Our View: Changing minds key to a greener Cyprus

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou has presented a six-point action plan to tackle illegal garbage dumping, noting that the problem is out of control.

The minister is right, of course – but the problem has been out of control for years now, the government’s newfound sensitivity having more to do with the fact that illegal dumping sites are proving to be fire hazards.

Drone footage of the devastating fire in the Polemi area a few weeks ago – which completely destroyed five homes...