Easter bonus for pensioners

THE cabinet has decided to pay pensioners an Easter allowance provided they fulfil the income criteria.

The allowance of €190 will be granted to single-person households whose annual income does not exceed €6,500.

The cabinet also decided to hire 1,178 seasonal workers as part of the policy to contain the rise of unemployment.

The EU statistical service said the jobless rate in Cyprus rose from 14.7 per cent to 16.7 per cent or 74,000 people in February, one of the highest annual increases in the European Union.

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