#Environment

Authorities have called on members of the public not to disturb seals, a highly endangered species, currently in their breeding season. According to the fisheries department, in Cyprus, Mediterranean monk ...

Children and teenagers will participate in a peaceful protest to demand climate action this Saturday outside Paphos town hall. The demonstration is organised by the Cyprus conservation foundation Terra Cypria ...

The forestry department led an expedition last week to study Roudias river in the southern part of the Paphos forest, with Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis among the 22 participants. In a ...

Parliament on Thursday passed legislation tweaking the Waste Law in such a way as to enable the activation on a nationwide basis of the ‘Pay-as-you-throw’ system designed to promote recycling. ...

Dali residents gathered outside the environment department in Nicosia on Thursday morning in another protest against the two asphalt plants operating in their community. “The situation is out of control, ...

Volunteers on Saturday collected over five kilos of cigarette ends, small plastics and fishing equipment from one kilometre of beach and seabed near Ayia Napa harbour as part of a ...

British climate change protesters on Friday temporarily blocked the Port of Dover, Europe’s busiest trucking port, and police arrested 39 people. About 40 activists from the environmental group Insulate Britain brought ...

Leaders of the EU’s bloc of nine southern European members on Friday demanded urgent global action to combat a worsening climate crisis and build a sustainable future for the ...

Earth is the only planet known to us where we can live By Roberto Sciffo The blue planet, planet earth, is unique to our solar system and, given our current ...

The Council of Ministers decided on a restructuring of the framework for managing environmental issues in Cyprus, agriculture minister Costas Kadis said following a meeting on Thursday. More specifically, the ...

Cyprus has signed up to an EU push to combat climate change and its impacts, but figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday indicate that this is still very much a ...

Cypriot scientist Dr Despina Serghides has won a place in the list of 12 internationally recognized “Life-Pioneers” in the section ‘Energy, Buildings and Sustainable Cities for her contribution to the global ...

Implementing these policies and policing their application will be a logistical nightmare for the EU The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday its ‘Fit-for-55’ package, with 13 new policies designed to ...

A new eco-friendly lifeguard tower is being built in Oroklini, the community’s leader Neophytos Fakontis said on Tuesday. The tower will have sanitation facilities, electricity from renewable energy sources, ...

European Union countries on Monday approved the bloc’s flagship fund to wean them off fossil fuels and protect communities most affected, paving the way for members to start receiving ...

Businesses expect an extension to EU’s July 3 deadline to ban single-use plastics Business leaders have warned green-minded members of the public not to expect Cyprus to become a single-use ...

An island wide clean-up campaign was launched by Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis in Anavargos village in Paphos on Friday. The campaign, “See it clearly,” is organised by the ministry in ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and agriculture minister Costas Kadis visited recycling unit Cyprus Environmental Industries on Wednesday in light of the government’s recently announced recovery and resilience plan. The scheme ...

The fisheries department on Thursday said the sea turtle nesting season is starting soon and called on people to observe all measures in areas where they lay their eggs. The ...

The endangered Mediterranean monk seal population has had its most significant increase ever recorded in Cyprus, Agriculture Costas Kadis said in Paphos on Thursday. Their population has now reached 19, Kadis ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming introduction of a new bill on integrated waste management that includes a universal pay-as-you throw policy. The bill is set to pass ...

For one local photographer, what can be seen in the great outdoors makes life worth living, although he fears the change inflicted on it by hordes of visitors With increasing ...

The Green Party on Sunday called on people who plan to picnic on Green Monday to respect the environment when they are in the countryside and to avoid cutting or ...

Dr Dario Pontiggia The European Union has put sustainability and the environment at the heart of its future. This commitment is backed up with an unprecedented financial package: €1.8 trillion. Of ...