Strike over new quarrying rights
A section of the Limassol-Paphos motorway will be closed on Tuesday morning due to a protest by quarry workers to demand new quarrying permits. Employees...
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Growing spat between interior minister and Nicosia municipality over 10-storey building
Nicosia municipality was wrong to reject a town planning permit for a 10-storey building, and the matter is now in the hands of the government,...
Man jailed for stealing construction materials
A 42-year-old man was jailed for seven months on Wednesday for stealing construction materials from an erected building in Paphos earlier this year. Paphos district...
Construction the most lethal occupation
39 per cent of all work deaths are in the building trade A study into workplace accidents during the period of 1999 to 2020 has...
Companies fined for causing death of two workers
Two Limassol companies on Monday were each fined €19,000 and two people were handed commuted prison sentences for causing the death of two workers. According...
Four Larnaca-based companies fined for work-safety violations
Four legal entities and four individual employers have been fined by the in Larnaca for violations of work safety regulations that resulted in injury to...
Acheritou’s unfinished buildings a health hazard
Abandoned and unfinished buildings in Acheritou attract rodents and snakes, community leader Michalis Kaounas said on Wednesday, calling on the relevant authorities to intervene and...
Companies with lax workplace safety fined
The Workplace Inspection Department on Tuesday reported on court rulings so far this year against companies and employers found guilty of lax workplace safety and...
Finance ministry freezes development projects not already started
The finance ministry has instructed government ministries and departments to tighten the purse strings, advising that they freeze development projects not already underway in a...
North’s Famagusta area rezoning plan stalled but building continues
Up to 350,000 people could be transferred to live in and around the area of the town of Famagusta, a Turkish Cypriot public functionary has...
