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Prison crisis: why improved capacity cannot wait
19+ hour, 10+ min ago (274+ words) Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail - Do Not Process My Personal Information If you wish to opt-out of the sale, sharing to third parties, or processing of your personal or sensitive information for targeted advertising by us, please use the below opt-out…...
Cyprus shifts from migration crisis to labour needs
19+ hour, 40+ min ago (1694+ words) Cyprus is trying to turn migration from something associated almost exclusively with crisis into part of the solution to the country’s labour shortages, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides has told the Cyprus Mail, as irregular arrivals have fallen by 92 per…...
Androulla criticises ‘odd’ decision to cut her police detail
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (639+ words) Former European commissioner Androulla Vassiliou on Thursday criticised as “odd” the government’s decision to no longer provide her with a police officer to act as her personal security. Vassiliou was one of two widowed former first ladies, alongside Elsie Christofia,…...
MPs demand solution to support staff left without unemployment benefits
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (263+ words) Around 300 employees working in education ministry support programmes remain without unemployment benefits during the summer months, with MPs calling on the government to resolve the issue at the House education committee meeting on Wednesday. Workers whose employment continues during the…...
Erhurman warns of ‘initiatives which undermine trust’
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (270+ words) Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday said that he had told President Nikos Christodoulides to “refrain from initiatives which undermine trust” during their meeting earlier in the day. “The main topics of the meeting were confidence-building measures and methodology....
Parliament looks at speeding up hiring of civil servants
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (481+ words) Parliament on Monday took a first look at a batch of bills aiming to rationalise and speed up hiring in the civil service, with MPs objecting to some of the proposals. The government has tabled three bills amending hiring and…...
What could Schengen membership mean for Cyprus?
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (1237+ words) President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday, followed by his call for a political decision on Cyprus’ Schengen bid “as soon as possible”, has placed the island’s push to join Europe’s border-free zone firmly on…...
Cabinet approves measures ahead of new coastguard
1+ week, 4+ day ago (737+ words) The cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to existing legislation allowing authorities to prohibit vessels from leaving the Republic and require them to move to a safe shelter or port, Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanoli said. The measures are intended to…...
Netanyahu says EU ‘remains silent when Turkey illegally occupies half of Cyprus’
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (541+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the European Union “remains silent when Turkey, a Nato member, illegally occupies half of Cyprus, an EU member”, while accusing the bloc of “hypocrisy” in its stance on the Middle East....
Christodoulides: No to measures which normalise the current illegal state of affairs
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (693+ words) President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said that he had told Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman that he would say “no” to any confidence-building measures which “normalise the current illegal state of affairs” with regard to the Cyprus problem. “We are…...