33 h. ago Three in custody after attempting to steal €15k worth of sheep

Remands were handed to three people on Thursday who had been caught attempting to steal around €15,000 worth of sheep on the British base of Dhekelia. The trio had been apprehended in the village of Xylofagou on May 10, and now face a total of 13 charges related to the theft of the sheep and […]

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50 h. ago Lady’s Mile declared safe for swimming by British bases after contamination scare

The British bases declared Lady’s Mile beach safe for swimming on Thursday evening, a day after issuing a warning advising the public to stay out of the water due to contamination concerns. “Our most recent test results show significantly improved water quality across Lady’s Mile beach,” the bases said in a statement. As a result, […]

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5 d. ago Lady’s Mile beach not safe, British bases experts reiterate, source of contamination unclear

New water analyses are to be carried out at Lady’s Mile beach on Monday after high levels of enterococci bacteria were detected in the area’s seawaters over the weekend, prompting warnings to bathers. On Sunday afternoon Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli had told media that Ladies’ Mile beach was to be returned to the […]

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6 d. ago Environment Department says no pollution detected in Ladies Mile waters

There is no degradation and therefore no incident of any pollution at Ladies Mile beach in Limassol, the Director of the Environment Department, Theodolos Mesimeris, told CNA on Sunday, when asked to comment on a recent announcement by the British Bases in Akrotiri about possible water pollution in the area. According to Mesimeris, the monitoring […]

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7 d. ago Ακατάλληλα για κολύμπι τα νερά του Lady’s Mile. Τι έδειξαν αναλύσεις

Μη ασφαλή επίπεδα εντερόκοκκων στη θαλάσσια περιοχή του Ladies Mile, εντόπισαν οι Βρετανικές Βάσεις

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1 week ago Updated framework for British Bases includes tourism, energy, zoning proposals

Plans are under consultation to rebuild a restaurant at Lady’s Mile beach, demolished in 2012, as part of broader updates to the planning framework for the British Bases. The proposal, one of several amendments to the updated policy framework for the British bases (SBAs) of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, is part of a broader planning shift […]

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