Blue Flags are turning out to be a bone of contention, with the Cyprus Greens saying they can be misleading as they still fly on heavily polluted beaches but Cymepa – the Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association – rubbished these claims as “hateful”.
Cyprus Greens Limassol head Andreas Mavrikios reported that there had been serious incidents of pollution in Limassol this summer, however the Blue Flags were still flying on
