Port strike called off pending dialogue (Updated)
The strike at Limassol port that has been ongoing since Wednesday over four layoffs was called off on Friday night after marathon shuttle talks with...
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Union says port layoffs were an ‘act of revenge’ (Update 2)
A standoff between Limassol port workers and their employer appeared deadlocked on Thursday, after the latter turned down overtures from the labour ministry to reinstate...
New strike at Limassol port
Workers at DP World Limassol, which manages the general cargo and cruise terminals at Limassol port, went back on strike on Wednesday after the company...
Limassol port strike ends, collective agreement signed
After three days of constant discussions, the strike Limassol port came to an end on Wednesday. In the morning, the unions and port operator DP...
Our View: Sacred right to go on strike continues to be abused
The law regulating strikes in essential services has been a topic of political discussion since the Clerides presidency in the nineties, when disruptive industrial action...
Limassol port strike goes into a second day (Updated)
By Stavros Nikolaou A strike that began at Limassol port on Monday continued into Tuesday with port operator DP world saying it was trying to...
DP World Limassol employees in work stoppage at Limassol port (Updated)
The Labour ministry on Monday criticised an impromptu work stoppage by employees at the DP World Limassol, which manages the general cargo and cruise terminals...
Police seize 330,000 laughing gas canisters at port warehouse
Authorities have seized almost 700 boxes containing thousands of laughing gas canisters, found in a warehouse at the port of Limassol. Police on Wednesday had...
UK and Cyprus relationship ‘growing deeper’
British High Commissioner to Cyprus, Stephen Lillie said on Thursday that the UK and Cyprus have a very strong relationship that is getting deeper and...
Britain’s largest ever warship docks in Limassol
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, arrived in Limassol port on Wednesday. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, that...
Luxury cruise liner in Limassol to prepare for summer routes
Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas has arrived at its home port in Limassol to prepare for the start of its seven-night cruises from Cyprus...
‘Multiple benefits from cruises and port services’
Officials on Sunday welcomed the decision by cruise lines to include Cyprus in their summer programmes and use port services, which, they said, is a...
France’s Charles de Gaulle carrier in Limassol
Escorted by a Cyprus offshore patrol vessel, France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier sailed into Limassol harbour on Monday. According to a statement by the...
Royal Caribbean 7-night cruises ‘for the fully vaccinated’ launching from Limassol this summer
Royal Caribbean International announced on Thursday that all-new 7-night cruises will be departing from from Limassol, starting July 10. The liner Jewel of the Seas...
In four years, more than 400,000 passengers have used Limassol port
Establishing Limassol as the main port of choice in the Eastern Mediterranean remains the vision of DP World Limassol port, its CEO Nawaf Adbulla said...
Our View: Port prices show state can’t have its cake and eat it
Akel, as the champions of state ownership, immediately seized the figures about Limassol port presented by the Cyprus Ports Authority to the House finance committee...
Government rejects privatisation of Limassol port has failed
The government rejected opposition criticism on Tuesday that privatisation of the port of Limassol had been a failure and unfavourable for the country, forcing companies...
Port transit trade drops since privatisation – ports authority
The value of transit trade conducted through the port of Limassol has declined sharply since 2017 when the harbour’s commercial operations were privatised, lawmakers heard...
Larnaca authorities, businesses complain ferry tender skewed towards Limassol (Updated)
Larnaca municipality and the town’s business and tourism authorities said on Monday the terms included in the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and...
Second-hand cars stranded at port as tax fraud scheme investigated
Hundreds of cars from the UK have been stranded at Limassol port since the weekend as the customs and tax departments issued a directive on...