Next Monday, 6 July 2020, the Geroskipou Adult Education Centre resumes normal operation.

The 2nd Primary School of Geroskipou, with the financial support of the Municipality of Geroskipou and the Parents’ Association, has published “The Amulet of Aphrodite”.

These are stories written by the children of the 2nd Primary School of Geroskipou, in collaboration with the acclaimed author and creative-writing specialist Iasonas Stavrakis. The stories deal with the history, myths, sights and people of Geroskipou, told through the distinctive eyes of children and the free imagination of that age.

A number of scholarships to be awarded to first-year students from Geroskipou was granted to the Municipality of Geroskipou by the British university Canterbury Christ Church University. The scholarships were handed over to Mayor Michalis Pavlides by the Campus Manager of Alexander College in Paphos, Giorgos Palas, during a meeting held on 30 June at the Geroskipou Municipal Hall. For the second consecutive year, Canterbury Christ Church University is successfully cooperating with Alexander College, through which it offers internationally recognised degrees.

As part of its social contribution, and with the main aim of providing tangible support to young students, the Municipality of Geroskipou awarded a number of scholarships/grants last Friday, 19/6, for the 2019 – 2020 academic year.

Specifically, on the basis of set criteria and conditions, grants of €1,000 each were awarded to four students from Geroskipou.

The tender, amounting to €75,000, for the reconstruction of pavements in various areas within the municipal boundaries of Geroskipou was recently awarded. The contractor company is Multibuild Ltd.

Today, 19/6, a meeting was held at the construction site of the Geroskipou Health Centre in the presence of all parties involved (Ministry of Health, Municipality of Geroskipou, Consultant), with the aim of amending the plans for the implementation of the decision to establish, at the Health Centre, the New Paphos Mammography Centre.
The establishment of the Mammography Centre had been a long-standing request of the Municipality of Geroskipou.

The construction of the Geroskipou Health Centre, which will bear the name of the donor of the plot (“Christoforos Hadjilampris”), will be completed in June 2021.

Announcement 25 – 2020

The Mayor and the members of the Municipal Council of Geroskipou bid farewell with a dinner to the Headteacher of the 2nd Primary School of Geroskipou, Andreas Iliades. At the dinner, which was also attended by Officers of the Local Authority, Mayor Michalis Pavlides presented Mr Iliades with a commemorative plaque in recognition of his service and his constructive cooperation with the Municipality. Mr Iliades is leaving his post as headteacher of the school after five years.

During the dinner, teacher Polina Kitsiou was also honoured for her cooperation with the Municipality of Geroskipou on environmental matters.

Removal of the High-Voltage Overhead Electricity Transmission Line

With particular satisfaction, the Municipality of Geroskipou welcomes the start of the implementation of the commitment undertaken by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus to remove the high-voltage overhead electricity transmission line that runs along Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue in Geroskipou.

We are referring to a request by the successive municipal councils of Geroskipou, the pursuit of which began as far back as 1998 and culminated in 2015 through a lawsuit filed with the Paphos Court. Through this lawsuit, the Municipality secured the EAC’s commitment to place the network underground and remove the line.

With the removal of these pylons, Geroskipou is completely freed from high-voltage overhead electricity transmission lines, which protects public health and the human environment of our town.

This long-standing effort was a collective one. The Municipal Council of Geroskipou expresses its disappointment at the tactless and misguided announcement by the “Paphos Salvation Movement”, through which it attempted to take credit for the outcome, which is a positive one for Geroskipou.

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To mark World Environment Day, a modest event was held on Friday at the Geroskipou Municipal Beach to present two ecological installations. To deliver the two projects, the Municipality of Geroskipou partnered with the “AKTI” Project and Research Centre and the 2nd Primary School of Geroskipou, under the artistic direction of visual artist Elena Daniil.

The idea behind the installations is to involve beach visitors in drastically reducing the amount of plastic waste left on the sand, or, worse still, ending up in the sea itself. Beyond that, it is also an enjoyable way to teach children about the environment and to remind adults of their ecological responsibilities, as each of us individually, and all of us collectively, must find ways to adopt a more environmentally friendly way of life. The event was attended by the Commissioner for the Environment, Ms Klelia Vasiliou, who welcomed the Municipality of Geroskipou’s initiatives on environmental and recycling matters. The Commissioner for the Environment also visited the “Green Point” at Koloni and the “Efta Aigiorgides”.