Tales from the Coffeeshop: Dictatorship of the desk job
THE PREZ, the House Prezita, party leaders and a host of ministers were at Pasydy’s annual congress on Tuesday to pay their respects to our parasitic labour aristocracy and ...
Our View: Public payroll reaching unsustainable levels
The 2025 state budget was approved by a sizeable majority on Wednesday evening, only Akel and the Greens plus two independent deputies voting against it. Main opposition party Disy voted in ...
Eight civil servants disciplined, two sacked in 2023
Eight civil servants faced disciplinary sanctions last year, of whom two were sacked outright and three forced to retire, according to data provided by the Public Service Commission on Thursday.
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Our View: Government risks fiscal stability amid public payroll surge
The Cyprus economy recorded a rate of growth of 3.7 per cent in the second quarter of this year in comparison to the corresponding period of 2023, according to Eurostat. It was ...
Our View: Ignoring IMF warnings should worry everyone
Pasydy, the public servants’ union, issued an announcement last Thursday “expressing satisfaction” for the agreement with the finance ministry for a 1.5 per cent pay rise in the civil service from ...
Our View: Public servants’ sense of entitlement is uncanny
The public servants union Pasydy issued an announcement on Tuesday expressing its “intense displeasure” over the legislature’s approval of regulations, which deprive its members and their families (as well ...
Our View: The greed of public servants has no limits
People that work in the public sector may be referred to as public servants, but this is a misnomer if ever there was one. Rather than serve the public, these ...
Labour and youth suffering under current government
Gaps between private and public workers as well as between generations grow ever wider
By Les Manison
Labour, particularly private sector employees, and the young generation have suffered badly under ...