#Cyprus

The summer period being marked by fires raises questions about the future of forests and the impact on the environment and humans as they are replaced by burned out areas, ...

Bread sold as wholemeal may not be, chairman of the House environment committee Charalambos Theopemptou has said. In a post on Facebook he cautioned shoppers that although the bread looks ...

Global space players have chosen Cyprus as the base for the first international space innovation centre, which will build bridges of cooperation in humanity’s effort to return to the ...

A man who fell into the sea from a cargo ship in the open seas outside Paphos was rescued on Saturday night, the JRCC said. Five hours after it started ...

Cyprus had the second-lowest percentage of people reading books in the European Union, with only 33.1 per cent of the population engaging in the activity, according to a Eurostat survey published ...

Cyprus is fully prepared to deal with mpox cases, with sufficient vaccines available for everyone, Dr Elisavet Constantinou, Director of Public Health Services, assured on Saturday. Earlier this week, the ...

Wolt delivery service on Saturday slammed the racist attacks against delivery drivers in Limassol, following reports of an increase in assaults. The company specified that since June 2023, it had expressed ...

Incidents of dog abandonment and neglect have increased significantly, according to shelter volunteers who spoke to CNA. These issues are not confined to the summer months but persist throughout the ...

Will it be a good year for rain or will the drought continue? If you’d like to predict the weather for the rest of the year, August is the ...

Russia has expressed its opposition to direct flights to the north of Cyprus and the militarisation of the eastern Mediterranean. Director of the Fourth European Department at the Russian Foreign ...

Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (Cera) Andreas Poullikas has handed in his resignation, which reportedly has nothing to do with major energy issues still pending, the finalising of ...

“Damage is inevitable” to Cyprus’ electricity grid with the related power cuts a foreseeable consequence during times of heightened consumption, transmission system operator (TSO) spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Friday. ...

Cyprus was in no way pressured to greenlight Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s participation in the upcoming informal EU Council foreign ministers meeting, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

The latest series of British reality television show The Only Way Is Essex has been filmed in Cyprus. The series, a mammoth 34th in total, which is set to hit ...

Two men were arrested on Thursday after starting a fire in a forest area near the Trooditissa picnic site close to Platres. The pair, aged 22 and 21, were found by police ...

Cyprus has so far been successful in protecting its forest this summer by mobilising increased forces to extinguish even the tiniest fire and raising awareness among the public, forestry department ...

Scores of delivery drivers are set to protest in Limassol’s city centre on Friday, amid increasing attacks against them and allegations of police inaction. The protest will begin at 11:30 ...

Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos may meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Brussels at the end of the month, diplomatic sources have said. Though news emerged on Wednesday ...

Turkish troops and guarantees must be part of a solution to the Cyprus problem, and this idea will not be abandoned, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said according to a ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) expects to start installing smart meters in the beginning of 2025, the organisation’s board chairman said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Stockwatch news outlet, ...

A second Syrian man has been released by the Supreme Court after being held for seven months, it emerged on Tuesday. The man had initially been detained “as a danger ...

The Green Party issued a statement on Tuesday calling for a ban on quad bikes in Akamas, following yet another accident involving a four-wheeler in the area. Meanwhile, owners of ...

The Canadian government and Cyprus have agreed on emergency evacuation procedures in the event that lives are threatened due to the escalating situation in the Middle East, it emerged on ...

A five-and-a-half-year-old child was responsible for the latest Limassol fire, it was reported on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC, police spokesman Christos Andreou said the facts of the case emerged after ...