Posts tagged with "Ayia Napa"

Noise pollution hitting tourism says Ayia Napa mayor Cyprus

Noise pollution hitting tourism says Ayia Napa mayor

May 16th, 2018 Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos urged the government to suspend a recent law on noise pollution because it was unenforceable and was hurting tourism. In a press release on Wednesday, the popular holiday resort’s municipality said a state of lawlessness existed when it came to regulating noise pollution. It was having an...
Club 18-30 closure welcomed in Ayia Napa Cyprus

Club 18-30 closure welcomed in Ayia Napa

May 16th, 2018 The mayor and tourism board of Ayia Napa on Tuesday welcomed news that Thomas Cook will axe its once popular Club 18-30 holidays, describing as a positive move that the holidays for young clubbers may soon be a thing of the past. “We remain committed to Club 18-30 for summer 2018. However, we are exploring options for the future of...
Slowdown expected in Russian tourism (Updated) Cyprus

Slowdown expected in Russian tourism (Updated)

May 10th, 2018   By Elias Hazou and George Psyllides THE Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) was on Thursday quick to dismiss an estimate by the Ayia Napa mayor that the Famagusta resorts would see Russian tourism drop as much as 50 per cent this summer as neighbouring competitors re-emerge after several years of internal instability. Mayor...
‘Steady progress’ on Ayia Napa marina, says developer Property

‘Steady progress’ on Ayia Napa marina, says developer

April 25th, 2018 More than 55 per cent of the residential properties in the Eastern Tower of the Ayia Napa marina project, have already been sold, developers of the project said on Wednesday in a progress report on the €220 million project. The project, in which the Egyptian investor Naguib Sawiris’ Gemini Real Estate Ltd has an 80 per cent stake...
Ayia Napa on the up Property

Ayia Napa on the up

April 1st, 2018 By Antonis Loizou FRICS AYIA NAPA is a very small municipality with approximately 2,700 locals and approximately 500,000 tourists during the summer season. While the source of these tourists has changed over the years, the reputation of the resort as drink fueled party place is now being turned around. Less than a third of the...
Nissi beach ranks third in Instagram postings Cyprus

Nissi beach ranks third in Instagram postings

March 28th, 2018 Nissi Beach in Ayia Napa has been ranked third among social network Instagram's most popular and most-photographed beaches. In an announcement, Ayia Napa municipality said that with 124,910 photos, Nissi Beach was recently ranked third as the most popular and multi-photographed beach on Instagram. The survey on the social media...
Policing the police Crime

Policing the police

March 25th, 2018 By Andria Kades A group of police officers will now be policing their own, as part of a new internal audit service that began operating this week, aimed at clamping down on corruption. In Cyprus, the force is often accused of nepotism, questionable relations between suspects and officers and having a general air of being above the...
Our View: Can Napa mayor really clamp down on UK louts? Our View

Our View: Can Napa mayor really clamp down on UK louts?

March 14th, 2018 Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos’ initiative to rid the resort of ‘low quality’ young tourists from Britain is brave even though it comes across as rather discriminatory. Then again, the Ayia Napa municipality is perfectly within its rights to rebrand and reposition itself in the tourism market if it has decided it no longer wants...
Napa mayor opposes opening crossing point in the area Cyprus

Napa mayor opposes opening crossing point in the area

March 13th, 2018 Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos said Tuesday he opposes the opening of a crossing point to the north without a solution of the Cyprus problem. Speaking on Politis radio 107.6, Karousos said: “we cannot subsidize tourism in the occupied areas through the crossing points.” The mayor of the popular resort said the crossing points...
Ayia Napa tells louts they're not welcome Cyprus

Ayia Napa tells louts they're not welcome

March 11th, 2018 Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos has written a letter to media and tour operators abroad saying 'low-quality' tourists such as 'lads-style' holidaymakers were undesirable at the popular resort. The letter was published in the UK's Telegraph newspaper under the headline 'Boozy lads no longer welcome in Ayia Napa, mayor warns' because...
Man caught on CCTV setting fire to apartment Crime

Man caught on CCTV setting fire to apartment

March 8th, 2018 A 40-year-old Bulgarian has been arrested after he was caught on CCTV setting fire to an apartment in the Ayia Napa region. A pensioner from the area reported to police on Wednesday afternoon that his apartment had been arsoned. CID officers went to the scene and examined the CCTV footage. The footage, police said, showed a man...
Writing is a murderous business Cyprus

Writing is a murderous business

March 4th, 2018 By Agnieszka Rakoczy Lazy Ayia Napa summers spent on the beach reading and chilling while trying to pick apart Agatha Christie murder mysteries was how and where the story of the boy who wanted to become a writer began. Thirty years on, and Alex Michaelides tells the Sunday Mail not only that he has written his first thriller but...
Ayia Napa fire destroys hair salon Cyprus

Ayia Napa fire destroys hair salon

February 28th, 2018 A fire which destroyed a hair salon in Ayia Napa and extensively damaged five adjacent shops on Wednesday morning was not caused by arson, preliminary investigations concluded. The fire started at a hair salon in Nissi avenue at approximately 4am and quickly spread to three clothes shops, a souvenir shop and an ice cream...
Three Napa beaches among Europe’s top 25, one ranked 13th in the world Cyprus

