‘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 ...
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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 ...
Letymbiotis denies govt ‘negligence’ over wildfires, cites ‘unprecedented conditions’
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday afternoon denied that the government had been “negligent” in its handling of a wildfire which broke out in Limassol on Wednesday and killed two, ...
Arodes wildfire contained, residents told to stay alert
The new wildfire breaking out in the Paphos district on Thursday appeared to be in remission by early afternoon, but local authorities advised residents to remain on alert.
The blaze ...
Limassol begins to count cost of wildfire
Villages in the Limassol district on Thursday began to count the cost of the wildfire which tore through the district on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Vouni village mukhtar Mattheos ...
Three Limassol villages reconnected to electricity amid wildfire
A total of three villages impacted by the ongoing wildfire in the Limassol district have been reconnected to the electrical grid, electricity authority (EAC) spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou confirmed on Thursday ...
Paphos fire caused ‘huge ecological disaster’, district governor says
The fire which broke out on Wednesday at a landfill in the Paphos district village of Ayia Marinouda caused a “huge ecological disaster”, Paphos district governor Charalambos Pittokopitis said on ...
Christodoulides cancels meeting with Egyptian petroleum minister due to fire
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday cancelled his planned meeting with Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi in light of a deadly wildfire which was raging in the Limassol district on ...
Limassol fire was arson, fire brigade chief says
The wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district and has thus far killed two people was arson, fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos said on Thursday.
Speaking to CyBC radio, ...
Unions’ meeting on CoLA suspended due to Limassol fires
A meeting of trade unions to discuss the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which was scheduled to take place on Thursday has been cancelled due to the ongoing wildfires raging in the ...
Paphos district wildfire contained
The fire which broke out on Wednesday at a landfill in the Paphos district village of Ayia Marinouda was contained shortly before midnight, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...