#Cyprus

Activists from the Brussels-based Hind Rajab foundation on Friday called for the arrest of a soldier serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) who they report is currently on holiday ...

The ministry of agriculture has begun immediate assessments for crop damage across 28 communities in Limassol following the massive wildfires, it announced on Friday. However, winemakers are voicing concern that the ...

The electricity authority (EAC) is “intensively” continuing its efforts to restore power to fire-affected areas of the Limassol district, with every village in the district now receiving at least a ...

DNA identification results on the charred remains of the two people found in a burnt out car in the area of the large fire that swept Limassol villages are still ...

The fire service on Friday apologised for not being able to help all those in need during the wildfire that swept through villages in mountainous Limassol destroying homes and killing ...

Two people were confirmed dead on Thursday after being trapped in their car near Monagri, as wildfires swept across villages in the hills above Limassol. Entire communities were forced to ...

An early warning system alerting people to the risk of fire near them was not activated during the devastating conflagration this week as Cyprus has no such system in place. ...

The village of Omodos is in “hell” as the wildfire raging in the Limassol district bears down on the village, its mukhtar Evgenios Michael said on Thursday evening. Speaking to ...

Broad support measures were launched by NGOs, the government, civil society, and humanitarian organisations following the devastating wildfires in the Limassol region, which, according to initial satellite assessments, burned 120 square ...

Egypt, Greece, the European Union, and the United Kingdom on Thursday all announced that they had sent firefighting aircraft to Cyprus to help battle the ongoing wildfire in the Limassol ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday afternoon denied that the government had been “negligent” in its handling of a wildfire which broke out in Limassol on Wednesday and killed two, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday cancelled his planned meeting with Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi in light of a deadly wildfire which was raging in the Limassol district on ...

The wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district and has thus far killed two people was arson, fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos said on Thursday. Speaking to CyBC radio, ...

A meeting of trade unions to discuss the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which was scheduled to take place on Thursday has been cancelled due to the ongoing wildfires raging in the ...

The fire which broke out on Wednesday at a landfill in the Paphos district village of Ayia Marinouda was contained shortly before midnight, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...

Offers made by Turkish Cypriots for help in fighting a wildfire in the Limassol district, which killed two and caused dozens to be evacuated from their homes, were rejected by ...

Two people have been confirmed dead and dozens more have been evacuated from their homes as the wildfire burning in the hills above Limassol remained out of control on Thursday ...

Teams from the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) are working urgently to restore power in areas affected by wildfires in Limassol and Paphos. EAC spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou told the Cyprus ...

Electricity demand in Cyprus exceeded all expectations on Wednesday afternoon, reaching a new yearly high of 1,211 megawatts at 2:15pm, according to updated figures from the Transmission System Operator (TSO). This ...

Serious violations of essential terms included in the demolition permit were identified after the building on Makarios Avenue collapsed on Tuesday, scattering scaffolding and rubble onto the road, the Nicosia ...

The hotel workers’ branch of the PEO and SEO unions on Wednesday announced that they would eventually go on strike on Monday, July 28, as a “last resort”, after two weeks ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on Saturday near the village of Galatia, near Trikomo, on suspicion of espionage, appeared in court again on Wednesday. There, all five had ...

As Cyprus grapples with record-high temperatures and bone-dry conditions, the forestry department has issued an urgent appeal to the public: stop using tools that produce heat or sparks near forested ...

Footage and interviews from ‘End the Starvation of Gaza’, a symbolic protest and hunger strike held outside the Embassy of Palestine in Cyprus on July 22.