Three Napa beaches among Europe’s top 25, one ranked 13th in the world

February 21st, 2018 THREE beaches in Ayia Napa and Protaras have been included in the 25 best beaches of Europe by Trip Advisor. Fig Tree beach in Protaras, was also ranked number 13 among the best 25 beaches in the world. It is also the fourth best beach in Europe, according to 2018 travellers’ choice. The other two beaches are Konnos Bay and...
Three thousand new tourist beds for Napa in summer 2018 Cyprus

Three thousand new tourist beds for Napa in summer 2018

February 7th, 2018 Some 3,000 new tourist beds are expected to operate this year in Ayia Napa and Protaras, ahead of the peak summer season. According to the CNA, the director of the Famagusta Tourism Development Board, Lakis Avraamides, said that in 2018 the Famagusta district was expected to add 3,000 beds, of which 2,000 will be created in Ayia Napa...
Man dies while at work on construction of Napa hotel Cyprus

Man dies while at work on construction of Napa hotel

January 20th, 2018 A man, working on the construction of a hotel in Ayia Napa, was found dead on Saturday afternoon, according to police. Police said that the man was found at approximately 12:15pm in the Limanaki area of Ayia Napa, where, according to the authorities, he lost consciousness, while laying concrete. The man is believed to have died...
Five employers and 10 illegal workers arrested in Napa raid Cyprus

Five employers and 10 illegal workers arrested in Napa raid

January 19th, 2018 Five Ayia Napa business owners and 10 third-country nationals were arrested on Thursday during a raid at establishments in the Famagusta district for illegal employment. During the raid which was a joint operation by the police, the immigration department and the labour ministry, the documentation of 96 people in total was checked -...
Works on Ayia Napa Cavo Greco road Cyprus

Works on Ayia Napa Cavo Greco road

January 12th, 2018 Stretches of the Ayia Napa – Cavo Greco road will be closed to traffic due to road works from January 15 for about a week from 7pm to 6am, the transport ministry said on Friday. The road will remain open on Sundays. During the works traffic will be channeled via adjacent roads. The department of public works in a statement...
Napa raked in over €3.5m in beach revenues last year Cyprus

Napa raked in over €3.5m in beach revenues last year

January 2nd, 2018 Ayia Napa municipality on Tuesday said it had reaped over €3.5m from its beaches in 2017, Mayor Yiannis Karousos said. This marks a 12 per cent increase since 2016 when income from beach beds, umbrellas and water sports amounted to €3.1m, he told the Cyprus News Agency. “Year after year, it proves that the decision we took in...
Ayia Napa cleaning up motor oil spill on harbour pavement Cyprus

Ayia Napa cleaning up motor oil spill on harbour pavement

December 29th, 2017 Efforts were underway on Friday to clean used motor oil from the pavement at the north-eastern pier of the Ayia Napa harbour. Famagusta police said they received a complaint early on Tuesday that someone had spilled a large quantity of motor oil, which reportedly damaged more than 30 square metres of pavement stones. Famagusta...
Bomb found in dead man’s car Crime

Bomb found in dead man’s car

November 29th, 2017 An explosive device was spotted in the car of Kyriacos Hadjisavvas, the 47-year-old man who was shot in Ayia Napa last month and died in hospital four days later, it was announced on Wednesday. According to a police report, an improvised bomb was found in Hadjisavvas’ car on Tuesday, attached to the front right wheel. The car had...
Extradition of Serbian hitmen to conclude gangland killing case Cyprus

Extradition of Serbian hitmen to conclude gangland killing case

November 17th, 2017 THE extradition of two Serbian men, thought to be involved in the gangland killing of four people in Ayia Napa last year, will conclude investigation of the quadruple murder and the case will be brought before a court, Justice minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Friday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a visit to the construction...
Strong winds in Ayia Napa close harbour Cyprus

Strong winds in Ayia Napa close harbour

November 13th, 2017 Authorities in Ayia Napa have forbidden any vessel to leave the harbour and fishing shelters in the area due to strong winds. According to reports, at 7am the weather was cloudy and the wind was blowing at speeds exceeding 27 kilometres per hour. The temperature was 20C, humidity around 65 per cent, and the visibility 14.5...
Man arrested after stolen fishing rods found in his luggage Crime

Man arrested after stolen fishing rods found in his luggage

November 2nd, 2017 Police announced on Thursday they arrested a man on Wednesday suspected of stealing from residences and shops in Paralimni and Ayia Napa. A 37-year-old resident of Ayia Napa reported that on Wednesday morning nine tuna fishing rods equipped with machinery, which are worth €1,500, were stolen from his house. After investigating,...
Police issue new request for suspects in Low killing to be handed over Cyprus

Police issue new request for suspects in Low killing to be handed over

October 28th, 2017 Police have again requested the authorities in the north hand over one of the prime suspects for the murder of George Law,22, the British tourist who was stabbed in August 2016 in Ayia Napa. The two suspects - Mehmet Akpinar, 23, and Sali Musa Ahmet, 44 - had crossed to the north after the incident where they were arrested a few days...
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