Posts tagged with "noise pollution"

Police undertake noise pollution campaign in Paphos Cyprus

Police undertake noise pollution campaign in Paphos

August 12th, 2018 An operation against noise pollution was undertaken by police in Paphos on Saturday night. As part of the operation three night spots in Latsi and Polis Chrysochous were inspected. Compact discs, mixers, speakers and megaphones were confiscated and the owners of the nightspots charged in writing. The police operation against...
Yiorkadjis calls for end to noise pollution in the capital Cyprus

Yiorkadjis calls for end to noise pollution in the capital

June 1st, 2018 By Evie Andreou Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis is calling for the immediate reinforcement of bodies tasked with tackling noise pollution coming from bars and other establishments until the problem is regulated. In an open letter, Yiorkadjis said that the problem of noise pollution from recreation centres, and other forms of...
Noise pollution hitting tourism says Ayia Napa mayor Cyprus

Noise pollution hitting tourism says Ayia Napa mayor

May 16th, 2018 Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos urged the government to suspend a recent law on noise pollution because it was unenforceable and was hurting tourism. In a press release on Wednesday, the popular holiday resort’s municipality said a state of lawlessness existed when it came to regulating noise pollution. It was having an...
Traffic pollution tied to low-birth-weight risk Health

Traffic pollution tied to low-birth-weight risk

December 20th, 2017 Air pollution, but not traffic noise, appears to be linked to an increased risk of having low-birth-weight babies, reports a new study from the UK. Previous studies have tied road traffic air pollution to low birth weight. Road traffic produces noise as well as pollution, but studies of noise pollution have had conflicting results,...
‘Noisy clubs are disturbing tourists’ Cyprus

‘Noisy clubs are disturbing tourists’

July 6th, 2017 The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Acte) urged authorities on Thursday to fill the gap in legislation regulating noise pollution that allows club owners to blast music as loud as they want, which disturbs hotel guests. In announcement, Acte said although the record tourist arrivals of last year are continuing instead of...
Traffic the leading cause of noise pollution in Cyprus Cyprus

Traffic the leading cause of noise pollution in Cyprus

April 24th, 2017 An estimated 100 million Europeans are affected by harmful levels of noise pollution with traffic by far the major cause, according to a new assessment published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Monday. Cyprus is no exception. More than 400,000 people in Limassol and Nicosia, which were investigated for the research, are...
Ayia Napa to tackle noise pollution Cyprus

Ayia Napa to tackle noise pollution

October 15th, 2015 By Annette Chrysostomou Ayia Napa will roll out measures in a bid to tackle noise pollution in a move that aims to protect the thousands of people who visit the popular holiday resort each year. “The idea is not to turn Ayia Napa into a church,” said Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos on Thursday, “it is to find the best level...
Beach bar ignites worries over turtles Cyprus

Beach bar ignites worries over turtles

July 9th, 2014 By Evie Andreou THE opening of a beach bar in the Asprokremmos area of Paphos, next to the Anassa hotel, has ignited worries over the fate of turtles that lay their eggs on the beach. The Green Party has condemned the operation of the beach bar, which they call illegal and argue that the lights and noise pollution coming from it at...
Traffic free village centre under threat Business

Traffic free village centre under threat

June 18th, 2014 By Bejay Browne RESIDENTS and business owners in a Paphos village are appealing to officials to allow the usual closure of the centre to traffic during the summer months to go ahead. Following a complaint to the authorities by a local resident that the practice has a negative impact on his life, police are carrying out...
Ministers vow to put an end to noise pollution Cyprus

Ministers vow to put an end to noise pollution

September 13th, 2013 By Maria Gregoriou THE INTERIOR, justice and agriculture ministries hope to have a bill ready for parliament to amend the noise pollution law by the end of the year. During a meeting yesterday at the interior ministry to the problem of noise pollution from entertainment establishments, suggestions were made as to how and by what...
Ministers promise more control on noise pollution Cyprus

Ministers promise more control on noise pollution

July 30th, 2013   By Peter Stevenson THE GOVERNMENT is ready to start implementing a law which was passed six years ago in its attempts to stamp out noise pollution. An inter-ministerial meeting was held on Tuesday between Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou and Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis to...
Kastela residents secure nuisance ban interim order Cyprus

Kastela residents secure nuisance ban interim order

July 16th, 2013 By Mari Gregoriou A NUMBER of plaintiffs have secured an interim court order from the Larnaca regional court to prohibit loud music, bright lighting and the use of tractors under certain circumstances at the Kastela beach. The interim order stands until Thursday July 18, when the defendants’ will be heard in court. “It is very...
Fuss over ‘noisy hotels’ near Paphos airport Cyprus

Fuss over ‘noisy hotels’ near Paphos airport

June 5th, 2013 By Poly Pantelides HOTEL owners in Paphos are receiving complaints from customers and tour operators over noise levels from the airport, reports yesterday said. State broadcaster CyBC said that the Paphos branch of the hotels association PASYXE met with civil aviation to discuss the issue. The hoteliers’ Themis Phillipides...
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