Paphos Life

It means, You have paid the lowest amount into the pot over the years, to be eligible for a pension.....a social grant is available to people who are on hard times for one reason or another, but the office that issues these grants, does strict checks before giving out any cash. Thanks for the info....

I thouught the State Pension in Cyprus for pensioners was about eu 650.00 per month. Basic pension is 340 euro a month What does basic pension mean? That you have to pay into a pension pot in order to have a claim and this is the minimum? Or is it a social grant meant to secure a minimum income?

''The current year will be the last year when it will not be mandatory for a Cypriot tax resident under the tax-free annual income limit of €19500 to file a tax return. From 2019 everyone will be required to submit a tax declaration'' (Article dated October 2018). http://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en...

Is there anyone you know - or who she knows - who could translate your wishes to her? If not, have you tried writing what you want to tell her and have her read it via https://translate.google.com/#view=home ... l=ne&tl=de?

I´m simply adding a little dishwashing liquid

There really is no excuse for spelling mistakes when using a computer or smart phone in this day & age! There is. E. g. I'm usually to lazy to change the language settings on my tablet when switching from a German to an English speaking forum. In fact, I only recently found out how to do it. With l...

What does the contract governing NATO actually say if there is a conflict Between NATO members? Don´t forget that Turkey is part of it.

Dont worry they will catch up with you in time, as for no street cleaning etc, you cant choose what bits of council tax, you want to pay for, some of my local taxes go towards the local library , we have never used the library, should we start complaining about that? the fact is we pay a fraction o...

When the bill is from the local council, for local tax, then yes We pay it without asking any questions I haven´t even heard of local taxes. Is that an island-wide phenomenon? How do you expect local councils to collect your trash twice a week, keep the streets clean, etc etc etc Well, I live in th...

WHL wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 27, 2020 10:33 pm

When the bill is from the local council, for local tax, then yes We pay it without asking any questions

I haven´t even heard of local taxes. Is that an island-wide phenomenon?

Jim B wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:30 am

Did you consider we could lose healthcare in Cyprus or did you believe everything Gove and Blojo told you, that nothing would change.

From what I understand from the link nothing will change for those who have emigrated already. Only for those who will as of January 2021. Am I wrong?

Seems the mood is turning against Brexit:

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/uk/u ... index.html

From the article:

During the rush hours from 7am to 9am the pollutant concentrations in some situations fell up to five times below the corresponding January levels.

What does that even mean? A reduction to 20% ?

I´m not sure it´s technically viable to increase solar production ad libidum if you feed it directly into the grid. There is a limit to how much fluctuation in production the grid can handle. In my area there seem to be problems with keeping voltage constant now already (which will shut down my PV-i...

As Max posted last week, German hospitals are installing Canon trailers to scan lungs, as that’s the only reliable method... I´d expect even that only to be positive at a later stage of the disease, probably at least 5-6 days after infection as the virus usually needs time to spread to the lungs an...

Isn´t that thread quite a bit delayed. Wasn´t father´s day in May already?

trevnhil wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:18 pm

All this is very strange and confusing..

Indeed! I thought as of this year everyone has to file a tax return for the preceding year, no matter whether or not your income was above the threshold or whether or not you´re tax exempt due to non-domiciled status. Is this no longer true?

Shouldn´t it be part of the state´s duty to provide a hospice?

I felt conspicuous wearing a mask and gloves, am I wrong to do so? As far as the gloves are concerned yes, you are. As I pointed out before the WHO doesn´t recommend wearing gloves. It makes more sense to disinfect your hands after touching your shopping and wash them before you eat or touch your f...

...and from now on,we will wear them on flights, because a few times we have been well getting on the flight, and then having cold/flu symptoms the following days. We won't have a choice in this matter. So far as I know, most/all airlines will for the forseeable future require passengers to wear a ...