News: Travel Journal – Page 15
February was one of the warmest and driest on record
February this year has been one of the warmest and driest on record, the met service said on Tuesday. According to…
Laiki loans given out without enough collateral says report
Significant discrepancies existed between loans paid out by now-defunct Laiki Bank in Greece and collateral backing…
New rule on dog training
The Game Service is about to announce a new rule on training for hunting dogs, delimiting both areas and time periods,…
Nicosia town hall to be ‘greened’ for St Patrick’s Day
For the second year, Nicosia is taking part in global celebrations to mark the March 17 St Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s…
North spending more on alcohol
Money spent on alcohol in the north has jumped by nearly €6 million from 2014 to 2015. According to recent figures,…
Taxpayers paid out €3.2 million for unusable Cyprus Airways tickets
The taxpayer footed a bill of €3.3 million paid out to those who had booked tickets with now-defunct Cyprus Airways,…
Women praised in International Day addresses
International Women’s Day was marked by officials around the island on Tuesday with speeches and positive words for…
Central Bank objects to proposal to make banks liable for loan-sharking
A legislative proposal tabled at the House finance committee aims to make commercial lenders criminally liable for…
Cyprus golf tourism is par for the course
A group of professional golfers from Austria were in Cyprus recently to learn more about the country’s sporting…
Cyprus mulls ‘parcels by drone’
The thought of parcel delivery by drone would have been unheard of a few years ago, but the Cyprus Postal service has…
Floors cleared as Ledra Street’s Debenhams prepares for closure
Goods were loaded into trucks parked outside Debenhams department store in Ledra Street in Nicosia on Monday morning,…
Minister lists renal objectives ahead of World Kidney Day
A total of 57 people are currently awaiting a kidney transplant, of which three also need a pancreas transplant,…
Property sales up 54% in February
Annual property sales were up by an impressive 54% in February compared to the same month in 2015, according to Land…
Celebrating women
A Paphos-based mosaics artist is celebrating the lives and acts of renowned and ‘unknown’ women in the community with…
‘End the stigma’ of Alzheimer’s
The disappearance earlier in the week of an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer in Paphos has prompted a new call both…
Larnaca listed number 9 in Europe’s 16 oldest cities
Out of Europe’s 16 oldest cities which have been continually inhabited, Larnaca ranks at number nine, according to an…
Man charged for a grave plot he will not use
A Larnaca man who is refusing to pay his village cemetery levy because he will not be buried there has been taken to…
Marathon flame arrives in Paphos
The historic marathon flame arrived in Paphos harbour on Saturday, despite the windy weather, brought in by a…
More than seven drivers an hour booked in Paphos in 14 hours
The police motorcycle unit booked 104 drivers in the Paphos area on various traffic offences between 2pm on Saturday…
Tributes paid to well-known Paphos journalist
Tributes poured in during the week for well-known Paphos journalist Athos (Arthur) Tilley who died in hospital in…
Why do we pay so much for milk?
Members of the public are paying dearly for the monopolies which dominate the milk and bread industries it emerged…
Ayia Napa municipality well into the black in 2015
Three years after Yiannis Karousos was elected mayor, the municipality of Ayia Napa has a surplus of more than €2…
Cyprus celebrates ‘Stinky Thursday’
Cyprus was celebrating ‘Stinky Thursday’ today with songs, meat on the spit and plenty of drinking while…
EasyJet flies 3 million passengers to and from Paphos
The airline EasyJet is celebrating flying three million passengers to and from Paphos since 2008. Easyjet said Paphos…