Limassol council bought contractor a bicycle while also paying him travel allowance

Limassol Municipality hired a person for a services contract in 2021. When he chose not to renew it, the municipality gave him a follow-up contract worth almost double the original sum, the Auditor General found.

The officer, hired to enforce town-planning rules, did not submit the monthly reports required under his contract, and the same failure recurred across his later engagements, according to the Auditor General’s report. The same person was later given other paid assignments, in one case...