Environment commissioner steps into row over cut trees
Environment Commissioner Klelia Vassiliou on Wednesday stepped into the fracas over felled trees on Makarios Avenue with a letter to Nicosia municipality asking to be...
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Environment watchdog to discuss more eco-friendly carnival with Limassol mayor
Environment Commissioner Klelia Vasiliou is to discuss with Limassol’s mayor Nicos Nicolaides possible changes for a more sustainable carnival following complaints over the amount of...
Laws alone are not enough to tackle animal abuse, new environment commissioner says
Laws alone are not enough to solve the problem of animal cruelty but must be accompanied by a change in mentality, which should be the...
Commissioners for environment and mountain development sworn in
Two new commissioners were sworn in on Wednesday, as the cabinet held its first meeting under its new composition following Sunday’s reshuffle. New environment commissioner,...
Environment commissioner calls for abandoned cars to be scrapped
Hundreds of vehicles abandoned around the countryside are sources of pollution, the environment commissioner said on Friday, suggesting they should be collected and taken to...
Committee on animal welfare to be set up
By Constantinos Psillides The government will establish a national committee to deal with issues of animal welfare and protection, said the head of the President’s...
Campaign for one-day islandwide clean up
By Constantinos Psillides ENVIRONMENT Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou and municipalities across the island are seeking volunteers to take part in the “Let’s do it Cyprus!”, an...
Cyprus to mark Earth Hour
Hundreds of millions of people in over 135 countries around the world will on Saturday evening join the Earth Hour campaign, switching off lights for an...
Paphos community garden plans fall flat: needy ‘don’t have time’
By Bejay Browne PLANS TO start a community garden near Paphos to help feed the needy in Yeroskipou may have fallen flat as authorities say...
Legal steps being taken against three pig farms
AUTHORITIES are launching legal procedures against three pig farms whose illegal expansions are adversely impacting the quality of life of the residents of the Nicosia...
Days numbered for plastic bags
By Poly Pantelides CYPRUS will soon be expected to reduce the use of plastic bags, a tall task for the island whose authorities have no...
Beleaguered charity to meet environment commissioner over charitable status
By Maria Gregoriou ANIMAL welfare charity Paphiakos is to meet Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou today following a decision by Inland Revenue to strip it of...
Environment Commissioner working towards a greener Cyprus
SINCE taking office in March, Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panagiotou has set in motion several programmes aimed at helping environmental development. Between March 15 and June...
Family sees electricity bill drastically reduced with net metering
By Peter Stevenson NET metering will lower electricity bills and increase the production of energy from renewable energy sources (RES), Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou told...
Environment Day focus on waste and energy
By Poly Pantelides TODAY marks World Environment Day and for Cyprus the day serves as a reminder of a considerable list of actions that need...