
The cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) is a “blessing” and will not be scrapped, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday.
“CoLA will be expanded so that it continues to operate, and, as previous presidents of the Republic have repeatedly said, it is a blessing for workers,” Panayiotou told Sigma TV.
He stressed that the allowance would be “improved, modernised and protected,” and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to its continuation. “Our government