Posts tagged with "Larnaca"

Restaurant review: Red Pepper, Larnaca Restaurant & Bar Review

Restaurant review: Red Pepper, Larnaca

March 15th, 20191974 There are some restaurants dotted around Larnaca that you won’t stumble across while having a stroll in town, which is more the pity. One such restaurant is Red Pepper; tucked away behind a bank on one of Larnaca’s main roads it has been in operation since 2010. With friends visiting, we decided to try something different from the...
Metres of Larnaca beaches have been lost to erosion Cyprus

Metres of Larnaca beaches have been lost to erosion

March 14th, 20192093   Beach erosion in the Larnaca district has become extremely serious, especially in Pervolia and Voroklini where 23 metres of beach has been lost over the past few years, the Larnaca tourism board (Etap) said on Thursday. Etap has called on the communications and works minister for urgent help in building breakwaters in an...
Family hospitalised with carbon monoxide poisoning Cyprus

Family hospitalised with carbon monoxide poisoning

March 11th, 20192940 A family of nine were rushed to Larnaca hospital early on Monday suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, the fire service said. Firefighters were asked by the ambulance service at 5.23am to examine the possibility of a gas leak at a home in a Larnaca village after nine people were rushed to hospital. Three were semi-conscious while...
Radisson to step up its operations in Cyprus Cyprus

Radisson to step up its operations in Cyprus

February 18th, 20194792 The Radisson Hotel Group will expand its operations in Cyprus from three to six hotels by 2025 after signing a new master development agreement with SunnySeeker Hotels. The group currently operated one hotel in Larnaca, the Radisson Blu Hotel. Two more, the Radisson Blu Larnaca Beach resort and the Radisson Blu Conference &...
Man arrested after pensioner found dead in Larnaca home Crime

Man arrested after pensioner found dead in Larnaca home

January 29th, 20192282 A 21-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday as a suspect for the murder of Giorgos Mavrommatis, who was found burnt to death in his Larnaca home on Sunday morning after a fire broke out in his bedroom. Mavrommatis, 76, was found dead at around 7am by firemen who had gone to the house to put out a blaze after being alerted by...
Appeal for information after dog dies in fire Cyprus

Appeal for information after dog dies in fire

January 29th, 20192471 The owners of a seven-year-old dog appealed for information on Tuesday after the animal died in a fire in its shelter in Larnaca, which was apparently set deliberately. Boulys, a male American Staffordshire terrier, was found burned by his owners, Marios Kalochoritis and Theodora Georgiou, on Monday morning in his enclosure in a field...
Kidnapping defendant admits giving boys sedatives Cyprus

Kidnapping defendant admits giving boys sedatives

January 16th, 20192383 The man who admitted kidnapping two boys from their Larnaca primary school in September pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two charges of giving them sedatives. Giorgos Nicolaou, 35, alias George, had pleaded guilty to kidnapping the boys back in November last year but denied administering Lorazepam to either of them. On Wednesday,...
Uncovering mosaics a painstaking process Cyprus

Uncovering mosaics a painstaking process

January 13th, 20193123 Inconvenient location hampers work on important ancient mosaics By Annette Chrysostomou The antiquities department has plans for two big ancient mosaics for this year, one in Larnaca and the other one in Akaki, outside Nicosia. It takes time, work, and many careful deliberations however before such big excavations can be preserved...
School bus drivers’ strike called off Cyprus

School bus drivers’ strike called off

January 7th, 20191590 SCHOOL bus drivers decided to call off their Monday strike, which caused many schoolchildren to miss classes, after a meeting at the Transport Ministry later in the day. School buses were running at lunch-time on Monday. Transport minister Vasiliki Anastasiades said that although the issue was an “internal dispute” of Larnaca’s...
Larnaca school bus drivers strike over pay Cyprus

Larnaca school bus drivers strike over pay

January 7th, 20191484 SCHOOL BUS drivers in Larnaca were on strike on Monday over unpaid wages, causing many students to miss their classes. The chairman of Larnaca’s Zenon bus company, Loucas Louca told Cyprus News Agency the bus drivers, who were not employees but associates, had not been paid since October. “The bus drivers have not been paid...
New year to see important projects for Larnaca Cyprus

New year to see important projects for Larnaca

January 2nd, 20193075 Three new large-scale projects are expected to begin in Larnaca within 2019, Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras said on Wednesday. The projects include a community centre, a stormwater drainage network and pumping station, and a multi-purpose cultural space. “On January 7 construction is expected to begin on the transformation of the...
A clash between the old and the new in Larnaca Cyprus

A clash between the old and the new in Larnaca

December 23rd, 20185854 A Larnaca residential development at odds with a noisy ramshackle past By Lizzy Ioannidou WITH urban development and expansion of cities come large-scale reconfigurations of the urban landscape as all potentially profitable land is scoured and apartments are raised, urban infrastructure installed, and economic activity is...
Fears over building high-rises on shaky ground along Larnaca seafront Cyprus

