Mayors issue flooding SOS, plan to seek state help on Friday
NINE mayors from the greater Nicosia area on Thursday called for drastic action to protect their districts from flooding after bad weather caused numerous problems...
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Limassol mayor defends actions after flooding chaos
By Peter Michael and Annette Chrysostomou Mayor of Limassol, Nicos Nicolaides fired back on Friday at criticism that the municipality was absent after heavy rain...
Limassol aspires to become the ‘city of jasmine’
The Cyprus Sustainability Institute and the Limassol municipality have begun to boost efforts for the transformation of the seaside district into ‘the city of jasmine’,...
Limassol mayor says sea pollution levels fell in 2018
Cruise ships dumping their waste in the sea off Limassol significantly contribute to sea pollution, city mayor, Nicos Nicolaides, said on Friday, adding that...
Animal Party protests Limassol mayor’s dog ban
The Animal Party strongly criticised Limassol municipality on Monday for banning dogs from the Molos area of the city. At least 100 people showed...
Limassol launches ‘rapid response’ service
Limassol municipality announced on Tuesday that it has set up an emergency service tasked with, among other things, removing fallen branches and debris from streets...
Limassol mayor acknowledges concerns over city’s tall buildings
People’s concerns over the growing number of tall buildings are perfectly understandable as the high-rises were presented to the public without the necessary planning or...
Court of Appeals declines vote recount for 2016 Limassol mayoral race
A court of appeal has upheld a decision by a court of first instance that rejected a recount of votes in the municipal elections in...
Limassol port’s anchorage confirmed as area’s main polluter
The Limassol port’s anchorage is the main source of pollution along the city’s coast, professor Costas Costa, head of the Technical University team that conducted...
Limassol mayor condemns Tepak attack
Limassol Mayor, Nicos Nicolaides on Monday condemned Friday’s attack by far-right extremists against a gathering of left-wing organisations at Limassol’s technical university (Tepak). “The episode...
Supreme Court gives green light for Limassol recount
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request for disclosure of a number of ballots but gave the go ahead for the process to determine...
Mayor’s lawyer said Limassol recount should be rejected
Lawyers argued on Friday that an application relating to an appeal against the result of last December’s mayoral election in Limassol lacked specificity and should...
Court urges progress in mayor recount case
The court hearing the application for a recount of the votes in the Limassol mayoral election last December urged parties on Wednesday to try and...
Akel files for ballot recount in Limassol mayoral election
Akel and other supporters of runner up Andreas Christou on Tuesday filed a request for a recount of the ballots cast in December’s mayoral elections...
Local elections overshadowed by Cyprus talks and voter apathy, Limassol contest billed as mother of all battles’
By George Psyllides GREEK Cypriots go to the polls today to vote for their local authorities in what could be the last municipal election in...
Elections: acrimony in Limassol, tranquility in Nicosia
With municipal elections looming this weekend, there has been a striking difference in the tones set during the campaigns in the islands’ two biggest cities,...
Mayor urged to reveal contents of auditor general’s letter
Disy’s Limassol municipal councillors on Saturday urged mayor Andreas Christou to reveal the content of the letter he received last week from the auditor-general. They...
Ruling Disy backs former Edek deputy for Limassol mayor
Amid objections by members eyeing the party’s blessing as candidate mayor in the Limassol municipality, ruling Disy’s political bureau has decided to support former Edek...
Municipal elections could see tough match in Limassol
Former EDEK MP Nicos Nicolaides may run for Limassol mayor opposite incumbent Andreas Christou in December’s municipal elections, it emerged on Tuesday. Nicolaides, who had...
EDEK leader under attack from his own party (updated)
EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos was left with another blow to his party on Tuesday as yet another party member resigned, bringing the tally up to...
