Speeding fines incurred by people fleeing wildfire to be cancelled
Speeding fines incurred by people who were fleeing the wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district this week and were caught by mobile speed cameras will be cancelled, the ...
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Second Greek island to protest arrival of Israeli cruise ship currently in Cyprus
A second Greek island is to stage a protest against the planned arrival of an Israeli cruise ship which last week docked in Cyprus after being turned away from Syros.
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160 people being housed in temporary accommodation, civil defence says
A total of 160 people are currently being housed in temporary accommodation after being evacuated from their homes due to the wildfire which has been burning in the Limassol district since ...
Company loses almost €500k in cryptocurrency heist
A Cyprus-based company lost €458,000 worth of cryptocurrency after a hacker gained access to its digital wallet, the police said on Saturday.
The police said the incident took place in April, ...
‘We didn’t see a fire brigade’ – Souni resident scathing of state response to fire
Chris Havariyoun, a resident of the village of Souni-Zanakia, one of the villages worst affected by the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district this week, was on Saturday scathing ...
Limassol wildfire ‘did not start by chance’, Malia mukhtar says
The wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district on Wednesday and killed two people “did not start by chance”, Marilena Athini, the mukhtar of Malia, the village in which ...
Police continuing investigations into cause of Limassol fire
The police are continuing their investigations into the cause of the wildfire which swept through Limassol villages on Wednesday and Thursday and killed two people, spokeswoman Kyriaki Lambrianidou said on ...
Paphos mayor: There will be more Muslims than Christians in Cyprus by 2037
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has predicted that by 2037, there will be more Muslims than Christians in Cyprus.
“In the Paphos district, 57 per cent of the population are Greek Cypriots. By 2034, ...
‘Crooks’ are still trying to deliberately start fires, fire brigade chief says
Some members of the public have still been seen trying to start new fires as recently as “the last few hours”, fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos said on Saturday morning.
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‘Not right’ to call north a ‘baby homeland’, CHP’s Ozel says
It is “not right” to call northern Cyprus a “baby homeland”, Turkish opposition party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said.
He made the comment when asked by a journalist about the ...
North ‘would have sent helicopter’ to fight Limassol fire if offer had been accepted
The Turkish Cypriot authorities would have sent a helicopter to help fight the wildfire which killed two people in the Limassol district this week, had their offer of help been ...
Cyprus advises citizens to avoid all travel near Thai-Cambodian border
The Cypriot government on Friday evening issued an advisory warning people to avoid all travel to the border between Thailand and Cambodia, with an armed conflict between the two countries ...
Hartsiotis’ statement ‘was in no way intended to diminish the value of human life’
Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday evening rushed to clarify statements he had made earlier in the day about the wildfire in the Limassol which killed two this week, saying ...
Parties demand answers over govt’s handling of wildfire
Cyprus’ two largest political parties, Disy and Akel, on Friday demanded answers from the government over its handling of the wildfire in the Limassol which killed two people during the ...
Malia mosque suffers serious damage in Limassol wildfire
The mosque in the Limassol district village of Malia suffered serious damage in the wildfire which has been raging in the region since Wednesday.
Bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage ...
Civil defence continues work to accommodate displaced people
The civil defence on Friday continued to work to find temporary accommodation for people displaced by the wildfire which has been raging in the Limassol district since Wednesday, its chief ...
Kyrenia district wildfire under control
A wildfire which broke out between the Kyrenia district villages of Ayios Amvrosios and Charkeia on Friday has been brought under control.
Turkish Cypriot Ayios Epiktitos and Ayios Amvrosios mayor ...
Minister: No one died in fires except for those who did
Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday said that “we had absolutely no loss of life” in the wildfire which has been raging in the Limassol district since Wednesday, except for ...
Activists call for arrest of IDF soldier holidaying in Cyprus
Activists from the Brussels-based Hind Rajab foundation on Friday called for the arrest of a soldier serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) who they report is currently on holiday ...
Wildfire ‘resurgent’ near Omodos
The fire brigade is “dealing with resurgences” in the Limassol district wildfire near the village of Omodos, its spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Friday afternoon.
According to the Cyprus News ...
Omodos in ‘hell’ as wildfire bears down on village
The village of Omodos is in “hell” as the wildfire raging in the Limassol district bears down on the village, its mukhtar Evgenios Michael said on Thursday evening.
Speaking to ...
Arsos village ‘left without support from state’ after firefighters withdrew
The Limassol district village of Arsos was “left without support from the state” after firefighters withdrew from the frontline of the fire near the village on Wednesday, its mukhtar Yiannakis ...
Erhurman visits Limassol fire coordination centre
Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Thursday afternoon visited the coordination centre which was set up to organise the response to the wildfire which has been raging in ...
Egypt, Greece, EU, UK send firefighting aircraft to battle Limassol fire
Egypt, Greece, the European Union, and the United Kingdom on Thursday all announced that they had sent firefighting aircraft to Cyprus to help battle the ongoing wildfire in the Limassol ...