Environment

By Marianna Charalampous Since October 2024, something extraordinary has been rolling along the roads of Cyprus – a minivan unlike any other, designed to spark curiosity and bring the wonders of the ...

Young people from Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic have been participating in “From Do Nothing, to Do Something for Climate,” a project in Pervolia aiming to promote ...

By Olga Popova and Gleb Bryanski Farmers in Russia’s Saratov region have appealed to President Vladimir Putin for help in dealing with an invasion of saiga antelopes that have ...

Energy Minister Geroge Papanastasiou on Tuesday praised the “common political will” of his eight counterparts from the European Union’s other ‘Med9’ states to “promote a coherent green development strategy”. ...

The construction of a new port in the Limassol district village of Pentakomo would have “immediate and irreversible environmental impacts”, ornithological charity BirdLife Cyprus’ campaign coordinator Tasos Shialis said on ...

Vertical gardens, known as “green walls”, are being introduced in Ayia Napa, with climbing plants and other vegetation set to be planted in various areas within its municipal borders with ...

EU commissioner highlights Cyprus’ water shortage European Commissioner for agriculture Christophe Hansen on Friday highlighted the water shortages facing Cyprus, saying that when his aeroplane was landing on the island, ...

Cyprus’ sea turtles have started their annual egg-laying along the coastline, with the fisheries department urging the public to help protect the nests. “Each turtle nest can contain approximately 80-100 ...

The world is expected to experience more record temperatures over the next five years, with Arctic warming predicted at more than three times the global average, a new report by ...

By Eleni Panayiotou We’ve all done it, left food on our plates after over-ordering at a restaurant or thrown out most of the Cyprus Sunday barbecue (you know who ...

A roundtable discussion held by the French embassy in Nicosia revealed that Cyprus protects only 18 per cent of its marine area, falling short of the international target of 30 per cent. “...

Farmers of the Xyliatos area, Nicosia district, sent out a distress call on Tuesday warning that their crops were dying, calling on authorities to make arrangements so that water from ...

By Kate Abnett The European Union is facing further pressure from member countries to delay and weaken its upcoming law to restrict deforestation, with 11 governments demanding changes, a document seen ...

By Stelios Misinas Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tyre and a rusted anchor chain from the seabed ...

By Tim Cocks Until the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia, a soda lake in Tanzania, and an ...

The bathing waters in the Lady’s Mile area will be observed through a new water quality monitoring programme implemented by the environmental department and the British bases. Under the ...

The forestry department called on the public to “honour” European parks day with “care and respect”. European parks day is held every year on May 24, with the department saying the ...

Aglandjia Mayor Andreas Constantinou on Friday criticised the state for failing to promote the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) waste scheme, for which his municipality was a pioneer. “Aglandjia is being punished for ...

Despite efforts by the current government to fully postpone green taxation, which the Anastasiades administration had built into the framework for Cyprus to access recovery and resilience funds, the EU ...

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 ...