MPs reject president’s veto on private sector jobs for retired public officials
The House on Thursday rejected the president’s veto on a law expanding the list of public officials needing special permission to be employed in the...
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Anastasiades vetoes law on public officials in private sector
President Nicos Anastasiades has refused to sign off on, and has sent back to parliament, a law expanding the list of public officials needing special...
Call to clamp down on civil servants with private sector links
MPs from the House ethics committee are calling on the government and wider public sector authorities to clamp down on employees who are engaged in...
Almost 5,000 public servants illegally engaged in private sector – audit office
According to a confidential report sent by the audit office to the parliament on April 12, almost 5,000 civil servants and public service employees are...
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...
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...
