Free potatoes and carnations as farmers plead for help
Hoping to raise awareness about difficulties in selling their produce, potato farmers from the Famagusta district on Thursday handed out sacks of potatoes and carnations...
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State seeks place on EU map for Cyprus potatoes
Work is to begin on putting Cyprus potatoes on the EU list of protected geographical indications (PGI) products, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday....
Women fined €1,500 for stealing potatoes from field
Paphos district court on Tuesday fined two women €1,500 each after they were caught stealing potatoes. Police arrested the two women, 46 and 49, when...
Potato exports under threat after frost damage
Potato farmers in the Famagusta district said Monday the overnight frost had damaged their crops, warning that not enough could be saved to serve foreign...
Potato crops severely damaged by heavy rains
Dealing with the damage that affected farmers and their crops during the strong rains that hit Cyprus in the last week is a top priority...
‘Potato crisis’ also seen in the north
Lack of rainfall and high temperatures have taken a toll on the production of potatoes in the north and subsequent shortages in supply have led...
Greek traders charging more ‘Cyprus’ potatoes
Some traders in Greece dip potatoes into red mud and sell them more expensively as Cypriot produce, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis claimed on Tuesday. The...
Green Line Regulation creating ‘underground economy’, Sek union says
Sek union wants the government to demand the EU review the 2004 Green Line regulation that provides the rules for trade across the divide because it...
Farmers call for halt to potatoes from the north
Farmers called on Friday for a stop to the transport of potatoes from the north as tonnes of their own produce was being left unsold....
Cyprus potatoes have starring role in UK Christmas lunches
As the traditional British Christmas lunch goes international, its potatoes are likely to have come from Cyprus, the Daily Mail reported. According to the paper,...
€323,000 worth of potatoes cross the line
Almost 1,300 tonnes of potatoes worth €323,000 have been transported from the Turkish occupied areas to the Republic since January, according to figures from the...
Our View: Mob rule uses patriotism to protect financial interests
SEVEN deputies were among the 200-strong crowd that gathered outside the warehouse/packaging plant of Christos Christofi in Achna and tried to storm it, because the...
Businessman attacked for exporting potatoes from the north
A Greek Cypriot businessman who made a deal with a Turkish Cypriot counterpart to bring over potatoes for export under the Green Line Regulation (GLR)...
60 tonnes of potatoes seized coming from the north
Three trucks carrying 60 tonnes of uncertified potatoes worth €25,000 were seized at the Pergamos crossing in the Famagusta area, police said on Thursday. According...
New headache for small shops
By Marie Kambas BUYING groceries on credit, once a common practice in Cyprus, when communities were smaller and everybody knew everyone else, has made a...
Cyprus records deflation in 2013 for first time since 1964
Cyprus recorded a rate of deflation in 2013 of -0.4 per cent for the first year since 1964, according to data published on Friday by the Statistical...