#Vasiliko

The nine Vasiliko communities called off the dynamic measures they started on Wednesday, after receiving assurances that they would have a meeting with President Anastasiades, but they are being very ...

The nine communities around Vasiliko have suspended their blockade of the electricity authority’s power station and the waste management site at Pentakomo following a successful meeting with Agriculture Minister ...

The nine communities around Vasiliko continued to vehemently oppose the relocation of asphalt plants to the area during a meeting on Wednesday with Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, which came after ...

The federation of environment organisations on Tuesday gave full backing to Vasilikos communities as they prepare to step up protests over health and ecological risks in their area. Residents of ...

The nine communities in the Vasilikos area on Monday announced that they will file a complaint with the European Commission against the Republic of Cyprus regarding the issue of repeated ...

The atmosphere around the waste centre in Pentacomo had cleared on Sunday, community leader of nearby Kalavasos Lefteris Foka said after a large fire in the area on Friday. “Today ...

The nine communities in the Vasiliko area on Saturday called for the resignation of Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis for failing to resolve the issue of repeated fires in the area. ...

Measures must be taken immediately to tackle the pollution caused by EAC substations in Dhekelia and Vasiliko, the House environment committee heard on Wednesday. Deputy committee chair Nicos Kettiros said ...

Authorities came under fire in the House environment committee on Friday over glaring gaps in the collection, management and storage of recyclable tyres and the health and safety risks these ...

The nine communities in the Vasiliko area will take their campaign against heavy industry near their homes to candidates in the 2023 presidential elections, the head of their coordinating committee Lefteris ...

Demonstrating residents of nine communities in the Vassiliko area on Monday blocked entry to the facility to protest the environmental degradation of the area. Holding placards reading ‘Health and safety’, ‘...

By Antigoni Pita and Gina Agapiou Vasiliko cement works on Wednesday said it processed 4.5 million tyres between 2016-2021 after Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis referred to an overloaded tyre storage area ...

It’s hard to blame the residents of the nine communities in the Vasiliko area for going out to protest on Monday at the place where a mountain of tyres ...

The anger of residents near Vasiliko, after a tyre fire in the area at the weekend, is ‘completely understandable’, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday. Speaking on Trito radio, ...

Enerco Energy Recovery Ltd a company affiliated with the Vasiliko cement factory has said the fire that broke out on Saturday in the storage area for cutting of old tyres ...

The chairman of the board of directors at the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) Antonis Stylianou said last week’s security exercise at the port area of Vasilikos was a huge ...

Residents of nine communities in the Vasiliko area staged a protest on Monday and warned they would step up measures unless plans to relocate asphalt plants to the Kalavasos industrial ...

The nine communities near Vasiliko announced on Friday they will close the local energy centre to protest the recent government decision to move two asphalt plants to the area. This ...

The energy ministry on Wednesday denied that buried chemicals would further delay the construction of the LNG terminal at Vasiliko, saying that the area was cleaned up by May 2020 at ...

The leaders of the nine communities near Vasiliko will stage a demonstration next Saturday to protest the imminent relocation of two asphalt plants to the area. During the protest on ...

The nine communities living near Vasiliko staged a demonstration on Friday morning to protest the imminent relocation of two asphalt plants to the area, which the government has scheduled three ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued decrees prohibiting the operation of the two asphalt factories in the areas of Geri and Tseri, pending their relocation following nearby residents’ complaints. The ...

Nine communities around Vasiliko area on Tuesday warned they would take dynamic measures, including protests and road closures, if a cabinet decision to relocate the two Dali asphalt plants to ...

Vasiliko area communities on Tuesday welcomed moves to address their safety concerns. including through increased government oversight of projects underway there. The decisions were taken at an urgent meeting convened ...