MP raises alarm after old trees cut down in Troodos forest

Member of parliament Alexandra Attalides, who belongs to Volt, on Thursday sounded the alarm over the felling of old black pine trees in a Natura 2000 protected area in the Troodos mountains.

Speaking during the day’s House audit committee session, she described the incident as “most worrying”, and said that the trees had been felled “without it being publicly documented that the mandatory environmental procedures were followed”.

She added that a question on the matter had been sent to the agriculture ministry...