Palace appoints new SGO boards, emphasis on women
The cabinet on Thursday announced the names of the new members of the boards of semi-governmental organisations (SGO), with the government spokesman stressing that an...
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Government signs deal with unions pegging payroll to growth
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades on Wednesday signed an agreement with SEK and PEO, Cyprus’s main trade unions, a new collective agreement which links future pay...
Semi-state pay freeze to end Wednesday
THE government and trade unions are on Wednesday set to sign a deal on pay rises for people employed in semi-governmental organisations (SGOs) and local...
Our View: Collective agreements for SGOs makes no economic sense
THE AGREEMENT reached between the government and the unions, regarding pay rises at semi-governmental organisations (SGO) and local authorities will be signed on Wednesday. The...
Our View: SGOs are run like workers’ cooperatives
AN AMOUNT close to €180 million was wiped off the CyTA employees’ pension fund between 2009 and 2013 because of bad investments, said the Auditor-general’s...
Parties accuse government of partisan SGO appointments
Successful candidates for the boards of semi-government organisations (SGOs) were not chosen from political party lists, but were appointed based on their academic qualifications and...
AKEL will table bill to end SGO sell-off
By Angelos Anastasiou Opposition AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou said on Saturday he would be tabling a bill to end the privatisations process for semi-government organisations...
Georgiades seeks to assure MPs on semi-state sell off
By Elias Hazou A bill governing the establishment and running of state-owned and semi-public enterprises does not pertain to organisations slated to be privatised, finance...
Cabinet approves mechanism for decrees facilitating privatisations
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a mechanism to issue executive decrees relating to the privatisation of semi-government organisations (SGOs), on the basis of a road map...
Politicians to blame for SGO militancy
By Loucas Charalambous IT WOULD be a big mistake to place the responsibility for the mob violence, bullying and other excesses committed last Monday outside...
