Environment

By Efi Xanthou On October 24 the forestry department felled a big number of eucalyptus and pine trees without warning anybody at the Akademias park in Aglandjia. They just barged in ...

More than one third of the agriculture ministry’s budget for 2026 will be spent on water development projects, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Monday, presenting it to the House ...

With expectations for a fourth winter of drought ahead and the island’s dams at very low capacity, the agriculture ministry said this week it is examining using cloud seeding ...

Police and the game and fauna service have confiscated several poached animals, including the head of a wild mouflon, during coordinated searches in homes, premises and vehicles across the Morphou ...

A total of nine villages in the Larnaca district are set to receive ‘Green Kiosks’ – small sorting centres for recyclable materials configured in modified shipping containers – the Larnaca district government ...

The annual coastal bird survey took place on the British bases area (SBA) coastline on September 22 and October 17, recording a total of 392 Eleonora’s Falcons, it was announced on Thursday. “...

A clean-up campaign took place in the Ayia Thekla area, organised by the Famagusta fire brigade as part of the nationwide Let’s Do It Cyprus initiative, Ayia Napa municipality ...

The future of Akrotiri’s vital salt lake over the next 25 years was the focus of a recent workshop planning on protecting it and the peninsula as a whole, the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday night called for the European Union’s climate goals to “be more realistic” after the conclusion of the day’s European Council meeting. “Many member ...

DESIGN EQUALITY is the seventh installment in BE OPEN’s long-running series of global competitions inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Initiated by the socio-cultural platform BE ...

The British bases announced on Wednesday that revealed anti-bird trapping operations have continued at pace despite the ambelopoulia migration season ending this month. Specialist officers from the community action team (...

The protection of the environment is emerging as one of the most significant issues of modern law. The Council of Europe, through the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, has ...

A fourth batch of vultures that arrived in Cyprus from Spain in February were released into the wild late on Thursday as part of efforts to strengthen their population, BirdLife ...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached the highest ever recorded, potentially further warming the planet and leading to more extreme climate events, a new report by the World ...

Restorations to traditional dry-stone walls damaged in the fire that swept through Limassol’s mountain region in July have begun, the Laona Foundation said on Wednesday as it aims to ...

By Sara Mariza Vryonidi If you’ve ever noticed a buffet at the end of a wedding or watched trays of perfectly good food go into the bin at closing ...

Limassol is set to introduce a new multifunctional park in Iachou Street, next to Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue on Wednesday evening, October 15, an initiative that aims to reshape urban space into ...

Transforming the transport system is an ongoing effort with decarbonisation being one of the major challenges, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Monday. Speaking at a round table discussion in ...

The environment department has rejected the proposed development of 69 villas with a reception building and sewerage treatment plant at the entrance to Akamas, a move welcomed on Monday by BirdLife ...

A total of 18 high-tech showers have been installed across the main beaches of Protaras, the Paralimini-Derynia municipality announced on Saturday. It said one shower has been placed on each of ...

Larnaca’s green point will be reconstructed with a budget of €950,000, covered entirely by the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan, with the aim of encouraging more people to recycle and ...

Training ground car parks at top European soccer clubs are usually stacked with gleaming super cars but former Arsenal player Hector Bellerin prefers two wheels to four. Spaniard Bellerin, who ...

The forestry department is continuing its efforts against climate change by offering free tree saplings to public bodies and residents as the planting season approaches. With up to 100,000 saplings worth €250,000 ...

By Ioanna Panayidou Cities are reflections of the world around us, embodying the social, cultural, and economic structures of their time. The relationship between cities and the natural environment is ...