Post-mortem on dumped baby inconclusive, police say
The results of a post-mortem on a newborn’s body found at a Limassol waste management unit on Friday came back inconclusive, according to a police...
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Pentakomo waste management workers announce strike
Workers of Pentakomo waste management facility on Thursday announced an indefinite strike from next Monday after the company failed to pay their salaries, they said....
Land appropriated for science park may be returned to owners
MPs heard on Tuesday that the state is now considering returning to their owners lands it previously appropriated to house a mooted tech-science park in...
British MEP calls for actions against Cyprus at European Parliament
British Liberal Democrat MEP Phil Bennion made a call at the European Parliament on Tuesday for action against Cyprus regarding the mismanagement of the solid...
Treatment plant still burying solid waste
The waste treatment plant at Pentakomo – processing the municipal refuse of the Limassol district – is still resorting to burying the vast majority of...
Our View: Waste management fiasco could have been avoided
In last Sunday’s issue there was a report about the waste treatment plant in Pentakomo that was set up in order for the Vati...
Saddled with waste from new plant
Unable so far to find takers for the by-products generated at the municipal waste treatment plant at Pentakomo, the government has resorted to a temporary...
Fines and low quality fuel add to waste plant woes
The operators of the waste treatment facility in Pentakomo, where waste is converted to Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF), are reportedly facing a €3 million fine...
Cyprus needs to up its waste game says EC
Cyprus must up its game when it comes to its obligations concerning waste treatment and recycling, European Commission officials said on Tuesday. The key to...
Auditor-general challenges waste-management probe
The cabinet’s appointment of an investigative committee to probe the government’s waste-management strategy that may lead to EU fines and lost co-funding for infrastructure...
Ministry rejects sole tender for Pentakomo Technology Park
The commerce ministry has rejected the sole tender for the development and operation of Pentakomo Technology Park, Phileleftheros reported on Friday. Thai company Wyncoast Industrial...
Lone bidder for Pentakomo tech park
Thai company Wyncoast is the only bidder for development and operation of a science and technology park in the area of Pentakomo, near Limassol. Wyncoast...
Investors have expressed interest in technology park
Four investors from Cyprus and abroad have expressed an interest in the mooted Science and Technology Park at Pentakomo, MPs heard on Tuesday. They include...
Deadline extended for tech park tenders
By Elias Hazou The commerce ministry has extended until the end of October the deadline for formal expressions of interest for a Science and Technology...
Tenders invited for science and technology park
The energy ministry on Tuesday invited tenders for the development and operation of a science and technology park at Pentakomo. Proposals are invited from interested...
Cyprus aims to attract Chinese investment to first technology park
Cyprus aims to attract Chinese high tech giants to invest in the first science and technology park in Pentakomo, on the southern coast of the...
Technology park will be a great boost, businesses say
By Evie Andreou THE technology park in Pentakomo once materialised will give a great boost to research and development and will create many job opportunities,...
Cabinet approves plans for technological park in Pentakomo
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the framework for the creation and operation of the Science and Technology Park in Pentakomo in Limassol, Energy Minister Giorgos...
Cyprus Institute secures EU grant of €2.5 million for solar energy research
The Cyprus Institute (CyI) has been awarded a European Research Area (ERA) Chair grant of €2.5 million in the field of Solar Thermal Energy (STE)....
