Environment

Cyprus and Greece have joined forces in a “milestone” collaboration to use their scientific expertise in tackling forest fires. The Cyprus Institute (CyI), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (...

By Emma Farge Nearly a fifth of dragonflies, insects that play a role in managing diseases by gobbling mosquito larvae, are at threat of extinction due to habitat destruction, the ...

Local environmental NGOs were among more than 150 organisations that on Tuesday called on the European Commission to include the restoration of at least 15 per cent of land and sea area ...

One more festival returns to fill the city with arts and culture before the year wraps up. The Nicosia Pop Up Festival is back and until December 31 it invites the ...

Music, music and more music is what this December is all about as local and guest musicians and bands get ready for the final performances of the year. Adding to ...

The energy ministry announced on Monday it has launched its subsidy scheme for the replacement by vulnerable groups of old home appliances with energy efficient ones. The subsidies range from €300 ...

The festive season is officially upon us. If you walk around any central street you will be welcomed by Christmas lights, decorated shop windows and festive music. With Eleftheria Square ...

The transport ministry on Monday called for tenders for the provision of 32 electric vans to be used by state services as part of its efforts to promote clean energy and ...

It may just be the mountains that have snow but the festive atmosphere is coming to Limassol and Nicosia with a holiday musical for young audiences. My Snowman is a ...

An additional 55km bicycle lanes are to be developed around the island to promote cycling as a means of transport, the transport ministry announced on Saturday. Also, 17 actions are underway ...

Art lovers in Nicosia and Limassol welcome new exhibitions this month. Just before the year ends, numerous local creatives and artists from abroad present their work as four new showcases ...

Situated in the heart of Limassol’s scenic old town, down an alleyway decorated with plant pots, strings of lights and several bars and cafés is the lively Mason ...

Presenting his first solo show in Cyprus, Swiss visual artist Giacomo Santiago Rogado’s exhibition For The Time Left opens at eins gallery on Sunday. Based between Berlin, Lucerne and ...

It’s not just one party that is coming to Nicosia this month but two! It has certainly been a while since we have been able to write those words ...

The Jazz Music Concert Series micro edition at Technopolis 20 continues on Friday at the cosy and intimate Paphos venue in a family atmosphere. This time Technopolis 20 invites well-known beloved jazz ...

The government plans to go ahead with taxation reform after 20 years, including raising the corporation rate and introducing carbon tax and fossil fuels taxes to achieve the country’s environmental ...

By Richard Hodgkins Before the end of this century, most of the Arctic will for the first time receive more rain than snow across a whole year. That’s one ...

By Natasha Gillies Not all relationships end in “happily ever after”, and birds are no exception. While more than 90% of bird species form monogamous couples, many of these will end ...

A concert uniting children, gigs with jazz tunes and drum rhythms from abroad – this week has it all! A new series of live music performances is set to kick off ...

By Alicia Powell Director Adam McKay has assembled an all-star cast brimming with Oscar winners to give a humorous warning about climate change in new movie “Don’t Look Up”. ...

Volunteers from a Larnaca army camp on Tuesday helped clean up the Larnaca salt lake and nature trail. In an announcement congratulating the volunteers from the Andrea Souroukli army camp, ...

A friendly noisy and cheap way to move around the island, the railway transported people, goods and livestock. Although it is now only part of the island’s history, a ...

Another week, another walking tour by the Home for Cooperation and the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research. Their city walks are now a monthly happening, each time inviting different ...

The government has commissioned a €518,000 study – centred on Nicosia – which will help it plan and assess how to best spend large chunks of the €174 million at its disposal to overhaul ...