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Cabinet approves digital action plan for e-government
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the action plan Digital Strategy Cyprus to usher in the age of e-government. The objectives of the plan are to modernise the public sector to operate without paper,...
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Hasikos unveils local government reform
INTERIOR minister Socrates Hasikos yesterday unveiled a draft government bill for the reform of local administration, one of the terms of the island’s bailout. Produced with the advice of foreign...
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Hasikos rejects local government backlash
By Angelos Anastasiou Interior minister Socrates Hasikos on Saturday responded to opposition criticism over the proposed creation of second-tier local government, saying he expects proposals, not...
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Municipalities welcome tougher dog ownership proposals
By Evie Andreou WHILE WELCOMING Cabinet’s decision last month to amend the dog ownership law so that local authorities can impose fines on dog owners that do not register and micro-chip their pets,...
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Nicosia mayor defends staff, but will allow investigations
By Evie Andreou NICOSIA Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis defended his staff yesterday, despite growing revelations in the local press that some of them are corrupt, but accepted the criticism and said all...
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Clustering is the future of local administration
By Angelos Anastasiou THE Interior minister should draft a new proposal for local government to facilitate consensus, Municipalities Union head Alexis Galanos said yesterday. He was referring to the...
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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. “One central municipality...
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No turning back on local government reform
By Constantinos Psillides The interior ministry will complete the legislation on reform of local government within two months, said Minister Socratis Hasikos on Friday, adding that community and...
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Audit watchdog eyes fat mayoral pensions
By Angelos Anastasiou Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has asked the interior and finance ministers to review the issue of pension hikes for mayors, first raised by his predecessor Chrystalla...
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Close to single rubbish collection service
By Angelos Anastasiou Municipalities of the greater Nicosia area have come to a tentative agreement on centralising their waste-collection services with a view to cutting costs, the Mayor of Engomi...
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Law on composting, recycling and separate collection to be passed soon
Cyprus is close to adopting legislation to prevent and reduce organic waste and the environment department is already at an advanced stage of drafting the regulations to be included in the legislation....
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Municipalities to get more aid for migrants
By Andria Kades LOCAL authorities will have up to 40 per cent more in subsidies to help immigrants integrate in the towns they live in, the Interior ministry said yesterday. Speaking at a presentation...
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Cabinet approves bill to reform local government
The cabinet on Tuesday gave the nod to a bill for reform of local government designed to cut administrative costs through a clustering of services and a reduction in the payroll. Interior minister...
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Our View: Municipal reform an unsatisfactory but inevitable compromise
AFTER seeking the advice of foreign experts, the interior ministry has drafted the legislation for the reform of local authority and submitted it to the legislature which will discuss it after the...
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Government keeping local authorities on a ventilator, president says
The government can no longer provide a lifeline for local authorities President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday addressing the controversial bill reforming local government which is opposed by...
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The garden waste problem
By Annette Chrysostomou With the gardening season well and truly upon us, many of us will be guiltily sneaking our pulled-up weeds and cuttings into general rubbish bags, hiding them among all the rest...
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Turkey denies cutting water supply to north
By Evie Andreou TURKEY on Friday denied reports that it had shut down the water transfer to the north over disagreements about who would manage distribution, saying the valves were temporarily closed...
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Wedding tourism steadily climbing
By Annette Chrysostomou Around 8,000 couples from abroad chose Cyprus as their wedding destination this year, with the number steadily climbing over the years, according to the Cyprus Tourism...
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Ministry says municipalities ‘being paid’ to clean refugee estates
By Andria Kades MUNICIPALITIES have stopped cleaning refugee estates citing an apparent lack of funding, with the interior ministry on Thursday hitting back saying local authorities collect taxes to do...
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Free Greek language lessons for third country nationals (Updated)
Several municipalities will be offering free Greek lessons to third country nationals in all areas of the Republic, it was announced on Wednesday. The lessons will be offered by Dherynia, Paphos, Ayios...
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