Lightning strikes restaurant at Lara beach
Extensive damage was caused by a fire that broke out after lightning struck a restaurant near Lara beach early on Friday morning.
The fire service said it was informed about ...
Our View: Keeping Lara beach in its natural state is non-negotiable
It is very worrying that the law breaking on Lara beach by some individuals who decided to camp there has triggered a debate about setting up an ‘organised beach’. By ‘...
Proposal for organised beach at Lara Bay under fire
The deputy mayor of Ineia, Yiangos Tsivikos’ proposal for an organised beach at Lara has come under renewed criticism on Monday after the illegal placement of umbrellas, sunbeds and tents ...
Environmentalists angered by Lara beach violations
The environmentalists’ union (Opok) voiced strong anger on Thursday after bathers set up umbrellas and tents on the protected Lara bay in Akamas, a day after images of the breach ...
Bathers flout Lara beach turtle nesting rules
Bathers set up umbrellas and tents on Lara beach on Wednesday despite restrictions designed to protect nesting sea turtles.
The beach falls within the Lara-Toxeftra protected area, where temporary structures ...
Turtles fitted with satellite trackers in Cyprus
Two sea turtles nesting in Cyprus are being tracked by satellite for the first time, allowing the public to follow their movements across the Mediterranean.
The Mediterranean Turtle Research and ...
Paphos: Where myth, history and the sea meet
Perched on the southwest coast of Paphos, this captivating city is steeped in legend and bathed in Mediterranean light. Believed to be the birthplace of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, ...
Severed foot found on beach belonged to adult
The severed foot found on Lara Bay beach in Paphos on Sunday belongs to an adult, according to an anthropologist commissioned to investigate it.
Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis ...
No sunbeds on Lara bay as Akamas local plan confirmed
Sunbeds and umbrellas will never be accepted on Lara beach, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said while announcing the much-anticipated Akamas local development plan, which was updated with new measures approved ...
US ambassador at Lara for release of baby turtles (photos)
The US Ambassador visited Lara Bay in the Akamas on Tuesday morning where she observed the release of newly hatched baby turtles into the sea.
Judith Gale Garber, who previously ...
Fight continues over future of Akamas
Less than two years before the government’s proposed Akamas national park sustainable plan is due to be implemented, environmentalists and landowners in the area remain as deeply divided as ...