#multiple pensions

The new laws regarding multiple pensions came into effect on Thursday, after President Nikos Christodoulides signed off on them rather than refer them to the Supreme Court. The legislation abolishes ...

Ierokipia mayor Nikos Palios on Tuesday hailed President Nikos Christodoulides’ decision to donate his state pension to charity, with one of the chosen charities falling within his municipal boundaries. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced that he will be giving away his state pension to charity – while at the same time asserting that he is averse to going public ...

Parliament on Tuesday accepted some of the amendments President Nikos Christodoulides had made to new bills regulating the pensions of future state officials. Christodoulides had sent six of the bills, ...

Despite a law having just come into force, allowing state officials to waive receiving a pension while still in active service, it turns out this has no practical application, media ...

After months of meetings, discussions and haggling, the House voted through legislation that would supposedly rationalise the issue of multiple pensions which deputies had made several unsuccessful attempts to tackle ...

During its last session before the summer recess, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation aiming to rationalise the payment of multiple pensions to certain state officials. The bills ...

Yet another proposal got thrown into the mix on Monday to sort out the matter of multiple pensions paid to certain state officials, but the initial feedback from government was ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the bill regulating multiple pensions for state officials, removing a provision that would have taxed retirement lump sums. Following the meeting, Government Spokesman ...

A package of bills aiming to straighten out the issue of multiple state pensions paid to certain state officials will go to the plenum on June 19, with MPs on Monday ...

The government has gone back to the drawing board to tweak its bills regarding multiple pensions given to certain state officials, MPs heard on Monday. An official with the finance ...

Legislation to bring to an end the practice of paying multiple pensions to government officials is to be brought before a plenary session of parliament “in the next few weeks”, ...

The government on Tuesday rubbished remarks by Disy MP Onoufrios Koullas, saying he was intentionally trying to mislead public opinion regarding multiple pensions awarded to officials, especially in relation to ...

Ruling and opposition MPs alike criticised a government bill that aspired to regulate the issue of multiple pensions for officials, during a House finance committee meeting on Monday. Presenting the ...

News of a proposed bill, tabled to parliament by the finance ministry and intended to resolve the issue of multiple pensions, is very welcome – but the proposed solution is still ...

For years, people have been complaining about the scandal of the multiple pensions collected by politicians and state officials. Some of these officials, having served in different posts, were collecting ...

Disy and Diko on Thursday submitted a joint proposal which would allow government officials to renounce their multiple pensions. The proposal would allow those appointed or elected to a public ...

“It’s a joke” to say the government is replacing multiple pensions for government officials are being replaced by “tips”, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Thursday. He underlined he ...

Many people are of the view that because the auditor-general has battled corruption and commendably exposed scandals and irregularities in the public sector, he has earned the right to carry ...

The government “does not wish to solve the problem” of multiple pensions being paid to government officials, the audit service said on Wednesday. In an eight-point statement on the matter, ...

Plans are afoot to abolish the practice of paying multiple pensions to government officials, it was revealed on Friday. Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said the government “is determined to continue ...

The audit office on Friday hit out on the issue of multiple pensions for state officials, saying the attorney-general (AG) did not have the power to unilaterally declare something constitutional ...

Under pressure from the media, some parties and the auditor-general, the government has decided to rationalise the law surrounding multiple pensions. Permanent secretary at the finance ministry Giorgos Panteli said ...

The government on Monday pledged to bring legislation regulating the controversial matter of multiple pensions paid out to state officials, but wouldn’t commit to a timeline. In parliament, finance ...