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...
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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...
Arrest warrant issued after items go missing from building site
A 60-year-old man is wanted on suspicion of stealing one thousand iron rings from a construction site in Paphos, police said on Friday. The theft...
Building permits in Cyprus record large increase in first five months
Building permits increased by 30.3 per cent in the first five months of the year, compared with the same period of 2020, the Statistical Service...
Turning construction waste into something useful
A project in Cyprus aims to reduce and reuse the waste produced by the construction industry – and in the process, help to create safer...
