Environment

Enormous efforts are underway by health authorities in Paphos to bring the mosquito population under control, officials said on Thursday. The identification of breeding grounds and effective ways to combat ...

By Eleni Panayiotou Vienna once again hosted one of the world’s most influential climate conferences – the Austrian World Summit (AWS). In its ninth year, the event was organised by ...

While many countries have agreed to take steps to protect the vast, ungoverned swathes of the world’s oceans, they have yet to see their High Seas Treaty go into ...

By Clodagh Kilcoyne and Conor Humphries As wind turbines on the horizon churn out clean energy, John Smyth bends to stack damp peat – the cheap, smoky fuel he has harvested ...

Britain’s Prince William on Sunday called on world leaders and businesses to take urgent action to protect the planet’s oceans, saying it was a challenge “like none we ...

Cyprus on Friday agreed to expand its cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), focusing on food waste, water resource management, and food security. The decision came ...

A pod of eight dolphins was spotted off the coast of Larnaca during a diving event, with underwater photographers taking the opportunity to document the experience. “A pod of eight ...

To celebrate International Environment Day, the AG Leventis Gallery joins the global events of the Letters to the Sea initiative, presenting its own creative workshop addressed to children. On June 14, ...

By Jen Kostuchuk, Erik Steiner, and Sean Lyons “I wish adults knew that I really care about the environment and want to help, but I sometimes feel like my ideas ...

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 ...