Our Travel Journal – Page 31

Anastasiades to visit Bulgaria this month

8 February 2016News

EU matters, bilateral cooperation and the Cyprus issue will be on the agenda of President Nicos Anastasiades` contacts…

Cyprus’ own United Buddy Bear

8 February 2016News

Since 2002, United Buddy Bears have been travelling the world, promoting tolerance and understanding between people,…

Favourite Cypriot songs will enter EU song book

8 February 2016News

Cypriots have been invited to choose their favourite nationally produced songs for an innovative EU-wide song book.…

Gardening bugs and how to get rid of them

8 February 2016News

There was a somewhat worrying article in the January edition of the British magazine Gardeners’ World, which should be…

Larnaca bus drivers in Nicosia protest

8 February 2016News

Around 120 Larnaca bus drivers are in Nicosia staging a series of protests over what they claim is the failure of the…

North threatens legal action over booking website boycott

8 February 2016News

The Turkish Cypriot ‘minister of tourism’ is set to begin a legal attack against the world’s largest hotel…

Police rescue eagle found caged in Ormidhia

8 February 2016News

The Sovereign Base Area Police in Dhekelia last week brought a local Cypriot man in for questioning after he was found…

Bi-communal Kyrenia shipwreck protection project

5 February 2016News

A project to upgrade the Kyrenia Shipwreck Gallery, located within the castle of the Turkish-occupied town of Kyrenia,…

Cyprus to donate millions for Syrian refugees

5 February 2016News

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Thursday represented Cyprus at the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference…

Greens warn of new chemtrail sightings

5 February 2016News

The Greens have again raised the issue of ‘suspicious spraying’ in Cypriot skies after a fresh wave of sightings of…

Orphanides and Pancyprian assets to be auctioned

5 February 2016News

Vast swaths of land – most of which contains large buildings belonging to the now-defunct Orphanides Supermarkets and…

Parents ‘refusing to vaccinate kids’

5 February 2016News

Health Service officials are becoming increasingly concerned by the rise in the number of parents in Cyprus who are…

Princess Anne praises Rangers serving UN in Nicosia

5 February 2016News

Princess Anne was on a whistle-stop visit to Nicosia on Thursday and met British troops from her honourary regiment…

AFIS President: Serious effects on health and environment if batteries are not recycled

4 February 2016News

Recycling batteries is not only a matter of environmental consciousness. It is also a tangible example of the direct…

Cold weather and rain to return

4 February 2016News

Meteorologists are warning members of the public to prepare for a return in cold weather with rain, snow and even dust…

Cyprus shamed by high breast cancer deaths

4 February 2016News

Cyprus holds the unwanted record of the highest shares of deaths due to breast cancer among the sole female population…

Hospitals running out of doctors

4 February 2016News

State hospitals across Cyprus are suffering from a big shortage of doctors and the ministry is unable to make up the…

North’s dairy industry in disarray

4 February 2016News

The dairy industry in the north is said to be teetering on the brink of collapse as a result of low milk production…

Support Centre for Voluntary Return or third country nationals begins operation

4 February 2016News

The Information and Support Centre for Voluntary Return began operation in January this year, aiming to contribute to…

Thomas Cook seeking to expand Cyprus market

4 February 2016News

One of the UK’s biggest tour operators, which plans to bring in more than 250,000 tourists in 2016, has said that…

Cypriot tennis player Baghdatis scores opening win in Montpellier

3 February 2016News

Marcos Bagdatis notched a 7-5, 7-5 victory in his Montpellier debut on Monday, downing Lukas Lacko at the Open Sud de…

Cyprus Airways only aircraft now been sold

3 February 2016News

The only aircraft that had been owned outright by the now-defunct national carrier Cyprus Airways (CY), has been sold…

Game service warns people to keep distance from flamingos

3 February 2016News

Bothering flamingos – or any wild birds – and accessing Larnaca’s salt lake is illegal, the game and fauna service…

Nearly 100% of school pupils to learn a foreign language

3 February 2016News

Nearly 100 per cent, to be exact 99,9%, of lower secondary pupils in Cyprus have studied a foreign language during…