Our View: Nepotism is the root cause of public-sector problems
IT COULD only happen in Cyprus. Speaking at the House institutions committee, justice minister Ionas Nicolaou said legislation was being prepared, obliging public bodies to...
Public Service Commission
Ministry official was absent from work 21 months out of 24
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is investigating a disciplinary case concerning a finance ministry official who was allegedly unjustifiably absent from his duties for 21 months...
Public Service Commission denies it appointed dead man to Civil Aviation
In what might have qualified as a bureaucratic paradox straight out of the 1980s series ‘Yes Minister’, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has just retroactively...
ECHR backs government for stripping convicted civil servant of his pension
The pension forfeiture of a convicted former Cypriot civil servant did not constitute a violation to his right to property, the European Court of Human...
More women than men in government
By Evie Andreou FEMALE civil servants are almost double in number than their male colleagues, according the annual report for 2014 of the Public Service...
A fairer more responsive civil service on its way
By Jean Christou Legislation to reform the public service into “something not experienced until now in Cyprus” is in its final stages and will be...
Early retirement in civil service slows
By a Staff Reporter SOME 350 civil servants have taken early retirement so far this year, while up to a dozen a day are applying...
Our View: Far too much leniency towards errant public servants
THE PUBLIC Service Commission demoted a retired ambassador from the position of minister plenipotentiary to second officer after a disciplinary investigation found that he had...
Palace defends SGO appointments
By Angelos Anastasiou THE PRESIDENTIAL palace yesterday fended off any criticisms related to its appointments to the semi-government organizations SGOs. Deputy government spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos...
More civil servants leaving the service
By Elias Hazou AS fresh austerity cuts to their benefits and allowances bite, more and more civil servants are jumping ship. From January to September...
Twice as many civil servants taking early retirement
By Stefanos Evripidou THE NUMBER of public servants taking early retirement doubled in 2012 compared to the year before, while the figure for this...
