New video promotes Akamas geology centre (video)
The Paphos regional board of tourism on Friday published a video to promote the Akamas geology and palaeontology centre in Pano Arodes.
The 30-second film was created to boost traffic ...
Tourists lost in Akamas found after two-hour search
A couple, Russian tourists, who became lost in the Akamas late Saturday were found in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
According to CNA, at around 11pm on Saturday ...
Minister assures Akamas biodiversity not under threat
The Akamas will not be bulldozed, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday following more protests over the weekend over the revised local plan for the area.
Speaking to CyBC ...
Nouris says ‘truth somewhere in the middle’ in acrimonious Akamas debate
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Sunday urged both sides in the Akamas debate to lower the tone, saying the truth of the new plan for the environmentally-sensitive area was somewhere ...
Akamas landowners call for ‘rational development’, greens protest govt plan (Updated)
The state must respect Akamas’ natural environment but also the residents in the area’s communities, landowners from the peninsula said during a protest on Saturday morning.
Gathered at Kennedy ...
Hundreds turn out to protest against revised Akamas plan
Hundreds of people took part in a protest march on Saturday morning demanding the rejection of the revised regional development plan for Akamas, with support from political parties.
Participants in ...
Greens support weekend protest for Akamas
The Green Party on Friday announced it will participate in a protest march for Akamas over the weekend, saying the government is “politically irresponsible” in its rushed effort to complete ...
University also demands Akamas transparency
The University of Cyprus (UCy) on Tuesday joined the growing number of critics of the government’s refusal to make public the Akamas plan.
The UCy Department of Civil and ...
BirdLife calls for urgent negative assessment report on Akamas
Local NGO BirdLife Cyprus in an open letter to environment department director, Costas Hadjipanayiotou, said there was a need to urgently issue a negative assessment report on the latest proposed ...
Cyprus News Digest: Is the annexation of northern part of Cyprus a possibility?
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international.
Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...
Ministry’s refusal to release Akamas maps and details sparks furore
The Akamas development plan is gearing up to take centre stage amid allegations of backroom deals, electioneering and illegal procedures, while no one can agree anything: not even when the ...
Environmentalists say Akamas Plan being rushed through
The Federation of Environmental Organisations (Opok) said on Tuesday the intense lobbying from political parties and governmental organisations to speed up the implementation of the revised Akamas plan was a ...
Proposed plans for Akamas threaten wildlife say environmental groups
Proposed planning zones in the revised Akamas plan are endangering the survival of species such as the green turtle and the long-legged buzzard, two environmental NGOs warned on Friday.
Members ...
Cyprus News Digest: Is this the end of Akamas as we know it?
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international.
Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...
Akamas development plan set for discussion at House
The Akamas development plan is set for discussion at a joint meeting of the house environment and interior committees on June 8, following last week’s report that the plan could ...
Hunters demonstrating outside palace reassured problems will be addressed
President Nicos Anastasiades is already in contact with the relevant ministers to find solutions to the problems faced by Cyprus hunters, those protesting outside the palace on Sunday were told.
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Akamas development project to be announced mid-June
The Akamas development plan is expected to be announced by mid-June and the leaked details have been embraced by some of the region’s communities but rubbished by others.
The ...
‘Nowadays, escapism is all we need’
April is one of the best times to escape and go hiking and nowhere more so than the Akamas
Some of us travel to explore the sites, while others do ...
Polis Chrysochous, Peyia welcome municipal reform law after Akamas row
Polis Chrysochous and Peyia municipalities have jointly welcomed the rejection of the president’s challenge to local government reform, which would have seen Akamas communities under a single municipality.
In ...
President decides not to challenge House on municipal overhaul
A local government overhaul will go ahead as approved by parliament last month after President Nicos Anastasiades decided not to challenge the law in the supreme court but allow it ...
House rejects president’s referral on municipal reform
By a majority vote, parliament on Thursday gave the thumbs-down to President Nicos Anastasiades’ challenge to legislation on local government reform – the fate of which could now hang in the ...
Nouris calls on parties to back President’s Akamas referral
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Sunday expressed the hope that parliamentary parties would have second thoughts on municipal reform and pass the bill sent back by President Nicos Anastasiades.
The ...
Akamas villages enraged by municipal reforms that split them up
Akamas communities are up in arms over the new local government landscape approved by parliament on Thursday, which splits them between different municipalities in what they see as an attempt ...
Government plan for Akamas needs improving say locals
The government plan for the Akamas needs improving, the community leader of local village Inia said on Tuesday after a meeting between state officials and loal residents.
The government’s ...