Environment

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Sunday urged both sides in the Akamas debate to lower the tone, saying the truth of the new plan for the environmentally-sensitive area was somewhere ...

The state must respect Akamas’ natural environment but also the residents in the area’s communities, landowners from the peninsula said during a protest on Saturday morning. Gathered at Kennedy ...

Most households in Cyprus tend to buy more food than they need, according to the results of the 2nd FoodPrint Pancyprian Food Waste Survey, but consumer habits in relation to ...

Authorities came under fire in the House environment committee on Friday over glaring gaps in the collection, management and storage of recyclable tyres and the health and safety risks these ...

Personnel from the agriculture ministry’s environment department, members of the civil servants’ union Pasydy, staged a protest on Friday morning outside the House of Representatives where the environment committee ...

Cyprus has the least number of charging points for electric vehicles in the EU with just 57 compared with the Netherlands which has over 90,000, stats published on Thursday show. Although there ...

The Cyprus economy and competitiveness council on Wednesday recommended the establishment of a new deputy ministry for the environment and sustainability. The recommendation for the creation of a new deputy ...

Drastic new regulations are coming and if the government doesn’t take serious actions people will pay a heavy price By Charalampos Theopemptou As part of the European Green Deal, ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday said that the aviation industry’s sustainability efforts need to be further supported through extensive incentive schemes. The incentives, the association explained, ...

By Natasa Christou Like most, I remember my grandmother growing most of her own fruits and vegetables. We hand-picked the tomatoes and onions from the garden and added them to ...

The Greens on Tuesday called on the government to ban glyphosate after a scientific study showed high levels of the herbicide in the urine of school children. “The time has ...

Volunteers will start clean-up beaches across the island this Sunday in a summer campaign to promote environmental consciousness in an effort to reduce sea pollution. The Wish You Were Clean ...

Demonstrating residents of nine communities in the Vassiliko area on Monday blocked entry to the facility to protest the environmental degradation of the area. Holding placards reading ‘Health and safety’, ‘...

As Athalassa wildlife centre gets upgraded, its supervisor tells Nick Theodoulou about a peculiar threat these birds face You wouldn’t expect to meet the ‘harbinger of death’ while on ...

Hundreds of people took part in a protest march on Saturday morning demanding the rejection of the revised regional development plan for Akamas, with support from political parties. Participants in ...

The Green Party on Friday announced it will participate in a protest march for Akamas over the weekend, saying the government is “politically irresponsible” in its rushed effort to complete ...

Spain headed for its hottest early summer temperatures in four decades on Friday, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers as a heatwave sent Europeans ...

A national action plan has been prepared which includes mapping of vulnerable areas and actions and measures to address desertification and keep Cyprus green, the department of the environment said ...

The union representing employees of the environment department on Thursday slammed the “unfair” targeting of staff over the fire at a tyre storage area near Vasiliko on Saturday that went ...

By Antigoni Pita and Gina Agapiou Vasiliko cement works on Wednesday said it processed 4.5 million tyres between 2016-2021 after Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis referred to an overloaded tyre storage area ...

Artist takes a dive into living life on a Mediterranean island Tsyganka’s artwork caught our attention and that is why we reached out to find more about her. Her ...

The fossil fuel era must end. We need an urgent and just transformation to a fossil free Cyprus By Natasa Ioannou Fossil fuels are hydrocarbon containing materials that form naturally ...

The University of Cyprus (UCy) on Tuesday joined the growing number of critics of the government’s refusal to make public the Akamas plan. The UCy Department of Civil and ...

The anger of residents near Vasiliko, after a tyre fire in the area at the weekend, is ‘completely understandable’, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday. Speaking on Trito radio, ...