Cyprus top in EU for road transportation of dangerous goods
Cyprus reported the highest share of dangerous goods being transported by road in both 2019 and 2020, according to figures issued by Eurostat on Wednesday....
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Police check trucks and buses, 12 drivers booked, three cautioned
Police ran an inspection campaign all day Saturday on trucks, and on Sunday were inspecting buses, they said. The two days of checks were part...
Cyprus and eight EU counterparts object to new rules for trucks
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and his Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Polish, Lithuanian, Maltese and Romanian counterparts, met Tuesday with the EU Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans...
Trucks and buses to be checked in week-long police campaign
Police will be carrying out a road campaign on trucks and buses from Monday until next Sunday, they announced. Driver and vehicle documentation will be...
Police checks on 800 truck drivers saw six in ten booked for offences
Police checked a total of 799 trucks and 39 buses during a week-long campaign carried out between February 18 and 24 and booked a total...
A case of Brexit chicken: who will blink first?
By Gwynne Dyer There’s no need to practise bleeding, as the soldiers say, but the British government didn’t get the message. On Monday, it paid 89...
New fire trucks for Cyprus
A total of 17 new fire trucks are expected to arrive in Cyprus this year in a bid to strengthen the island’s ability to fight...
Accident black spot in north being closed to cars and trucks during the day
As of Monday, saloon cars will be banned during the daytime from a mountain road in the north where serious accidents happen regularly, it was...
Two new advanced fire trucks for Paphos airport
Two new firefighting vehicles were handed over to the fire service at an official ceremony by Hermes airports on Sunday for use at Paphos airport....
French truckers demanding migrant camp closure block Calais traffic
Two convoys of trucks and tractors slowed traffic to a crawl on the motorway approach to France’s northern port of Calais on Monday, with protesters...
Ypsonas fire under control (Update)
A fire which broke out at noon in the area between Ypsonas and Trachoni in the Limassol district is now under control, the fire services...
1,000 truckloads of seaweed being collected from Larnaca beaches
An unprecedented 1,000 truckloads of seaweed are to be removed from Larnaca’s beaches by the end of March compared to 100 truckloads last year, the...
Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion after aid convoy crosses border (Update 2)
By Dmitry Madorsky Ukraine declared on Friday that Russiahad launched a “direct invasion” of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border intoeastern...
Motor vehicle registrations fell 28 per cent in 2013
New registrations of motor vehicles fell by 28.1 per cent last year compared to 2012 according to the statistical services. The total number of newly...
