Loss of benefits for GMI recipients who refuse job offer
AROUND 2,000 unemployed beneficiaries of the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) who turn down the six-month job post offered to help them acquire working experience will...
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Just over 14 per cent of unemployed in Cyprus found a job between Q4 2015 and Q1 2016
Some 14.3 per cent of people unemployed in Cyprus found a job between the last quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016, according...
Government launches scheme to help long-term unemployed
In response to long-term unemployment figures dropping at a slower pace than overall unemployment the government will unveil a scheme next month to cater to...
Economy may have taken roasting, but one business full of beans
By Nadia Sawyer When the economic recession first hit Cyprus four years ago, the most noticeable sign that the country was experiencing a financial crisis...
Unemployed graduates wanted to man polling stations
The election service is calling on unemployed graduates to apply for positions manning polling stations on May 22 for the parliamentary elections. Graduates can register...
Unemployment falls to 15.3% in January, remains fourth highest in EU
The unemployment rate in Cyprus fell to 15.3 per cent in January 2016, down from 15.7 per cent in December last year. However, this figure...
Work experience for jobless graduates
The Human Resources Development Authority (ANAD) said it would offer 26 weeks of paid working experience to unemployed degree holders under 35-years-old, it was announced...
Cabinet announces €7m jobs boost
The cabinet on Tuesday approved a new plan to help the long-term unemployed, it was announced. Speaking to reporters at the Presidential Palace after the...
Fewer unemployed in May
THE number of registered unemployed dropped 9.1 per cent to 40,876 in May from a year earlier, the statistical services Cystat said. According to the...
Our View: Put an end to the insanity in educational employment
THE ABILITY of the unions and the education ministry officials to come up with ways of undermining meritocracy in state education is quite astonishing. On...
Long-term unemployed number almost 20,000
Almost 20,000 people had been unemployed for more than six months – 41 per cent of the total unemployed – at the end of December,...
House relaxes GMI criteria
By Elias Hazou PARLIAMENT yesterday passed a law relaxing eligibility criteria for the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI), citing considerable delays in dispensing benefits to applicants....
Actual number of unemployed persons increased in December
The number of unemployed people in December 2014 recorded an increase based on the actual data, while based on the seasonally adjusted data the number...
Over 20,000 GMI applications received
By George Psyllides THE LABOUR ministry has received over 20,000 applications for the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) scheme, and those eligible can expect their money...
Unemployment in Cyprus rises to 17.4% in March
The rate of unemployment in Cyprus increased to 17.4% in March, which represents 78,000 unemployed, up from 16.8% in February, Eurostat said on Friday. The...
BoC cuts interest rates for over 4,000 ‘vulnerable’ borrowers
By George Psyllides The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) has cut the interest rates to the loans of 4,200 people belonging to vulnerable groups by up...
Jobless rate continues to rise
THE jobless rate in Cyprus rose in February to 16.7 per cent, one of the highest annual increases in the European Union, the bloc’s statistical...
Remand for man who ‘was driven by joblessness’ to rob bank
A 56-YEAR-OLD MAN was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday in connection with the attempted armed robbery of a bank in Larnaca earlier...
78,000 jobless at end of December
Unemployment in Cyprus reached 17.5 per cent of the active workforce, and in absolute numbers 78,000 people were jobless in December, data released on Friday by Eurostat...
Jobless BoC customers need only pay €10 a month mortgage
By George Psyllides UNEMPLOYED Bank of Cyprus (BoC) borrowers will not have to pay their regular instalment for a year on housing loans, the lender...