News Tag: places
Paphos district officer: 122 lifeguards on island’s beaches this summer
A total of 122 lifeguards will be employed this summer on Cyprus’ organised beaches, including 18 employed as part of the Joint…
New hurdle for turtles on protected beach
A big new cement and stone barbecue pit has been constructed by the forestry department on the protected sea turtle beach of…
Long-delayed demolition of Mackenzie beach venue has started
The court-enforced and long-delayed demolition of event venue Ktima Makenzy near Mackenzie beach in Larnaca finally started on Thursday. Around 8am, employees…
Bill to make beaches accessible to disabled heads to plenary
A bill submitted by Diko MP Christiana Eerotocritou to make Cyprus’ beaches accessible to the disabled is due to go to the…
Zapalo Beach
Zapalo Beach is hidden in Epiksopi Village in Limassol. It is a wild and hidden bay also called Tripitis. More specifically it…
In absence of state, people with disabilities shoulder cost of accessible beach infrastructure
The Organisation of Cyprus’ Paraplegics (OPAK) is funding accessible infrastructure on beaches, as local authorities cannot bear the cost of constructing and…
Plans to improve disabled access to beaches
Regulations concerning disabled access to beaches should be improved by the summer the House interior committee said on Monday. Head of the…
EC report says Cyprus has good beaches, too many birds trapped
Despite some progress on illegal bird trapping in Cyprus, numbers are still unacceptably high, the latest Environmental Implementation Review (EIR) of the…
Ministry should have consulted before uprooting beach acacias
The agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that there was nothing irregular about the uprooting of the acacia trees from the protected…
Crews cleaning up at Kalamies beach after rain, illegal interventions (photos, video)
Heavy machinery is back on Kalamies beach, this time with the blessing of the Famagusta district office, to repair damage caused by…
Minister says will resign if any development at beach where trees cut down
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday he would resign if any sort of development takes place on a turtle beach in…
Agriculture Minister backs Forestry Department on turtle’s nesting beach issue
Speaking on ACTIVE radio on Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Kostas Kadis supported the Forestry Department’s decision to uproot acacia trees from a protected…
The Forestry Department issues a statement concerning the turtles’ nesting beach
The Forestry Department has issued a statement concerning the uprooting of acacia from the state forests of Gialia and Mavralis, following Phileleftheros’…
Burning of trees near Polis turtle beach condemned
A strip of around 700 metres of the Mavralis state forest lining the protected sea turtle spawning beaches of Limni and Argakas…
Lady’s Mile restaurant owners want road to beach repaired
Owners of restaurants at Limassol’s Lady’s Mile beach staged a protest on Tuesday before putting their demand for repairs to the road…
