Online tax systems to be offline this weekend for upgrades
The Tax Department’s IT systems will be offline this weekend for scheduled upgrades, from Friday at 3pm until Monday at 9am.
According to the department the disruption will affect ...
E-government is supposed to make lives easier, so what’s going wrong?
Badgered, bullied and bribed by the EU to improve digitisation, online government services now pledge to simplify and improve the daily lives of the public, so why are so many ...
MPs focus on making online state services more accessible
The House ethics committee on Wednesday sought to find solutions to make online state services more accessible for digitally illiterate individuals.
The discussion was attended by Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, ...
Traffic congestion main issue as Nicosia scores poorly on smart city index
The IMD Smart City Index 2023 ranked Nicosia in 117th place amongst its 141 ‘smart cities’ with respondents identifying road congestion as their key concern.
Nicosia also ranked ‘CC’ in structures and ‘...
Public ‘should not be forced’ to have email to access state services
Amidst efforts to modernise the civil service, Cypriots should not be forced to have an email address to receive a service since some lack the necessary digital skills or internet ...
Free digital skills courses for the over-55s
The labour ministry on Wednesday announced the launch of free digital skills courses for people aged 55 and over.
The courses are being offered in all districts as part of the ...
E-government training workshop for over 55s
The Cyprus Productivity Centre (CPC) of the Ministry of Labour has announced that in the context of e-government promotion, it is offering a digital skills training workshop on Windows for ...
Cyprus-Greece to work together on digital transformation
Cyprus and Greece signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding on digital development in a bid to deepen ties in the sector.
The main topics of discussion between deputy research ...
Single portal ‘gov.cy’ online within two months
Government services on the web are set to be centralised into a single portal “gov.cy” within the next two months, while digital IDs and signatures are also set to ...
Coronavirus: From Flight Passes to jabs, pandemic sped up digitisation
The coronavirus situation has acted as an accelerator for digitisation, Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos said Monday as MPs reviewed the junior ministry’s proposed ...
Our View: Not much room for optimism when it comes to e-government
The government has made many lofty promises over the years to make the lives of its citizens easier, among them the e-government project, which seems to be a bit hit ...