Nicosia mayor hails local government reform as deficit falls and citizen services improve

The newly created metropolitan municipality of Nicosia has reduced its deficit by 80 per cent and resolved more than three-quarters of citizen requests during the first two years since the local government reform came into force, Mayor Charalambos Prountzos said on Thursday.

Presenting a review of the municipality’s first two years in office, Prountzos said the capital had successfully navigated the transition following the merger of several municipal authorities, overcoming financial and...