#local government reform

MPs at the House interior committee decided on Wednesday to reconvene in an extraordinary session on Thursday, supposedly to give local authorities and the interior ministry a day to hash ...

Though analysts and news junkies may have been pouring over election polls and scrutinising the figures, confusion and disgruntlement are some of the top contenders to ‘win’ in Sunday’s ...

The district offices of the Department for Town Planning and Housing will close on June 14, and as of that date will no longer accept applications from the public, the government ...

The initial cost to operate the 30 community clusters resulting from local government reform will reach €3 million, which the government will cover, the president of the Union of Cyprus Communities Andreas ...

Forget for a second the complexity of the coming elections for the new system of local government – the smorgasbord of different ballots, candidates galore, and so forth. Because it turns ...

The implementation of local government reform is at an advanced stage and will be complete by the July 1 deadline, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. Speaking in Paralimni, the ...

Lawmakers on Monday vented their frustration at the government for bringing last-minute changes to legislation relating to the reform of local government, as the new system of governance is set ...

The upcoming European parliament and local government elections will be “a challenge”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday, but added he was confident they would be carried out smoothly. ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou hailed the imminent merger of the Dali and Pera Chorio-Nisou sewerage boards with the main one in Nicosia on Thursday, saying it is an important step ...

The law on local authority reform is inching closer to becoming a reality, despite delays and disagreements, MPs at the House interior committee said on Thursday. Lawmakers said the final ...

Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis announced his candidacy on Thursday for director of Nicosia district local government organisation. The newly created post is part of the local authority reform, which Yiorkadjis ...

MPs slammed on Thursday the last-minute decision by the interior ministry to submit bills on local government reform. Chairman of the House interior committee, Akel MP Aristos Damianou, said it ...

Huge gaps in planning and a lack of robust participation by the interior ministry bode ill for Cyprus’ implementation of local government reform, a Berlin-based consultant said on Wednesday. “The ...

There will be no alterations made to local government reforms which will “affect their philosophy” in any way, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at a photograph ...

Challenges to the implementation of local government reform will be resolved with the help of parliament, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday following a meeting on the issue with ...

Local government reform will be discussed in a meeting called by President Nikos Christodoulides with leaders of the parliamentary parties on Tuesday morning. Those attending are set to address practical ...

The row over local government reform continued on Tuesday, as Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said the current law is not ideal and will create unequal benefits for citizens. “We want ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Andria Kades Opposition Akel shot down the government’s comments on local government reform, saying on Monday they were mistimed, unnecessary and damaging to the initiative. ...

Nothing illustrates the poisonous influence of the political parties on the administration of the country more clearly than the vaunted reform of local government, which took years to finalise and ...

Local government reform has been grossly distorted by parliamentary amendments and is now rife with failures that will come with hefty costs across different municipalities, Interior Minister Constantinou Ioannou said. ...

The interior ministry on Monday presented the House finance committee with a budget more than 10 per cent higher than the year before, with its main focuses on housing policies, dealing ...

After a great deal of tampering by the political parties the laws that would reform local government were eventually passed by the legislature. But despite the self-congratulatory mood created by ...

Nicosia’s mayoral elections appeared to have created in-fighting within Disy, with the party leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday saying she would not tolerate any rebels within the ranks. The ...

Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi has announced his intention to seek re-election as an independent candidate. In a written statement released on Wednesday, Papachristofi said that his decision to run ...