Deal signed to lease old Larnaca hospital
The government and Larnaca municipal authorities signed a deal on Thursday by which the latter will lease the premises of the old hospital in the town.
Under the lease agreement, ...
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Petrides: The next generation will have to pay for our mistakes
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has pledged to hold fast amid mounting calls for an increase in government handouts, warning that otherwise the public debt may spiral out of control.
Appearing ...
Coronavirus: Four deaths, 1,421 test positive on Thursday (Updated)
Authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing came up with 1,421 new positives to the virus.
The latest fatalities were: a man aged 58 who passed away ...
Authorities called to tackle rise in scooter use on roads
By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko
Members of the House transport committee on Thursday called on the government to work on regulating the use of personal mobility vehicles in Cyprus, ...
House concludes talks on Defa’s status
Parliament on Tuesday wrapped up discussion of legislation aiming to convert the Natural Gas Public Company(Defa) into a state entity governed by public law, with one MP saying that ...
Government seeking exhumation of remains of Missing at Dikomo
The government wants an exhumation to be carried out at a landfill in occupied Dikomo, at a mass-grave site where it’s thought the remains of dozens of missing Greek ...
House withholds funds for new government buildings
The House finance committee on Monday decided to ‘cross’, or put on hold, some €33 million in funds earmarked for the purchase of two buildings that will house various government services.
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Proofreading hampers creation of deputy culture ministry
One of the four bills comprising the recently passed legislative package creating a junior ministry for culture has yet to be sent by parliament to the relevant government departments so ...
Municipal debt tops €220 million
Municipalities are indebted to the tune of some €220 million – money which the central government has undertaken to repay.
According to the state treasury’s fiscal report for 2021, at the end ...
Anonymity for burner phones coming to an end
After more than a decade of back-and-forth, parliament appears ready to finally bring to the plenum a bill obliging users of burner phones to identify themselves.
Marinos Mousiouttas, chair of ...
House rejects president’s referral on municipal reform
By a majority vote, parliament on Thursday gave the thumbs-down to President Nicos Anastasiades’ challenge to legislation on local government reform – the fate of which could now hang in the ...
Zelenskiy addresses parliament, calls on Cyprus to close ports to Russian ships (Updated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on Cyprus to close its ports to all Russian ships and to deny “privileges” to Russian nationals, as part of an effort to ...
EU will be lobbied to restrict arms sales to Turkey, MPs hear
The government will lobby European Union nations to get them to reduce armaments sales to Turkey, and has asked parliament to assist in that effort.
The issue was discussed at ...
Co-operation between Cyprus, Greece and Israel ‘unbreakable’
The foreign ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel on Tuesday reiterated their commitment to a ‘strategic alliance’ of the three nations, pledging to expand cooperation in an otherwise turbulent region.
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Some businesses may be exempt from annual audits
The finance ministry and the tax department on Tuesday indicated their agreement for certain companies to be exempt from annual audits.
The discussion took place at the House commerce committee, ...
Government expected to announce support for farmers
In the coming days the government will announce new measures to support the agriculture and animal husbandry sectors, hit by soaring commodity prices, while stocks of grains are adequate until ...
No RES tax on transport, for now
The government does not intend for the moment to levy a renewable energy sources (RES) tax on road transport, the energy ministry said Monday.
In a statement, the ministry was ...
House discusses new procedures for bank licences
The House finance committee on Monday discussed a bill that would make companies applying for a bank licence to pay the processing fee.
Under the legislation, the Central Bank would ...
Akamas dispute threatens to unravel local government reform
The reform of local government, enacted last month by the House amid much pomp, could now unravel after President Nicos Anastasiades has refused to sign off on a section of ...
Was closure of RCB as a bank avoidable?
The ‘controlled resolution’ of RCB in the wake of the Ukraine crisis is a minor bump in the road compared to the 2013 crisis, but one expert says it could have ...
Resources for refugees and migrants stretched to the limit
Cyprus faces a serious problem coping with the number of migrants arriving here daily, while the current Ukraine refugee crisis means less attention and resources diverted to people coming in ...
Unit coordinating investigating corruption holds first meeting
A newly established unit coordinating the investigation of corruption cases convened for the first time on Thursday, with attorney-general Giorgos Savvides stressing that the department and its work are distinct ...
House passes law to create deputy ministry of culture
Parliament on Thursday passed legislation establishing a junior ministry of culture under the umbrella of the education ministry.
The voting went 34 for, 13 against – with the MPs of main opposition Akel ...
Airborne unit of forestry department will stop flying sorties from May 1
Forestry department staff of the airborne unit will not fly firefighting sorties from next month in protest at the government’s ongoing indifference to their longstanding demands.
In a press ...