Opposition question what happened to ‘borrowed’ €7.5bn
Opposition MPs on Tuesday raised the issue of the €7.5bn the state borrowed from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF), accusing the present administration of never...
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Borrowing won’t help plundered welfare fund says minister
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday there was no point in the state borrowing money to return some €7.5bn taken from the Social Insurance...
People shouldn’t worry about pensions says labour minister
The Social Insurance Fund (SIF) is viable until the year 2080 and people shouldn’t worry about their pensions, labour minister Zeta Emilianidou reiterated on Tuesday....
SIF could go bust if unpaid dues not collected
By Elias Hazou THE Social Insurance Fund will go broke if legislation is passed sparing laggards of the threat of doing jail time, officials warned...
Social insurance fund was €50m in the red in 2013
The Social Insurance Fund showed a deficit of around €50 million for the first time ever in 2013, a report by the auditor-general shows. In...
Social insurance ‘disobedience’ to be heard on May 5
By Constantinos Psillides LAWYER and civil activist Michalis Paraskeva, 38, will appear before court on May 5, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday, for the first...
‘I knew what I was getting into’ says refusenik lawyer
By Constantinos Psillides LAWYER and civil activist Michalis Paraskeva, 38, is willing to see his civil disobedience act through to the end, no matter the...
Lawyer faces jail on SIF dues
By Constantinos Psillides LAWYER and civil activist Michalis Paraskeva, 38, appeared in court yesterday for the first hearing over his refusal to pay social insurance...