#Environment

With 2025 coming to a close, Cyprus is leaving behind a year during which the environment was one of the – quite literally – hottest topics on the island. Worries over persisting water ...

A major hedge-planting initiative took place in the Mazotos area of Larnaca last Friday as part of the LIFE-AgrOassis project, the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) announced on Wednesday. ...

By Eleni Matheou Nowadays, there is a growing global demand for rare earth elements and critical minerals such as nickel, manganese and lithium due to their importance in the production ...

Drought has severely damaged Cyprus’ forests, with 40 per cent of the trees in the cedar valley having already dried up, according to forestry department director, Savvas Ezekiel. Addressing the crisis ...

Continued municipal resistance to implementing the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) system is drawing renewed criticism amid warnings from the European Union over Cyprus’ broader waste management shortcomings. Municipalities argue they require clarity ...

The environmental situation in the Akrotiri wetland is deteriorating due to threats posed by sewage and pollution, environmental organisation Terra Cypria warned on Wednesday. The organisation said that during a ...

COP30 has started at Belem in Brazil, but with low expectations. Not only under President Trump the US has pulled out of the Paris Agreement – starting January – but his administration ...

In the heart of southern Lebanon, where pine trees once stood tall and abundant, a quiet crisis is unfolding. The cones are barren, the trees are drying and a forest ...

Cyprus’ success in managing scarce water resources could serve as an example for the rest of Europe, the executive director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) Leena Yla-Mononen said on ...

A total of nine villages in the Larnaca district are set to receive ‘Green Kiosks’ – small sorting centres for recyclable materials configured in modified shipping containers – the Larnaca district government ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday night called for the European Union’s climate goals to “be more realistic” after the conclusion of the day’s European Council meeting. “Many member ...

The protection of the environment is emerging as one of the most significant issues of modern law. The Council of Europe, through the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, has ...

By Sara Mariza Vryonidi If you’ve ever noticed a buffet at the end of a wedding or watched trays of perfectly good food go into the bin at closing ...

A young man wearing a yellow balaclava walks aggressively towards a group of activists from the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (Cabs) somewhere in the hills of Maroni in the Larnaca ...

Larnaca’s green point will be reconstructed with a budget of €950,000, covered entirely by the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan, with the aim of encouraging more people to recycle and ...

By Ioanna Panayidou Cities are reflections of the world around us, embodying the social, cultural, and economic structures of their time. The relationship between cities and the natural environment is ...

Despite progress over recent years in reducing the trapping of songbirds in Cyprus – a practice illegal since 1974 under Cypriot law and then later also under EU legislation – scientific data shows ...

Sustainable fashion, upcycling and EU policies join forces this week at an exhibition in Paris, featuring the work of Cyprus textile designer Michalis Pantelides, who said “fashion should be slow, ...

By Antrea Panagiotou The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat, but our new reality. Its impacts are increasingly severe, leaving destruction in their wake and affecting every aspect ...

By Martin Clark In Western Europe, if we go back in time just 100 years, almost everything that our Great Grandparents ate, used or wore, was locally made. The making, especially ...

September 20, 2025 from 8.30am City Friends Club is calling for volunteers to help clean Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos to celebrate World Cleanup Day. On September 20, Cyprus joins the world’s biggest ...

Despite its small population and tight-knit community, Cyprus has long been one of Europe’s biggest offenders when it comes to rubbish pollution. In 2017, it ranked second highest in the ...

By Athena Eftychiou Similar to the rest of the Mediterranean and even the east coast of the UK from where I’m currently writing this, Cyprus has been experiencing some ...

An engine oil spill detected at Larnaca port on Thursday night was cleaned up on Friday morning by fisheries department officers, department director Marina Argyrou said. Speaking to the Cyprus ...