Environment

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 ...

Ten fast recharging stations for electric vehicles are set to be operational by the end of 2025, with a total budget exceeding €1 million, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. Funded ...

Despite progress over recent years in reducing the trapping of songbirds in Cyprus – a practice illegal since 1974 under Cypriot law and then later also under EU legislation – scientific data shows ...

With summers already becoming notably hotter and drier, Cyprus is among the most climate vulnerable hotspots globally, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Monday. Cyprus is “already facing hotter and ...

By Antrea Panagiotou The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat, but our new reality. Its impacts are increasingly severe, leaving destruction in their wake and affecting every aspect ...

President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling down on his skepticism ...

New concerns about the construction of an aquaculture port on the Pentakomo coastline, home to one of the Mediterranean’s rarest marine mammals, were raised on Tuesday by Birdlife Cyprus. ...

By Martin Clark In Western Europe, if we go back in time just 100 years, almost everything that our Great Grandparents ate, used or wore, was locally made. The making, especially ...

After being closed for ten years, the forestry college on Monday reopened its doors as a higher education institution offering a diploma in forestry “The reopening of the college, after ...

The Limassol district government organisation and the environment department will operate Green Kiosks across Limassol, they announced on Monday, aiming to promote the reuse and recycling of materials. Sixteen Green ...

September 20, 2025 from 8.30am City Friends Club is calling for volunteers to help clean Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos to celebrate World Cleanup Day. On September 20, Cyprus joins the world’s biggest ...

Despite its small population and tight-knit community, Cyprus has long been one of Europe’s biggest offenders when it comes to rubbish pollution. In 2017, it ranked second highest in the ...

The 2026 World Cup could be North America’s last without urgent climate adaptation measures, according to a new study highlighting extreme weather threats. The “Pitches in Peril” report, compiled by ...

By Athena Eftychiou Similar to the rest of the Mediterranean and even the east coast of the UK from where I’m currently writing this, Cyprus has been experiencing some ...

Cyprus recorded an alarming increase of 52.4 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions between 1999 and 2023, while the rest of the EU recorded notable decreases, newly released Eurostat data shows. And Green ...