Authorities butt heads over water to fight Vouni fire
The fire department on Monday disputed claims by the community leader of Vouni village that they “ran out of water” while fighting the wildfire tearing through the Limassol district last ...
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Skip loader owners protest in Nicosia
A protest by skip loader owners was held in Nicosia on Monday, with 57 vehicles moving along a route from the agriculture ministry to the presidential palace and then to the ...
USS Arleigh Burke arrives in Cyprus
The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS Arleigh Burke arrived in Cyprus on Monday, the American embassy in Nicosia announced.
The ship is the lead ship of ...
‘EU should station two firefighting aircraft in Cyprus’
The European Union should station two firefighting aircraft in Cyprus, Disy member of the European parliament Michalis Hadjipantela said on Monday.
In a press conference at European Union House in ...
Aykut’s request for release rejected by court
Israeli property developer Simon Aykut saw his request to be released from custody rejected by the Nicosia criminal court on Monday.
Aykut is accused of developing and selling €43 million worth ...
Team of 150 people working to fix power lines damaged by Limassol fire
A team of 150 people are working “non-stop” to repair the damage caused to electrical infrastructure in the Limassol district by the wildfire which tore through the area last week, electricity ...
‘Worst-case scenario’ feared as reservoir levels drop again
The water development department is “preparing for the worst-case scenario” with regard to Cyprus’ water supply, as a hot and dry summer saw levels of water in the island’s ...
Deputy mayor calls for stricter checks on landfills after Paphos wildfire
Charalambos Savva, the deputy mayor of the Paphos district village of Ayia Marinouda, called for stricter checks on landfills, after a fire broke out at a landfill site in his ...
Mayor calls on municipalities’ union to unite to raise money for fire victims
Ierokipia mayor Nikos Palios on Monday announced that he had sent a letter to the Union of Cyprus municipalities, proposing that the union raise €250,000 for the villages which were impacted ...
Anti-Denktash book causes fury among Turkish Cypriots
A book which offers fierce criticism for late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash caused fury among the Turkish Cypriot community over the weekend, with figures from across the north’s ...
Christodoulides’ apology ‘not enough’, Annita says
President Nikos Christodoulides’ televised apology for the government’s response to the wildfires which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last week was “not enough”, House president ...
Cabinet to approve first fire compensation plans next week
Cabinet will approve the first plans to offer compensation to people whose property was damaged or destroyed by last week’s wildfire in Limassol when it convenes on Wednesday, according ...
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 ...
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 ...