Parliament voted through the long overdue package on municipal reforms on Thursday, reducing the number of town halls from 30 to 20, giving local authorities a greater say in town planning and
Next year, Cyprus will proceed with tax reforms, including increasing corporate income tax and introducing green taxation to achieve its environmental targets, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said. Speaking before the Parliament’s plenary
EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira said Brussels is helping Cyprus reform its notoriously slow justice system. She participated in the presentation by the Supreme Court of the Cypriot reform
Cyprus is introducing measures to make the shipping industry more flexible, competitive, and innovative, with President Anastasiades saying his Cabinet approved a package to enhance “its leadership presence in the European and
By Constantinos Petrides In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the US would set foot on the moon within the next decade. At that time, the required technology was not available, and
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis blasted MPs after parliament rejected a series of bills she submitted to reform a dysfunctional Cyprus justice system, accusing Opposition parties of acting in their own interest. The
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis urged MPs to approve a series of justice reform bills submitted to parliament to avoid Cyprus being tarnished with an ultra-slow legal system. “The justice reform is an
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Wednesday submitted bills to speed up the Cyprus Justice system, urging MPs to vote them in before the House dissolves ahead of the parliamentary elections on 30
It took a veteran politician with 40 years of public service, nearing the end of his second administration, to realise there’s a problem with corruption in Cyprus. Perhaps, the President took a
The writing is on the wall – if Cyprus continues to put all its eggs in one basket and does not diversify its tourism product, it will face the same fate as
