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The upcoming European parliament and local government elections will be \u201ca challenge\u201d, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday, but added he was confident they would be carried out smoothly.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to reporters before a regional meeting with community council leaders of villages in the Paphos district, Ioannou said that preparations ahead of the elections are already underway.
\n\u201cAdditional staff have already been hired and information campaigns for voters have been rolled out,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThat said, no matter how well prepared we are, it will be different on election day.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, Ioannou said he will meet community council leaders across Cyprus until the days of the elections.
\nThe aim, as Ioannou explained, \u201cis to identify and solve potential organisational problems and evaluate the communities\u2019 readiness in light of local government reform\u201d.
\n\u201cWe are a few weeks away [from the elections], and, as we have said many times, especially for small communities, we are certain that the local government reform will be beneficial to all.\u201d
\nCyprus will see the creation of 30 \u2018local clusters\u2019 (a new type of public-law organisation) for 286 communities \u2013 those not merged with municipalities.
\nThe clusters will provide aggregated services (collection and general waste management, secretariat provision, accounting and technical services). These administrative bodies will provide a wider range of services and will support the community councils in discharging their obligations.
\n\u201cRecently, the Council of Ministers approved the granting of an additional \u20ac3 million in aid to cover the payroll costs resulting from the hiring of scientific personnel by the community clusters,\u201d Ioannou said.
\n\u201cThis money is purely for payroll, the additional cost resulting from the hiring of personnel to staff the clusters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou stated that the upcoming European parliament and local government elections will be a challenge, but he is confident they will be carried out smoothly. preparations for the elections are already underway, with additional staff hired and information campaigns for voters rolled out. Cyprus will see the creation of 30 ‘local clusters’ for 286 communities to provide aggregated services and support community councils. The Council of Ministers approved an additional \u20ac3 million in aid to cover payroll costs for scientific personnel hired by the community 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