Environment

Works are under way to uncover and remove waste from the former landfill at Vati, as part of efforts to restore the site, deputy head of the Water Development Department’...

The European Commission has launched a €230 million funding call for research and innovation projects focusing on nature and biodiversity under the Horizon Europe programme, it announced on Friday. The call ...

By Nicolas Netien On July 2 and 3, growers, millers, doctors and researchers from across the olive world met in Lisbon for the second Olive Oil World Congress. The two days produced ...

Spain, Portugal, and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to set a 2040 target to expand renewable energy, in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday, setting up a clash with ...

Cyprus is hosting the official launch of MEDCONNECT, a three-year EU-funded project led by the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) that will test 15 innovative solutions aimed at restoring marine ...

As drought spread and wildfires raged across Europe this summer, the extraordinary heat didn’t stop at the shoreline. European waters notched their hottest summer months since satellite sensors began ...

Students, tourism representatives, officials and visitors took part in a beach clean-up at Finikoudes in Larnaca on Friday as part of activities marking World Tourism Day. The environmental initiative, titled “...

A meeting on the long-awaited Special Ecological Assessment for the Trozena development will be held at the Limassol district local government organisation (EOA) on September 30, Arsos community leader Giannis Giannakis ...

Thousands of volunteers across Cyprus are being invited to take part in this year’s Let’s Do It! Cyprus clean-up campaign, which will run from October 26 to November 1. The ...

A rare Egyptian vulture was filmed at a forestry department feeding unit in Ayios Ioannis, Paphos, on Tuesday. The bird, Europe’s smallest and most endangered vulture species, was recorded ...

Upgrading roads in Strovolos, speeding up repairs at refugee housing estates and improving waste management planning were among the issues raised during a visit by a Disy delegation to the ...

Children came up with a host of ideas for making their neighbourhood greener, from planting more trees and adding benches to creating spaces for play, walking and socialising, during an ...

More detailed climate models are helping researchers explore how climate change may affect particular regions and how human actions shape the risks ahead. By Tom Cassauwers From his office on ...

The state cannot determine how much groundwater is actually pumped, according to research published on Friday by the investigative reporting network (Ciren). The research, drawing on data from the water ...

House speaker Annita Demetriou called on Friday for stronger support for Cypriot fishermen during a meeting with European Fisheries Commissioner Costas Kadis. Demetriou said she hoped the forthcoming EU policy ...

A tourism-led environmental initiative launched in Cyprus will expand to Greece this year, bringing businesses and organisations from both countries together for a cross-border clean-up campaign on September 25, 2026. ‘Tourism Cares: ...

By Sara Mariza Vryonidi For one week in September, Limassol is being asked to do something that does not always come naturally to a fast-growing city: slow down, look around ...

Waste treatment in Cyprus is a ‘ticking time bomb’, MPs heard on Thursday as officials admitted that the system in place can barely cope. Officials from the Environment Department described ...

By Emilios Charalambous, Ralf Bernaba (intern), Iliana Terry (intern) Have you ever thought of the lifecycle of your office chair? Funnily enough, it’s rather straight forward – once the raw ...

Three big cleanups with City Friends Club on September 19, 2026, from 8am This September, volunteers across Cyprus are invited to spend one morning making a visible difference in their cities. City ...

Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association (CYMEPA) secretary general Michalis Iereidis has called on the public to take part in a survey examining how communities view shipping’s green and digital ...

Stricter measures to protect Limassol bay were called for by the Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus (Opok) on Monday, which demanded a “immediate, coordinated and scientifically documented response” to ...

Researchers are designing AI-powered virtual cities to help authorities predict street-level pollution and act where it is needed most. By Anthony King In cities, air pollution can vary sharply from ...

As Switzerland struggles to contain the shrinking of its glaciers, researchers are conducting an unusual experiment in the Alps to ​see whether one of its less valued natural resources can ...