Environment

Can water inspire art? It seems so, as the new narrative exhibition Reading Waters, opening at AG Leventis Gallery’s Coco_Creativity Centre, presents student artworks related to water and ...

The new German government has signalled to France it will no longer object to treating nuclear power on a par with renewable energy in EU legislation, French officials said, confirming ...

By Gaby Oraa and Efrain Otero Venezuelan biologist Carlos Alvarado, 34, has one hand on the young crocodile’s neck and another on its tail. With the help of some tape ...

Cyprus will have its first large-scale electricity storage system operational within the next 16 months, the energy minister said on Monday. Speaking at the Green Agenda Cyprus Summit in Nicosia, George ...

Historical climate patterns could offer a way to combat climate change  The fifth month of 2025 is nearing its end, and Cyprus has already faced its first wildfire, several heatwaves and ...

The British Bases (SBA) issued a warning on Saturday that the Ladies Mile beach should not be used for swimming until further notice. According to the bases, recent water analyses ...

Black-winged white stilts wade through a salt pan, plunging their beaks into the water in search for food at the Kalloni bay on the Greek island of Lesbos, as bird-lovers ...

The government is pursuing a full postponement of payment of so-called “green taxes” by Cyprus, according to recent statements of President Nikos Christodoulides on the matter. Negotiations to officially alter ...

In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe’s biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest. Like ...

Cyprus’ environment department has rejected plans for a 33-turbine wind farm near two protected Natura 2000 zones, citing irreversible damage to wildlife habitats and increased threats to vulnerable species. The proposed 49.5...

By Isabelle Yr Carlsson The world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant began operations in Denmark on Tuesday, with shipping giant Maersk set to buy part of the production as a ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, the power of mighty rivers combines with the pull of the moon’s gravity to form waves that run for dozens of miles. Record-breaking Brazilian ...

Strengthening local farmers’ markets is a key pillar of the agriculture ministry’s policy, Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking at an educational farmers market in the orchard of ...

Progress is being made to use more of the recycled water produced by water treatment plants, the water development department said on Thursday. The department pointed out that between 2020 and 2023, ...

The relationship between the Netherlands and Cyprus is “broad and multifaceted,” with notable cooperation in the agricultural sector, Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp said. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Plomp ...

By Eleni Panayiotou “The Mediterranean is a thousand things at once. Not a landscape but countless landscapes. Not a sea but a succession of seas. It is not a civilisation, ...

By Nina Chestney Europe’s ageing power grid and lack of energy storage capacity will require trillions of dollars in investments to cope with rising green energy output, increasing electricity ...

European car manufacturers warned existing targets to be met this year could result in fines of up to 15 billion euros ($17.0 billion), given the goals rely on selling more electric vehicles, ...

By Susanna Twidale British naturalist David Attenborough says there is hope for the future of the planet’s oceans in a new film premiering later on Tuesday that sets out ...

The government lacks the ability to implement plans for environmental protection, House environment committee chairman and Akel MP Nikos Kettiros said after the parliamentary debate on the Green Dot system ...

The environmental department on Wednesday announced that it has put plans to construct 15 reef breakwaters along the Larnaca coastline on hold, citing concerns about the potential harm to the region’...

Britain is unprepared for the worsening impacts of climate change such as flooding and extreme heat, the country’s independent climate advisers said on Wednesday. Britain was battered by widespread ...

Cyprus on track for a Hydrogen Economy by 2060, according to study by Frederick University The H2Zero Research Unit at Frederick University has unveiled a comprehensive strategic plan for Cyprus’...

Stalled roadworks in Akamas national park are under scrutiny by the auditor-general, who is preparing a report following a site visit to assess two years of stagnation. Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou ...