Tourists injured in quad bike accident in Akamas
Two tourists were hospitalised in Paphos general hospital following a quad bike accident in Akamas, the third accident in the area this year, police said...
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As final decisions are made on Akamas, no one is happy
Plan seen as a slippery slope to development in the protected area The government’s proposed Akamas national forest park (NFP) sustainable development plan may have...
BirdLife launches campaign to protest Akamas development projects
Environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus has launched an email campaign to protest development projects threatening the Akamas peninsula. By following this link, participants can co-sign a...
Only one answer to the Akamas road debate
But first those who bear the political responsibility for the road accidents at the Baths of Aphrodite must be held to account By Maria Hadjimichael...
Akamas road controversy resurfaces after second buggy accident (Updated)
The Green Party on Monday reiterated its demand for the closure of a dangerous road in Akamas, following two buggy accidents, one of them fatal,...
Friends of Akamas urge action to end accidents on peninsula
Conservationists on Thursday called for a comprehensive policy for the safe movement of visitors within the Akamas national forest, accusing authorities of stalling while lives...
State of Akamas road condemned after fatal accident
Local authorities and the Green Party on Monday both slammed the government departments responsible for allowing public use of a dangerous road in Akamas, following...
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...
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...