Must democracy be abandoned in the name of tradition
What sparks off the violence? Recently, a police inspector worriedly shook his head about the readiness of the Cypriot people to resort to violence. His...
ambelopoulia
Though ‘reprehensible’, no criminal case against MP Hamboullas
By George Psyllides PUTTING a criminal case together against an MP for eating illegal game was difficult, Attorney-general Costas Clerides told people who signed an...
Our View: Ambelopoulia stunt a clever bit of campaigning?
WITH parliamentary elections only five months away – assuming they are not postponed because of the Cyprus talks – parties have already begun the hunt...
House president, parties condemn MP’s songbird photo (updated)
By Andria Kades Ruling DISY MP Evgenios Hamboullas remained defiant on Tuesday as House President Yiannakis Omirou condemned the fact that he had uploaded a...
DISY MP posts photo of illegal game at dinner table (update 2)
By George Psyllides Ruling DISY MP Evgenios Hamboullas caused uproar over the weekend after he posted a picture on social media with a platter of...
The ‘big business’ of bird trapping in Cyprus
By George Psyllides A bird protection campaign in Cyprus has seen 36 bird trappers arrested and a large number or poaching equipment destroyed, the Committee...
Man charged for poaching
A 74-year-old man from Famagusta has been charged after police found 32 small birds and 272 limesticks – sticky twigs used for trapping birds. The...
Environment chairman calls for bird hunting plan to be tabled at parliament
By Constantinos Psillides Parliamentary Environment Committee chairman, AKEL’s Adamos Adamou is calling on the government to table the strategic plan for bird conservation before requesting...
A gastronomical crime
By Constantinos Psillides DESPITE the trapping of 2.5 million birds last year as part of a €15m a year industry, only 140 poaching cases involving...
Our View: Proposed changes to bird hunting all about votes
CONSERVATION groups are perfectly justified to protest about the devious way in which the government has attempted to legalise the hunting of black caps (ambelopoulia)....
