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Saturday, 12 March 2016

Wednesday, March 9/2016

Department of low energy? A Cypriot MP has accused civil servants working at the Energy Ministry of skiving off work and even sleeping at their desks during working hours.

“Some of these workers would not even turn up for work and instead be at their other jobs while others would nap during working hours,..the allegations also speak of expensive equipment and machinery – worth around €5million – standing idle. The department in question is the competent authority for the enforcement of the Weights and Measures Legislation...." 

One assumes that "competent" is used in some technical sense. The department head's response is that "some" of the problems have been eradicated.