#development

In the end, the outcry over the demolition of an iconic and beautiful 1930s building in the centre of Nicosia last weekend wasn’t just a social-media outcry. The Cyprus ...

A large private house, currently embroiled in controversy over its legality and environmental impact, is being constructed on an expired building permit and is closer to the Kryos Potamos river ...

The new projects that will turn it into a metropolis have not yet begun The city of Larnaca and the communities that surround it along its seafront are very high ...

Around 300 of the 700 children at the Bekirpasha high school in Trikomo “do not speak Turkish as their first language”, according to local ‘MP’ Biray Hamzaogullari. Hamzaogullari, who belongs to opposition ...

You cannot hope for success in promoting Akamas as a nature destination while also allowing development to encroach and expand With wildlife tourism, you really cannot have your cake and ...

Roads, kiosks and houses all spell disaster By Efi Xanthou The Akamas peninsula is the last pristine area left in the non-occupied area of Cyprus. And change is imminent. Road ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday presided over an inter-ministry meeting to discuss actions to rejuvenate the Tillyria area. The meeting, which was established on the basis of a recent ...

Estimates suggest that about 50 per cent of foreign transactions are not recorded Some 7,000 permissions were given to foreigners to buy property in the northern part of Cyprus since January 2021. According ...

Most of the property being sold to foreigners in the north is on Greek Cypriot land, reports said on Wednesday, citing data released at the end of July. According to ...

Fikri Ataoglu, the north’s ‘deputy prime minister’ and ‘tourism minister’, has called for tourism facilities to be built on currently forested areas. Speaking to local television station Bagimsiz TV, ...

There has been an increased interest in the mountain areas, especially those in the Troodos region, and the market is thriving. The relatively recent purchase of Petit Palais Hotel, the ...

The environment is not being taken seriously by individuals or by the competent authorities when it comes to building developments. Of course, there has been considerable progress in the last ...

Something is changing in Larnaca, with many projects going on the public and the private sectors. There is the ongoing fixing up of the old city, extending from the coastline ...

A furious Sotira municipality said on Wednesday that it will use “all available legal measures at its disposal” to challenge a council of ministers’ decision rejecting a development at Ayia ...

Organised retirement communities have long been established in America and then in Europe. We are seeing a trend in construction of such complexes, such as in Spain, which should be ...

The finalised version of the Akamas local development plan will be presented before the end of the current government’s term, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis and Interior Minister Nicos Nouris ...

Akamas landowners on Wednesday called on President Nicos Anastasiaades to resolve ongoing ministerial disputes that are getting in the way of finalising the Akamas local development plan. According to an ...

I have studied the reports on the proposal to create a golf course in the area of Cape Greco by the Department of Forestry and the auditor-general, who is against ...

The government has signed a €6.3 million deal with a private contractor for improvements to the existing main road network inside the Akamas National Forest Park. Concluded last week, the agreement ...

Among the problems that this country has, as well as unforgiving bureaucracy, are the increasing problems in recent years in the award of public tenders for infrastructure projects and others. ...

Two areas in Cyprus were on Wednesday declared by the cabinet as ‘white zones’, forbidding any development in the areas until September 2023, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said. The ruling affects ...

The green light was given by the environment department for the creation of a new Jumbo store at the ex-Mazda showroom at Latsia, Nicosia. This is sure to create problems. ...

Far too much concrete: The misguided plans are not just a huge nature conservation failure, but a monumental failure of common sense By Martin Hellicar By the time you read ...

The archbishopric is close to getting the green light for building a five-star hotel in Geroskipou, Paphos, at an estimated cost of €100 million. Filed years ago, the initial paperwork was ...