Posts tagged with "Akamas"

Akamas park will be ready by 2022 Cyprus

Akamas park will be ready by 2022

November 2nd, 2018 THE cabinet on Thursday approved the goals and basic provisions of a sustainable development plan for the Akamas National Park, which lies inside a wider protected area. “There is a timeframe, and it starts today and will be completed by the end of 2022, when we expect to deliver a modern and functional park,” agriculture minister...
Closure of Akamas road causes tensions Cyprus

Closure of Akamas road causes tensions

October 23rd, 2018 A stretch of road in the Akamas national park where a Russian couple died at the weekend after their car went off the edge of the cliff has been closed, causing contention in the area. The local community leader Andreas Christodoulou said he had urged authorities back in September to take action to make the road safer before someone...
Russian tourist couple killed after car goes off a cliff (Updated) Cyprus

Russian tourist couple killed after car goes off a cliff (Updated)

October 20th, 2018 Two Russian tourists, a man, 58 and his wife, 48, were killed on Saturday after their rental car went off a cliff and plunged 30 metres onto the rocky coast in the Akamas area in Paphos, police said. The bodies were collected by a marine police boat and were taken to Latchi harbour. From there, they were transferred to Paphos general...
Unidentified vessel spotted off Akamas was not migrant boat (Updated) Cyprus

Unidentified vessel spotted off Akamas was not migrant boat (Updated)

September 24th, 2018 A boat reportedly with around 25 migrants on board was spotted off the Akamas in the Paphos region on Monday morning but authorities later said it was not a migrant boat. After receiving the information at around 9am authorities launched sea and land investigations and confirmed the vessel in question was not a migrant boat, CNA...
Suspected people smuggler remanded by Paphos court Cyprus

Suspected people smuggler remanded by Paphos court

September 2nd, 2018 The Paphos district court on Sunday remanded a suspected people smuggler for eight days. The 39-year-old is suspected of involvement in bringing nine migrants to the Akamas region on Saturday. He faces charges of conspiracy to commit felony, giving assistance to illegal immigrants for entry or stay in the territory of the Republic...
Government ‘very concerned’ over wave of migrants (Updated) Cyprus

Government ‘very concerned’ over wave of migrants (Updated)

September 1st, 2018   Authorities on Saturday voiced deep concern over the wave of migrants and refugees from Syria apparently headed for Cyprus – some of whom could also pose a security threat -- as the inflow is rapidly increasing with several groups arriving in the space of a few days. Over 90 people arrived in the Republic in the past 10...
Akamas communities aim to coordinate development action Cyprus

Akamas communities aim to coordinate development action

July 13th, 2018 The communities of the Akamas peninsula said on Friday they have decided to coordinate their actions to promote and achieve their common goals regarding the development of the Akamas national forest park. According to a joint statement from Neo Chorio, Droushia, Ineia, Arodes, Androlikos and the municipality of Polis Chrysochous the...
Lack of coordination threatens marine protection, says report Cyprus

Lack of coordination threatens marine protection, says report

June 25th, 2018 Several weaknesses including a lack of a national strategy in the management system of marine protected areas were identified in a report published by the audit office on Monday. According to the report, the European Commission estimates that 65 per cent of marine species and habitats in Cyprus should be designated EU Natura 2000...
Volunteers clean up ten thousand kilos of rubbish from Akamas Cyprus

Volunteers clean up ten thousand kilos of rubbish from Akamas

June 20th, 2018 Six years after a British expat couple formed a volunteer beach clean-up team to remove rubbish from remote areas of the Akamas Peninsula they have cleared away more than 10,000kg of it. “We are now seeing more Cypriots, especially the younger generation joining us, which is great. They are becoming more aware and the media has...
Akamas master plan to be ready by the end of the year Cyprus

Akamas master plan to be ready by the end of the year

May 30th, 2018 The Akamas master plan will be ready by the end of the year, while consultations to reach a consensus on the sustainable management of the Akamas National Park are to be completed in September, it was announced on Wednesday. Following a meeting between the interior and agriculture ministers, it was announced experts will be called in...
EU officials on visit to monitor use of fragile protected areas Cyprus

EU officials on visit to monitor use of fragile protected areas

April 25th, 2018   In the wake of heated protests over development in a protected area near Peyia, representatives of the environmental branch of the European Commission are in Cyprus for two days to discuss how to protect fragile protected species and habitats in Natura 2000 areas on the island. The visit on Wednesday and Thursday aims to...
March for Akamas (VIDEO) Cyprus

March for Akamas (VIDEO)

