Environment

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, ...

Rich countries have made a dangerous dash for fossil fuels in response to the Ukraine war, the U.N. secretary-general said on Tuesday, warning that new investments being made in ...

The Greens have proposed free bus travel for all as way of dealing with the rising cost of fuel and persuading people to use public transport. Instead of reducing the ...

The director of the ministry of agriculture, rural development and environment, Andreas Gregoriou, represented Cyprus at the EU council of agriculture and fisheries on Monday. The focus of the meeting ...

The law gives the purchaser the right to issue the title deed of the property purchased Deposition of a sale contract at the land registry safeguards the rights of the ...

A total of €292 billion was spent in 2021 in the EU member states on environmental protection, up 54 per cent from 2006 (an average of 3 per cent increase per year), according to the ...

Global spending on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) business services will grow to €149.3 billion by 2025, according to a study released on Friday by market research company International Data Corporation (IDC). ...

Local NGO BirdLife Cyprus in an open letter to environment department director, Costas Hadjipanayiotou, said there was a need to urgently issue a negative assessment report on the latest proposed ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus (FoECY) is taking part in an international effort to stop 30 EU-backed gas projects from moving forward. Protestors claim the EU Commission has given these climate-destructive ...

The Akamas development plan is gearing up to take centre stage amid allegations of backroom deals, electioneering and illegal procedures, while no one can agree anything: not even when the ...

A Cyprus project has been voted ‘Best Youth Initiative’ for Ocean Conservation in the EU4Ocean Awards. The Refill Cyprus project, created by Let’s Make Cyprus Green (LMCG), aims ...

The Federation of Environmental Organisations (Opok) said on Tuesday the intense lobbying from political parties and governmental organisations to speed up the implementation of the revised Akamas plan was a ...

The administration of the British Bases on Monday called on people to make use of the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre to find out about the important environmental and cultural features ...

Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the USA on Tuesday held their first ministerial meeting on climate action, deciding to form a joint technical committee of experts to submit recommendations over a ...

Following pressure from environmental groups, officials have removed fishing nets from houses and farms in the Ayia Napa area that are deadly for snakes, hedgehogs, lizards, and other animals. In ...

Our region will experience climate change more intensely and sooner than other regions, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis reiterated on Tuesday as the island played host to a high-level international conference ...