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State officials must defend local interest, not fight them

Among the many innovative positions we have recently created in Cyprus, having joined the E.U. two decades ago, is that of a commissioner for the environment. This is good news and has

21st February 2024

Columnists/Comment/Cyprus/Property

Cement trucks protest Akamas plan

Paphos concrete manufacturers and quarrying companies demonstrated with their heavy vehicles outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Wednesday in protest of ‘empty’ government promises. Some 60 concrete cement trucks were parked

22nd February 2023

Cyprus

Threats to destroy protected turtle eggs slammed

Cypriot authorities said attempts to dig up protected sea turtle nests over a land development row in the island’s largest nature reserve were ‘unexcusable’ and undo decades of conservation work. The government’s

18th August 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Campaigning to save Akamas

Environmentalists are not ‘buying’ official promises that a local development plan will not threaten Akamas, the island’s nature reserve, home to unique fauna and endangered species. Despite promises from government officials, including

2nd July 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Recipe to end depopulation of Akamas region

Politicians and government officials are still debating what to do with the Akamas park, which comprises mainly public land, and private properties, without any solution in sight. The situation has been dragging

7th August 2021

Comment/Cyprus

Akamas National Park to open in 2022

The Akamas National Forest Park will be open to the public by the end of 2022 with the government committed to achieving this goal, said President Nicos Anastasiades. The President was addressing

19th February 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

Hollywood producers eye famous Paphos locations

Hollywood movie makers have taken a keen interest in Paphos as producers and their representatives met with the town’s Mayor in an effort to explore possibilities of filming at some of the

31st July 2019

Cyprus