Nicosia’s Omirou Avenue could open next month ‘or sooner’
Works at Omirou Avenue will soon be finished and the road will be opened to traffic, the Nicosia municipality confirmed on Tuesday. “Works continue apace...
Eleftheria Square
Municipality denies problems with benches due to cheap paint
Nicosia municipality replied to accusations about the flaking on some of the new benches recently installed in Eleftheria square. The long, pill like benches in...
New Eleftheria Square fountains mocked following benches ridicule
Six drinking fountains set to be placed in Eleftheria Square have caused a new stir among the public, drawing comments from the Nicosia municipality on...
‘They look like a huge pill’ Nicosia resident says of new benches (Updated)
Nicosia municipality on Wednesday rolled out the new benches for the area of Eleftheria Square which received a mixed reception, mostly humourous, from social media...
Eleftheria Square project funding secure until 2023, EU official says (updated)
By Evie Andreou in Brussels As long as the protracted Nicosia Eleftheria Square project is completed by 2023, funding from Brussels should remain secure, and...
Security guard beaten up at Eleftheria Square
Nicosia municipality on Friday called on the police to find the people who brutally beat up a private security guard at Eleftheria Square in the...
British experts due to check on cracks in Eleftheria Square
British experts will be arriving in Cyprus in the coming period to conduct maintenance work on Eleftheria Square after hairline cracks formed on various parts...
Central Nicosia street to remain pedestrianised
The Nicosia municipal council has voted to keep Costakis Pantelides street, which links Eleftheria square with Solomou square, free of cars, it announced on Friday....
Cyprus mulls ‘a more unifying’ national monument
The government is looking to replace the national symbol, which is currently the Republic’s first President, Archbishop Makarios, into one which better represents the people...
No decision yet on opening newly-pedestrianised Nicosia road to traffic
With works almost complete on Eleftheria Square and the adjacent Costakis Pantelides Avenue, Nicosia municipality said on Friday, the request for the pedestrianisation of the...
Renovated Eleftheria Square partly opened
Workers in the capital were busy removing protective rails and decorating Eleftheria Square on Friday, opening newly-created spaces to the public in the run-up to...
No traffic through Eleftheria Square, city council decides
Nicosia’s municipal council on Thursday voted to ban vehicles from using Eleftheria Square. The decision was passed by majority. There was one vote against and...
Nicosia’s glass ‘poet’ moves to a new location
The Poet, a glass sculpture by renowned Greek artist Costas Varotsos that was long hidden away behind Nicosia’s Famagusta Gate is now being rebuilt in...
Car access to Eleftheria square to be decided next month
A final decision about whether or not cars will be allowed on Eleftheria square once it fully opens to the public will be made by...
Works overrun causes chaos for morning traffic
Heavy traffic choked the centre of Nicosia on Friday morning as more roads were closed due to ongoing work for the creation of the new...
Nicosia municipality assures residents as more works loom
By Annette Chrysostomou The Nicosia city-centre overhaul which includes works on Makarios avenue, Stasicratous street and Evagoras avenue will not unduly inconvenience residents and shop...
Municipality defends Eleftheria Square tactile paving installation
Nicosia municipality rejected suggestions on Tuesday that tactile paving — usually used to guide people with impaired vision — on a stretch of the Eleftheria...
Omirou avenue to close for start of underground parking
The Nicosia municipality on Friday announced that works to construct an underground parking on Omirou avenue would start on May 17 at 10am. The parking...
Parts of Eleftheria Square finally open for pedestrians
Sections of the bridge at Eleftheria Square were opened to pedestrian traffic on Wednesday afternoon, directly linking parts of the centre of Nicosia that had...
Square misses another deadline
Another deadline is looking likely to be missed in the construction of the Eleftheria square, even as the municipality is frantically trying to expedite progress,...
