Paralimni mayor at odds with MPs over water sport concessions (Updated)
Paralimni mayor Theodoros Pyrillis has complained to MPs over their extension of water sports concessions on beaches without any tenders in a letter he sent...
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Gaps in legislation regulating water sports
Gaps in the legislation on water sports but also violations of the code have been observed, according to merchant shipping department official Kyriacos Kofteros. Speaking...
Vessel in speedboat tragedy was unlicensed and badly maintained
Police were continuing investigations on Wednesday into the circumstances under which a speed-boat crashed into the rocks off Latchi, Paphos, on Monday night, killing...
News podcast: water sports at filthy Polemidia dam; the future of Europe
A weekly 30-minute news podcast presented by Rosie Charalambous. This week: We discuss EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker’s options for the future of Europe;...
Tourist injured in water sport accident
A Ukrainian holidaymaker was injured on Tuesday, by the propeller of a water sports vessel in the sea area off Peyia, Paphos. The accident happened...
Water sports operators out in protest
The Water Sports Association was on Monday protesting over the ongoing saga against the tender bids in Ayia Napa. Standing outside the town hall, the...
Napa mayor accuses water sports operators of thwarting competition
Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannos Karousos on Thursday accused the Water Sports Association of conspiring to make sure there was no competition in tenders for setting...
Watersports operator reports vandalism
A water sports operator in Protaras has reported to police he suffered over €7,000 in damage to his boats and other equipment, which were apparently vandalised...
Our View: Beach sports latest casualty of political parties’ protectionism
DESPITE having been a member state of the EU for 11 years, politicians still do everything they can to limit competition. It is not just...
Legal spat leaves Napa beaches without water sports
By Andria Kades Beaches in Ayia Napa have been left with no water sports due to an ongoing legal dispute while the interior ministry has...
