Work to construct breakwaters in Oroklini and Pervolia to start next year
Works for the construction of breakwaters at the Pervolia and Oroklini bays are expected to start at the beginning of next year, Transport Minister Yiannis...
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Transport ministry plans incentives for bike use
The transport ministry plans to prepare a package of incentives worth €500,000 to promote bicycle use, it was announced on Wednesday. The package includes subsidies...
Passenger traffic reached close to 300,000 in August
UK and Swedish tour operators appear to be overcoming misgivings over a requirement that visitors present a negative Covid-19 test on arrival and are beginning...
Glad to be here: UK tourists land in Cyprus
The first tourists from the UK since it was placed in category B arrived in Cyprus on Saturday amid more than a week of confusion...
Ministry orders investigation after parked buses do not remain stationary
The transport ministry has ordered an investigation into the Cyprus Public Transport company, the new bus company operating in Nicosia and Larnaca, after several buses...
Cyprus ready to welcome first tourists, five flights due on Tuesday
Cyprus airports will become operational again on Tuesday, following the easing of measures imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Five flight are due to arrive...
Transport minister’s Instagram account hacked
On Friday Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Facebook that his Instagram account had been hacked. “I was very disappointed to find out that someone...
Thirty Cypriots repatriated from Thailand
Thirty Cypriots who were stranded in Thailand amid the coronavirus pandemic have been repatriated, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Friday. Among the repatriated passengers...
Karousos backs up Syllouris’ pledge to give cash for new parliament to Covid-19 fight
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos stepped in on Wednesday to back House President Demetris Syllouris who has said the budget for the building of a new...
Improvements to psychiatric hospital to begin immediately, minister says
The first phase of the new Athalassa psychiatric hospital is expected to be completed in 28 months, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Tuesday after...
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...
Bids expected in 2020 for slew of Paphos projects, Karousos says
This year, bids are bids are expected to be launched for a slew of projects in the Paphos area, Transport and Public Works Minister Yiannis...
Traffic lights to be upgraded, stricter laws for rentals
The traffic control system software called ‘SCOOT’, a network used to maintain safe movements on roads, will be upgraded, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has said....
Napa mayor warns noise pollution damaging tourism, blasts lawmakers
The decision of the House to postpone a vote on regulations governing noise pollution is a huge blow not only to tourism in Ayia Napa...
Napa mayor wants to turn town’s unsightly roofs ‘green’
Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos is contemplating a pilot programme to ‘green’ the resort by introducing a scheme to hide unsightly roof-top water tanks with...
Napa mayor calls for emergency meeting over local authority reforms
AYIA Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos has asked for an emergency meeting of the Union of Municipalities in a bid to put a halt to the...
Our View: Municipalities objecting to mergers not thinking of residents
A day rarely goes by without some mayor declaring that his municipality should not be merged with another as part of the reform of local...
Ayia Napa ‘too successful’ to be merged under reforms, mayor says
By Lizzy Ioannidou The Ayia Napa municipality is expected to have a budget surplus of €3.6m in 2019, according to Mayor Yiannis Karousos, who said...
Bridge becomes latest Ayia Napa public work of art
The bridge linking two Ayia Napa parks, the sculpture park and the cactus park, has been turned into a work of art called the Argo...
Cyprus has failed to cultivate repeat tourism, Napa mayor says
By Andria Kades After years of booming tourism, Cyprus has failed to learn how to keep its visitors coming back and continues to rely on...