Fears over building high-rises on shaky ground along Larnaca seafront

December 20th, 20185391 Following the geological survey department’s appraisal of the ground on Larnaca’s seafront as being unable to support high-rise developments such as the planned 22-storey Kition building at Phinikoudes, an independent expert body will be tasked with determining final approval. In an announcement on Wednesday, Larnaca municipality...
Athienou joins other municipalities in rejecting mergers Cyprus

Athienou joins other municipalities in rejecting mergers

December 19th, 20182038 Athienou in Larnaca will under no circumstances agree to be merged with another municipality, it declared on Wednesday. The decision was made at a meeting at which local government reform and the possible merger of municipalities were discussed. Athienou Mayor Kyriakos Kareklas briefed organised groups on the proposals of Interior...
Zenobia to be decorated for Christmas Cyprus

Zenobia to be decorated for Christmas

December 14th, 20182105 Dive enthusiasts will on Sunday be decorating the Zenobia wreck, resting 42 metres underwater near the Larnaca coast. The annual Zenobia wreck Christmas tree decorating will feature a free dive, where non-toxic, insoluble ornaments will decorate the shipwreck, which will then be removed at the end of the event so as to keep the...
Fire at Larnaca apartment building destroys entrance Cyprus

Fire at Larnaca apartment building destroys entrance

December 13th, 20181072 A fire that could have been set deliberately destroyed the ground floor entrance to an apartment block in Larnaca, the fire service said on Thursday. No one was injured in the incident. The fire at the five-storey building on Grivas Dhigenis was noticed just before 12pm by an off-duty firefighter who said he saw thick smoke coming...
Children behind push to end use of straws in Larnaca area Cyprus

Children behind push to end use of straws in Larnaca area

November 30th, 2018959 More than 2,000 multi-use straws were on Thursday bought by people as part of the campaign by children at the special school Ayios Spyridonas to put an end to the use of plastic drinking straws in Larnaca. The initiative by the pupils intends to replace the conventional plastic straws in the area with biodegradable and multi-use ones...
Excavation of ancient mosaics proving to be a Herculean task Cyprus

Excavation of ancient mosaics proving to be a Herculean task

November 26th, 20182603 The 12 labours of Hercules are rapidly becoming 13, Larnaca mayor said on Monday in a wry reference to the ancient mosaics of the ancient Greek hero uncovered in the town two years ago that he says have caused havoc to the lives of residents ever since. A solution must be found mayor Andreas Vyras said, blaming the authorities for not...
Proposal submitted for Larnaca port and marina development Business

Proposal submitted for Larnaca port and marina development

November 16th, 20183094 A proposal on the development of Larnaca’s port and marina was submitted on Friday, the transport ministry said. The proposal will be evaluated in line with the timeframes and procedures specified by the law, a ministry statement said. The mooted project in Larnaca is set to feature a 1,000-berth marina and port involving a...
Restaurant review: Holy Cow, Larnaca Restaurant & Bar Review

Restaurant review: Holy Cow, Larnaca

October 19th, 20183638 New on the dining scene in Larnaca is Holy Cow neocanteen. Located in the backstreets not too far from the port roundabout, it is not a place you would stumble across while having a stroll in town. Holy Cow’s stylish yet simple exterior makes it stand out from the rest of the buildings on the street. Walking in, the simple tables...
‘Walking a fine line’ on Larnaca’s salt lake Cyprus

‘Walking a fine line’ on Larnaca’s salt lake

October 12th, 20183998 By Evie Andreou The government will prepare a comprehensive action plan on the management of the ecosystem of the Larnaca salt lake, Agriculture Minister, Costas Kadis, said on Thursday. The minister visited Larnaca where he had a number of meetings, among them, with Mayor Andreas Vyras to discuss a number of projects underway...
Larnaca aims to be ‘smart, blue city’ Cyprus

Larnaca aims to be ‘smart, blue city’

October 6th, 20183335 LARNACA is hosting the third Euro-Mediterranean conference titled `Smart Blue City`, with the participation of 120 participants from 20 countries in Africa, America, Europe, from Australia and China. Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiades in her address at the conference said the Smart City concept was not just a current trend but it...
Kidnapping suspect to face trial before criminal court Cyprus

Kidnapping suspect to face trial before criminal court

October 4th, 20181544 A 35-year-old man suspected of kidnapping two boys, 11, from their school in Larnaca last week was on Thursday referred to trial before a criminal court. The trial will start on November 5. The suspect will remain in custody until then. Thursday’s hearing was held behind closed doors. The man faces charges relating to...
Second kidnapping suspect released Cyprus

Second kidnapping suspect released

October 2nd, 20181518 A 41-year-old man detained last week in connection with the abduction of two schoolboys, 11, was released on Monday without being charged. The man, who works as a nurse, is suspected of attempting to convince a doctor to lie to police that he had been treating the main suspect, 35, in the case. He is also suspected of illegally...
Second kidnapping suspect remanded Cyprus

Second kidnapping suspect remanded

September 29th, 20183123 A 41-year-old man arrested in connection with the abduction of two boys, 11, from a Larnaca school on Tuesday, has been remanded in custody for two days. The man, who works as a nurse, is suspected of attempting to convince a doctor to lie to police that he had been treating the main suspect, 35, in the case. He was arrested on...
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