No tourists but large amounts of trash on Lady’s Mile beach
A larger-than usual amount of trash was collected at a Limassol beach even after a summer without tourists, data from a recent beach clean-up revealed...
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Neglected Lady’s Mile waiting 15 years for upgrade
Inaction over improving a popular Limassol beach in an environmentally sensitive area is doing more harm than good By Andria Kades A plan to make...
Cyprus has cleanest bathing waters in Europe
Cyprus has the cleanest bathing waters across Europe, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday after an EU-wide report showed 99.1 per cent of bathing...
Coronavirus: With temperatures high police step up coastal patrols in Limassol
Twelve people were booked on Saturday morning in Limassol for sunbathing or playing rackets on the beach, police said, recalling that beaches are only open...
Illegal intervention reported at Paphos beach
An illegal intervention at a Paphos beach was spotted by members of the public and reported to the Paphos Greens on Friday. Local representatives of...
Coronavirus: behave or else… report violations, authorities say as lockdown eases from Monday (Updated)
By Peter Michael and Gina Agapiou Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Saturday warned the public they needed to be disciplined when it comes to social...
Coronavirus: people with physical impairments need their swim, advocates say
Limassol winter swimmers’ group ‘Akti Olympion’ have called on the health minister to issue a decree allowing people with mobility problems to swim as without...
Cyprus ranked third on Family Beach Index
A new ‘Family Beach Index’ ranks Cyprus third on a list of 50 family beach destinations in eight European countries. Researchers looked at air and...
No safe place to swim
The most ambitious project for Chlorakas in more than a decade is set to change all that THE creation of a new beach, breakwaters and...
Developer wins appeal to build next to popular Coral Bay
By Bejay Browne LEPTOS developers won their appeal to build next to the blue-flagged Coral Bay beach in Paphos months ago, it emerged on Friday,...
Is ‘Real Cyprus’ a bit of a dump?
My family were here on holiday, they enjoyed the sun, the hotel, the pool and the beach. They had a great time. They decided to...
Eight bodies on north beach probably drowned Syrian migrants
A total of eight bodies have been found washed up on the shores of northern Cyprus over the past two days, Turkish Cypriot police...
Solution still sought for blue-flagged Coral Bay
By Bejay Browne NO solution is in sight for the ongoing problem of public access to the popular blue-flagged Coral Bay beach in Paphos that...
‘Civil servant spent workdays hanging out at the beach’
A probe has been launched into a worker of the public works department, who, for the past five years, has allegedly spent most of his...
No plans to change beach status of Aphrodite’s Rock
Kouklia community leader, Michalis Nicolaou, denied media claims on Wednesday that the village wants the EU-protected Petra tou Romiou to become an officially organised public...
Teens accused of stealing swimmers’ backpacks
A 17-year-old boy was arrested late on Sunday at a Limassol beach, after a bather realised he had stolen his backpack, which he had left...
Tourists found dead at beach
Two male tourists that were found unconscious on Saturday, one in Larnaca and another in Protaras, were pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. A 62-year-old,...
North to open stretch of beach near Varosha
Local authorities in the northern part of Famagusta struck a deal with the Turkish military to open part of the beach towards the southern end...
Leptos and Peyia look to Paphos district office for solutions
THE Paphos district officer will mediate at a meeting due to be held next week between Leptos developers and Peyia municipality concerning a deadlock over...
Dead fish wash up on north beach
Thousands of fish, particularly mullet, are washing up on a beach near occupied Vokolidha in the north, and more found floating at the edges of...
