Coronavirus: Mobile vaccine units to do the rounds at hotels to boost staff jabs
The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) revealed on Wednesday that, by the end of this week, mobile vaccination units would be deployed at over 80 hotels...
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Paphos municipality staff strike over ‘bully mayor’
Staff at the Paphos municipality went on an impromptu work stoppage on Thursday accusing mayor Phedonas Phedonos of bullying. The protest was prompted by an...
Coronavirus: clarification of worker limits still falls short for employers
A clarification on Tuesday to the decree on the number of people allowed to work on the premises of businesses permitted to remain open during...
Coronavirus: discussions to expand Famagusta hospital, ‘overworked’ staff stage protest (Updated)
A meeting between the government health services organisation (Okypy) executive director Christis Loizides, the mayor of Paralimni Theodoros Pyrillis and several MPs was held on...
Cybc chairman warns current employment regime unsustainable
The chairman of state broadcaster Cybc warned Thursday that the current employment regime in the organisation was unsustainable due to the existence of numerous workers...
HIO staff ‘could get inpatient care through the state’ but want private coverage (Update)
STAFF from the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) will be going on a two-hour strike on Friday as an expression of their grievances relating to their...
BoC looking at more automation, cost-cutting, bank tells staff
Shifting to an increasingly automated environment, reduced red tape, and simplified processes created opportunities for cutting labour cost, an issue that the Bank of Cyprus...
Staff member at school which ‘forgot’ girl on outing is suspended
A private school for children with special needs has suspended a member of their managerial staff over an incident that took place earlier in the...
Athalassa hospital staff stage work stoppage over violent convicts (Updated)
Mental health staff at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital in Nicosia staged a two-hours strike from midday on Monday to protest over the lack of security...
State doctors call on ministry to ‘end fruitless political game’ over public health
State doctors union PASYKI said on Sunday it was stunned over the row between the health minister and the head of the state health sector...
Iconic Cypriot-owned hotel in Athens suspends operations
The Paraskevaides family-owned iconic five-star Athens Ledra Hotel in downtown Athens suspended operations on Wednesday, after referring all its guests to other hotels a...
FBME staff reach deal on payment of wages and benefits
Workers at FBME bank and a special administrator overseeing the shuttering of the embattled lender have come to an agreement regarding the payment of salaries...
FBME workers, administrator making progress in negotiations
Stephanos Skordis, the lawyer representing most dismissed and striking workers at FBME Bank, said that negotiations with the special administrator Chris Iacovides are progressing well...
FBME says staff reduction costly, makes liquidation impossible
FBME Bank, the Tanzanian lender which had its licence revoked by the Central Bank of Cyprus and was shut out of the US banking system...
Al Jazeera network laying off 500 employees
Qatar’s Al Jazeera broadcasting network is laying off about 500 employees or more than 10 percent of its staff, it announced on Sunday reflecting financial...
Banking sector has shrunk 20-25 per cent since 2013 crisis
Three years after the financial crisis and as Cyprus is due to exit its bailout programme at the end of this month, the banking sector...
TUS grounded before its first flight after staff walkouts
The new local airline TUS, has been grounded before its first flight after its air operator certificate was suspended, the Cyprus Mail learned on Tuesday....
Bank of Cyprus offers workers voluntary retirement scheme
Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender, said that it offered its workers a voluntary retirement scheme which provides compensation of up to €200,000 per...
‘Leave us alone to do our jobs’ audit office staff say
By George Psyllides Staff at the state audit service told the government on Tuesday to let them do their jobs, as they expressed support for...
Serbia says two embassy staff seized in Libya
Two Serbian Embassy staff members were kidnapped on Sunday in Libya’s coastal city of Sabratha, the Foreign Ministry said. It named the pair as Sladjana...