Parliamentary elections: edging out the big players
Elections will take place against a backdrop of public disillusionment, the pandemic and a mushrooming array of small parties With two months to go...
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Fight continues over future of Akamas
Less than two years before the government’s proposed Akamas national park sustainable plan is due to be implemented, environmentalists and landowners in the area remain...
Theopemptou poised to take over as leader of Green party
Greens MP Charalambos Theopemptou is set to become the leader of the Green party as he is the only one that submitted his candidacy for...
Greens hit out at local developer
The Greens have hit out at a “scandal brewing in Paphos”, with roots in the past, concerning land originally earmarked for green areas, which the...
Cyprus’ green credentials only on paper?
CYPRUS may boast an impressive number of protected nature areas within the Natura 2000 network – on paper at least with 63 of them –...
Enforcement is key to prevent underage drinking
By Elias Hazou ONLY a comprehensive approach to preventing minors from having access to alcohol will work, lawmakers said on Monday as they continued discussion...
Home owners say nearby high-rise construction ruined their flats
Eight families living in an apartment block in Limassol fear they are living on borrowed time as their building has been deemed too dangerous to...
MPs give transport ministry two weeks to sort out conflicting bicycle laws
MPs on gave Friday the transport ministry two weeks to make the necessary arrangements to avoid the clash between penalties provided in local government regulations...
House committee bowing to hunters’ demands, says MP
In the face of upcoming presidential elections, the House environment committee has become the place to serve the interests of hunters, Green’s MP Charalambos Theopemptou...
Limassol reaching for the sky
Limassol’s move skywards with buildings over 30 storeys high has largely been welcomed as part of the city’s transformation into a modern business centre, but...
Environmental concerns delay Lady’s Mile improvements
THE authorities are struggling to find a balance between the long-standing demands of local businesses to improve the access road and other facilities on Limassol’s...
Proposal could see development on protected coastlines, MP says
A new proposal by the forestry department could eventually see ‘refreshment areas’ spring up along much of the islands coastline, including the protected areas of...
Halloumi worries after signing of EU-Canada deal
MPs expressed concerns on Tuesday over the possible negative impact on the island’s agriculture sector of the signing last week of a trade agreement between...
Teen hunters’ learner license provision withdrawn
INTERIOR Minister Socratis Hasikos has withdrawn the provision from a law amendment on the protection and management of wild birds and game that stipulates granting...
Cyprus’ greenhouse gas emissions on the up
By Annette Chrysostomou Cyprus has seen a 47.7 per cent rise in greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2012, according to the European statistical service, second...
‘Cyprus needs to tackle organic waste’
Mandatory recycling, separation and collection of organic waste needs to be introduced in Cyprus, former Environment Commissioner and lecturer at the Cyprus University of Technology...
Seashore under siege
By Constantinos Psillides ENVIRONMENTALISTS fear a bill tabled by the interior ministry to convert seashores into real estate is no more than an attempt to...
Not enough campsites to meet growing demand
By Evie Andreou THE Larnaca district office has been clamping down on illegal caravan settlements along the district’s coast, but former Environment Commissioner Charalambos Theopemptou...