Head of the Greens Youth, Alexia Sakadaki yesterday launched a beach cleaning campaign that will continue over the next few weeks, as part of a Mediterranean-wide campaign to clean up the region's beaches.

The Cyprus campaign began in collaboration with the Larnaca municipality, as part of the wider Mediterranean beach-cleaning campaign organised by the Italian environmental organisation Legambiente.

The aim is to protect the Mediterranean environment and its natural wealth. The campaign which involves a number of countries started yesterday in Larnaca and will move on to Cape Greco in Protaras, Limassol and Lara beach in Akamas in the coming days.