Paphos department store employees protest court closure order
A large number of employees protested a court decision on Monday to shut down the Era Korivos department store in Paphos, which would see around...
building permits
Interior minister announces fast-track building permits
A planning or building permit will be readily available between 10-20 days as part of a new move to cut bureaucracy, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris...
Building permits up by 11 per cent
The number of building permits issued by municipal and regional authorities increased by about 11 per cent during the period January-November 2019, compared to the...
New scheme aims to simplify, speed up building permits
Within two years, the government hopes to have fully rolled out changes that would simplify the process for planning and construction permits in a bid...
Most hotels didn’t have operating licences renewed in 2018
More than 75 per cent of the island’s hotels and 38 per cent of the island’s recreation centres operated without a licence last year, MPs...
Value of building permits doubles
The value of building permits issued in the first half of the year more than doubled compared to the first six months of 2018, according...
How to build a house illegally, just say it’s a barn
HOW do you build a house on agricultural land where residential construction is not permitted? Easy, you apply for a permit for a farm warehouse...
No transparency, no accountability: the long fight for a building permit
By Louis Kontozis I first applied for a building permit to Strovolos municipality in early September 2018. In October, I enquired about the progress of...
Building permits up 26 per cent in January to May
Building permits rose in the first five months of the year an annual 26 per cent, the statistical service said on Wednesday. The permits...
Building permits up 27% in Q1, Cystat says
Building permits increased an annual 27 per cent in the first quarter and 30 per cent in terms of construction area and value, to 378,933...
Building permits up 28% in first two months of 2018
Building permits rose 28 per cent year-on-year in the first two months of the year in terms of area, to 232,814 square meters, and 23...
Building permits up 45% in January to November
Building permits rose in January to November an annual 45 per cent in terms of construction area, to 1,354,786 square metres and 53 per cent...
Building permits up 32% in first 10 months of 2017
The area of construction projects that secured a building permit in January to October last year rose an annual 35 per cent, to 1,129,084 square...
Bill aims at cutting red tape
With the objective of cutting red tape, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday unveiled a bill designed to make it considerably easier for large developments to secure...
H1 building permits up 36%, Cystat says
The construction area of housing projects that obtained a building permit in the first half of the year rose an annual 36 per cent to...
Building permits hit 41% rise in new homes in January to May
The number of new housing units which received a building permit between January and May rose 41 per cent to 1,889 compared with the respective...
Moody’s: sustained demand for building permits will help banks
A sustained increase in demand in building permits will help Cypriot banks improve their asset quality in the real estate sector, rating agency Moody’s said,...
Building permits up 38% in January to April, Cystat says
Building permits rose in the first four months of the year an annual 38 per cent in are to 385,725 square meters and 36 per...
Petrides says ‘get a move on’ or forget about competitiveness
Cyprus must climb the global competitiveness ranks in relation with issuing building permits, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said, as he pushes for reform that would...
Health ministry the tenant of an illegal building
The health ministry has been paying rent for 10 years on a building which has no building permit and seems unlikely to receive one...