300 patients referred to private sector since nurses strike began
DESPITE the cabinet’s decision earlier in the week for the referral of all patients waiting for surgery at state hospitals to the private sector, breast...
Info requests from audit boss to health chief fall on deaf ears
The health ministry’s medical services director Petros Matsas has failed to cooperate with the Audit Service over reports of graft among doctors and other healthcare...
The uphill battle to create a national health plan
By Angelos Anastasiou AMIDST controversy and attempts to crush the idea, discussion of the proposal to introduce a ‘mini-national health scheme’ (NHS) in mid-2017 with...
‘Mini NHS’ to be rolled out by next year
By Elias Hazou The government plans to roll out a ‘mini’ National Health Scheme’ as a springboard to the gradual implementation of a full-blown NHS,...
No idea when NHS will be ready, MPs are told
The government’s aim is to implement the national health system as soon as possible, Health Minister George Pamboridis said on Thursday, but could not give...
Public workers to get pay rises from 2016 onwards
By Andria Kades TRADE unions PEO and SEK have reached an agreement with the government, which provides for worker pay rises in the broad public...
EBRD to focus on private sector
Mobilising private sector investment will be the main objective of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a senior official said on Friday, as...
World Bank outlines civil service overhaul
THE ABOLITION of combined pay-scales and a change in the evaluating system so only a minimal number of workers can be promoted were some of...
New jobs schemes for under 25s
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou will on Friday announce new schemes aiming at the employment of 5,000 young people for a period six months to acquire on-the-job...
Collective agreements not up for discussion, unions warn
By Poly Pantelides A DAY after the Cabinet announced a dialogue with stakeholders on labour conditions in the private sector unions came out – one...
Cyprus’ Seven Deadly Sins
Petros Florides MANY factors influence the nature of governance implemented by a country or organisation. In a voluntary ’comply or explain‘ system like in Cyprus,...
Health ministry wants to buy services from private sector
By Poly Pantelides THE HEALTH ministry is looking to buy services from private doctors in order to reduce huge waiting lists in the state sector...