‘We have the right to breathe fresh air’
Teachers and pupils from the elementary schools in Pyrga and Kornos staged a one-hour protest on Friday morning against a government decision to grant permission...
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Dali pupils’ plight prompts calls for stricter control of industrial plants
The issue of pollution near a primary school in Dali will be discussed in parliament on February 12, the speaker of the House committee on...
Dali children protest against asphalt plant pollution
Children at a primary school in Dali refused to attend the first hour of classes on Tuesday in protest over the air pollution caused by...
Dali primary school to close Tuesday in protest over air pollution
A primary school in Dali will close on Tuesday as a form of protest against the operation of asphalt plant nearby and a delegation will...
‘Development should not be at cost of residents of the area’
The Pyrga-Kornos initiative and friends of Stavrovouni Monastery held a demonstration on Saturday to protest a government decision to construct a concrete and asphalt plant...
Hundreds protest against government green light for asphalt plant near Stavrovouni
Over 200 people living in the area around Kornos and Pyrga protested on Saturday against the government’s decision to licence an asphalt concrete plant in...
New protest against Stavrovouni quarry to be held Saturday
A new demonstration against the construction of an asphalt plant in the Pyrgos-Kornos area will be held on Saturday morning after the government’s decision to...
‘Adequate studies were not done on proposed asphalt plant’
ESSENTIAL environmental and quality of life impact assessments were not conducted prior to the approval of the construction of the controversial asphalt plant in the...
Claims that president tried to bribe asphalt plant protesters denied
The government on Monday denied allegations that President Nicos Anastasiades had personally tried to “buy out” activists opposed to the planned construction of an asphalt...
Demonstrators against asphalt plant threaten to step up action
Priests from a nearby monastery and residents of Pyrgos and Kornos held a peaceful demonstration outside the presidential palace on Sunday against a decision by...
