Serious violations of essential terms included in the demolition permit were identified after the building on Makarios Avenue collapsed on Tuesday, scattering scaffolding and rubble onto the road, the Nicosia district government organisation (EOA) said on Wednesday, instructing the contractor to immediately cease all works.
The application to demolish the late 1960s modernist building, known as the Nicosia Teachers’ Savings Bank, was submitted in December 2024 and the permit was