April 20th, 2018 On April 15, a demonstration organised by the 'Save Akamas / Save Cyprus' movement took place on the streets of Nicosia. The protest (which ended in a concert, featuring a number of well-known bands) called for the protection of the Akamas peninsula and more broadly for all projects situated near or within 'Natura 2000' areas to be...
Hundreds turned out for Akamas demo Cyprus

Hundreds turned out for Akamas demo

April 16th, 2018 Around 500 people took part in a demonstration to save the nature of the Akamas peninsula from being destroyed in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon. People gathered at the House of Europe at 2.30pm and started marching to the municipality via Makarios avenue at 3pm, shouting slogans such as “no more development” and “save the seals”...
British couple lost in the Akamas found Cyprus

British couple lost in the Akamas found

March 8th, 2018 A British couple who were lost in the Akamas were found in the early hours of Thursday after they went to the area the previous afternoon for a walk. Police in Polis Chrysochou received a call at 7.30 on Wednesday evening from a hotel in the area, and the caller saying a 73-year-old British tourist and her 70-year-old husband, also...
Hundreds attend sea caves protest Cyprus

Hundreds attend sea caves protest

March 5th, 2018 MORE than two hundred people from around the island turned out to support a demonstration held at the protected sea caves area in Peyia on Sunday morning. Organised by the Green party, the demonstration opposed building development near the sea caves, (which has been granted permits), and other protected areas. It is the second to be...
Peyia development sparks environment protest Cyprus

Peyia development sparks environment protest

February 28th, 2018 Scores of protesters gathered on Wednesday outside parliament during President Nicos Anastasiades’ swearing in ceremony in a bid to remind the president and his administration of their obligations to preserve the environment. The protest, organised by Save Akamas/Save Cyprus initiative and supported by a large number of...
State’s plans for the Akamas ‘still a big mess’ MPs hear Cyprus

State’s plans for the Akamas ‘still a big mess’ MPs hear

February 15th, 2018 Government plans for the Akamas are still a big mess MPs said on Wednesday, citing lack of political will, delays and inconsistencies after Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis presented the master plan for the national park to the House environment committee. Following the meeting, MPs expressed concerns over the massive work that...
Lost students rescued from Avakas gorge Cyprus

Lost students rescued from Avakas gorge

February 4th, 2018 A large group of foreign students had to be rescued from the Avakas gorge in the Akamas on Saturday night after getting lost. According to police, the 48 students of various nationalities who are in Cyprus on an Erasmus programme at the University of Cyprus, went on an excursion to the gorge around 6.30pm. However , due to the...
Rescue for man trapped in overturned vehicle in the Akamas Cyprus

Rescue for man trapped in overturned vehicle in the Akamas

January 28th, 2018 A 52-year-old man was rescued in the Akamas on Saturday night in the Neo Chorio area after the vehicle he was driving overturned in a wooded area. A police spokesman told CNA that around 11.40pm, information was received that there had been an accident in the Akamas area and that the driver was trapped inside his vehicle. Officers...
Deadline for Akamas plan suggestions Cyprus

Deadline for Akamas plan suggestions

January 19th, 2018 The ministry of agriculture will accept final recommendations for the sustainable development of the Akamas national forest park from interested parties until February 2, Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis said on Friday. He was speaking in Droushia after a public consultation attended by 250 people organised by the ministry and the...
Conservationists slam government’s Akamas plan Cyprus

Conservationists slam government’s Akamas plan

January 15th, 2018 Conservationist group Friends of the Akamas on Monday criticised the government over its latest management plan for the peninsula, saying it failed to take into account the blueprint laid down by the environment department relating to protected areas. The government had announced its plan last week, hailed by Agriculture Minister...
Akamas plan ‘realises a 30-year dream’ Cyprus

Akamas plan ‘realises a 30-year dream’

January 11th, 2018 The latest plan for the management, development and exploitation of the Akamas National Park was presented by the agriculture ministry on Thursday. The presentation was hailed by Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis as “the beginning of the realisation of a 30-year-dream”. “We expect that with the construction of the park we...
Eco groups warn of rampant abuse of Akamas land Cyprus

Eco groups warn of rampant abuse of Akamas land

October 28th, 2017 ENVIRONMENTAL organisations raised the alarm on Friday over the risk of the fragmentation of the Akamas peninsula after a number of actions took place this week that could lead to uncontrolled development. An announcement - signed by a number of environmental groups – said that three events took place this week that “highlight...
Akamas turtle hazard party halted (Update 2) Cyprus

Akamas turtle hazard party halted (Update 2)

September 5th, 2017 Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis on Tuesday intervened to put a halt to a private party set to take place at the luxury Anassa hotel in Latchi, Paphos later this week, after it emerged bulldozers at the scene were endangering turtles at a Natura protected beach. The furore surrounding the case emerged on social media after...
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