European municipalities meeting in Nicosia
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) congress representing 150,000 local authorities from 41 countries congress is meeting at the Filoxenia conference centre in...
Union of Cyprus Municipalities
Municipal reform ‘won’t work’ say mayors
THERE are serious constitutional and legal issues surrounding the Cabinet approved bill reforming local governance, according to the Union of Cyprus Municipalities. Following an extraordinary...
New local governance academy to retrain municipal staff
A NEW academy on local governance aims to educate and train municipal staff in new working practices. Officially set up a month ago as a...
Larnaca district mayors to talk cooperation
MAYORS within Larnaca district have agreed to set up a council to discuss cooperation and public sector reform, Larnaca municipality said in an announcement yesterday....
Nicosia area municipalities discuss consolidating rubbish collection
THE TEN mayors of the Nicosia district have begun discussing the merger of certain services, starting with rubbish collection, Engomi Mayor Zacharias Kyriakou said yesterday....
Agreement sought on municipal reform
By Constantinos Psillides MUNICIPALITIES and community councils owe the banks over €600 million in loans, according to Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos, who met on Monday...
Over 40 illegal dumps could land island in hot water with EU
By Constantinos Psillides RURAL communities’ insistence in dumping garbage at unlicensed landfills will result in Cyprus being slapped with a fine by the European Union...
Yeroskipou power war of words continues
CUTTING the power to Yeroskipou municipality’s town hall was not unjustified the Electric Authority (EAC) said yesterday, responding to charges made by the chairman of...
‘Bringing down kingdoms but creating emperors’
By Constantinos Psillides LIMASSOL district mayors yesterday railed against the interior ministry’s proposed local government reform, warning Minister Socratis Hasikos that it would essentially spell...
Local government warned over reform timeframe
By Evie Andreou TOO Much time has already been lost and crucial municipal reform must be voted into law by the end of the year,...
EAC proposes account settlement to municipalities
By Evie Andreou THE Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has asked municipalities with unpaid bills to settle their latest account and pay the rest in...
Italians eye 12 municipalities, not less
By Constantinos Psillides THE number of municipalities should be reduced to 12 from the current 39, according to a new report by Italian consultants commissioned...
Experts’ vision too drastic municipalities warn
By Angelos Anastasiou The head of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities (UCM) and Famagusta mayor Alexis Galanos said on Monday he disagreed with proposals to...
Cyprus should cut municipalities to five
By Angelos Anastasiou UK experts, recommending sweeping reforms, suggest the current island’s 30 local authorities be reduced to a mere five, which should be aligned...