Seventeen new municipalities were presented on Monday by the Minister of Interior Constantinos Petrides, in the framework of government’s plan to merge local authorities resulting in the creation of four in Nicosia, four in Larnaca, four in Limassol, three in Paphos and two in the government-controlled district of Famagusta.According to the proposal put forward by the government thirty municipalities and 48 communities will be merged, which means 700,000 residents (83% of the population), will now be part of a municipality, …








