Visitors to Akamas find human bones (Updated)
Paphos police said on Monday they are investigating after visitors found six human bones in Akamas. Officers rushed to the area after they were notified...
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Akamas’ camping site ready for opening
Environmentalists opposed construction on Natura 2000 site, but manager highlights its green credentials Aphrodite Family Eco-Camping, a redeveloped site on the doorstep of the...
Free tours of Akamas museum offered
In an effort to promote agrotourism, free guided tours of the Akamas Rural Life museum in Droushia, Paphos will be offered by the region’s tourism...
Archaeologists turn high-tech to trace earliest human activity
Archaeologists have turned to high-tech geospatial analytical methods to investigate the earliest human activity on the island. The department of antiquities said this week that...
How green are our political parties?
In the lead up to the parliamentary elections on May 30, the Cyprus Mail’s weekly environment section has asked the main political parties for their...
Seal born in the Akamas found dead in the north
A dead monk seal thought to have been caught in fishing nets was found in the north by monk seal conservation group Spot. Haris Nicolaou,...
Akamas communities disagree with feasibility study findings
Akamas communities on Thursday said they did not agree with the findings of a study on the environmental impact of the masterplan for the area,...
Akamas: soon to be wild no more
The latest of many plans for the peninsula would protect a tiny part of it but with visitor access made all-too-easy, and development sprouting up...
Fight continues over future of Akamas
Less than two years before the government’s proposed Akamas national park sustainable plan is due to be implemented, environmentalists and landowners in the area remain...
Row breaks out in Akamas after vegetation cutback
The uprooting of bushes from a beach in the Baths of Aphrodite area was to give lifeguards better visibility of the sea, Neo Chorio community...
Inia, a good place to sit out the pandemic
But longer term issues threaten survival Rural communities in Paphos say the pandemic has helped to highlight the benefits of living in the countryside as...
Akamas communities send out SOS
Communities of the Akamas peninsula sent out a signal of despair warning of gradual abandonment due to their ageing population and called for an end...
Friends of Akamas call for dangerous road to be closed, not improved
The dirt road leading from the Baths of Aphrodite to Fontana Amorosa needs to be closed to private vehicles before more accidents happen, conservation group...
‘Urgent measures’ needed to secure Akamas road
Urgent steps must be taken to ensure the safety of drivers in the Akamas, the local community leader said on Tuesday after two people were...
Akamas group questions coastal protection delays
For years the government has done nothing to safeguard the coastline of the Akamas peninsula, Friends of Akamas said on Friday, calling on the interior...
€8,500 fine for illegal fishing
Two men were fined €8,500 each after caught fishing illegally in the Akamas area. According to the fisheries department, a patrol boat caught two people...
Workable plan urgently needed in wake of Akamas boat ban
A workable plan is urgently needed in key Akamas coastal regions following a proposed boat ‘ban’ this week, which will leave businesses struggling and could...
Fisheries department calls on public to take care on turtle nesting beaches
The fisheries department has called on people to be especially careful in areas where turtles lay eggs, especially the Lara-Toxeftra beach in the Akamas peninsula,...
Couple injured after car plunges into the sea in the Akamas
A couple was injured after their car fell from a height of 30 metres into the sea in the Akamas on Friday morning shortly after...
Boats set to be banned from areas of Akamas coast
The agriculture ministry has proposed banning boats and fishing in key Akamas regions from April to October. The draft decree would grant Fontana Amorosa, Blue...