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Concerns were voiced in Larnaca on Friday after transport minister, Alexis Vafeades, presented development options for the city’s port and marina, prompting criticism from local authorities who say the ...

Cancer prevention, treatment and care must be prioritised during Cyprus’ 2026 EU Council presidency, Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras and MEPs Michalis Hadjipantela and Giorgos Georgiou have urged the health minister. The ...

Security measures introduced in Larnaca following the recent visit of President Nikos Christodoulides will remain in effect indefinitely, mayor Andreas Vyras confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking during a media briefing, Vyras ...

An ad hoc committee to determine state funding for municipalities will be established after the summer holidays, following an agreement between Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou and the Union of Municipalities ...

Union of Cyprus municipalities chairman Andreas Vyras on Thursday warned that plans to transfer responsibility for waste management are “completely catastrophic”. In a letter to the House interior committee, he ...

An event celebrating the delivery of new accessible playground equipment took place at Pavlos Melas park in Larnaca. The initiative, spearheaded by the volunteer group Mikroi Ethelontes (Little Volunteers), aims ...

Municipalities are struggling to survive, president of their union Andreas Vyras said on Friday, highlighting that Cyprus has the lowest state funding for local authorities in the EU. “It is ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras on Wednesday said he is “satisfied” with the government’s decisions regarding the future of the town’s port and marina, placing Greek state-owned asset management ...

The Greek state-owned asset management company Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRDAF) was on Tuesday placed in the driving seat of the Larnaca port’s development. The decision was made ...

The Larnaca municipality and the transport ministry remain at odds with one another over the future of the town’s port, with the municipality remaining vehemently against the idea of ...

The interior ministry will submit amendments to the current local government reform legislation to parliament by January, chairman of the union of municipalities Andreas Vyras said on Tuesday. He was ...

Larnaca’s bid for the title of European Capital of Culture for 2030 was presented by the city’s mayor Andreas Vyras at a conference organised by the ‘Culture Next’ network ...

Incumbent Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras was re-elected in a landslide victory on Sunday, winning around two thirds of votes cast in the town. With just shy of 60 per cent of ...

Larnaca municipality has received two amphibious ‘Mobi-Chair’ wheelchairs, which allow easy access to the sea for people with reduced mobility. The new equipment was donated by Windstorm Trading & Investments ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras kicked off his re-election campaign on Friday with a video on YouTube. Vyras, who became mayor on New Year’s day in 2017, said that he had ...

Larnaca on Friday signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Lebanese city of Jounieh. The memorandum pertains to cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, and investment, and was signed ...

Work has already begun in Larnaca for the creation of a School of Marine Sciences, Technology, and Sustainable Development of the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak), mayor Andreas Vyras said ...

Municipalities are in need of a total of €14 million in emergency financial assistance, Larnaca Mayor and Municipalities’ Union chairman Andreas Vyras said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Municipalities’ Union’s ...

The government will stand by Larnaca and both will have a close and meaningful relationship, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Monday, during his visit to the city. During the ...

A new university department for marine science is on the cards for Larnaca, the city’s mayor Andreas Vyras said on Tuesday after a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. “This ...

Two projects concerning the restoration works of Piale Pasha’s historic buildings and the creation of an ‘artists park’ in the town’s Skala neigbourhood are progressing on schedule, Larnaca ...

The interior ministry held a consultation on Friday with the union of municipalities to try and untangle the local government reform package. After about a decade of haggling, parliament on ...

The union of municipalities has asked for more clarity over the revenues that will be transferred to local authorities after the reform, as some villages still opposed mergers, a key ...

The relocation of liquid fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and asphalt tanks from the coastal front of Larnaca is expected to be completed in early August, mayor Andreas Vyras said ...