Officials accused of abusing powers in dealing with unemployed
The procedure for examining unemployment benefit applications needs to be reviewed, deputies said on Tuesday after social insurance department officials asked the neighbours of an...
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Our View: Youth unemployment is high because they lack work ethic
The latest youth unemployment figures released by the European Commission inspired a rather melodramatic announcement by Dipa, urging the government to make the tackling of...
Our View: Bill covering voluntary retirement schemes is thievery
President Nikos Christodoulides has kept his election promise to make the bank employees who took voluntary early retirement eligible for unemployment benefit. The government has...
Unemployment rate at 6.8 per cent in second quarter
The island’s unemployment rate stood at 6.8 per cent of the labour force in the second quarter of 2022, recording a decrease of 1.6 per...
Eurostat: Cyprus’ unemployment rate lower than in EU
Cyprus’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.1 per cent in June 2022, lower than the 6.6 per cent in the Euro area and 6.0...
Unemployment down 58 per cent compared to last March
Unemployment fell by 58 per cent in March 2022, compared to the same month last year, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). A report...
Unemployment at 20-year low, minister says
Unemployment has dropped to the lowest level in the last 20 years, while during the coronavirus situation the state has spent around €920 million in...
Finance minister confident unemployment will remain low
As the economy recovers, the government aims at keeping unemployment levels low to safeguard people’s revenues and roll out targeted policies including the introduction of...
Coronavirus: Cypriots sick of online learning, struggling financially
Support for the government has dropped by almost half in the past year as more people in Cyprus report that they’ve lost their jobs permanently...
Cyprus’ February unemployment stable at 6.8 per cent
Unemployment in Cyprus in February 2021 was stable compared to January at 6.8 per cent (31,000 individuals, 7.6 per cent for males and 5.9 per...
