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The decision to transfer parts of the forestry department’s responsibilities to the interior ministry lacks supporting studies and was taken without consultation, MPs at the House agriculture committee said ...

The fire brigade is in the final stage of recruiting a total of 259 new firefighters. The new recruits will be added to the fire brigade’s current staff, which at ...

The fire brigade took delivery of nine new fire engines on Friday at a ceremony attended by Minister of Justice and Public Order Anna Prokopiou. At the ceremony, she said ...

Alassa dam fire under control, serious flare-ups remain By Nikolaos Prakas A fire near the Alassa dam in Limassol that came close to homes in nearby villages has been extinguished, ...

Firefighters averted a major disaster on Thursday as they managed to put out a fire that broke out near the villages of Monagroulli and Pentakomo. The blaze, which threatened residential ...

A pub in Pallouriotissa was damaged after a fire broke out on the ground floor of the premises, the fire department announced on Tuesday. Firefighters received information about the blaze ...

Fire fighters have contained two blazes in the Limassol district on Tuesday, one of them in heavy industrial zone in Ypsonas, the fire service said. Four helicopters and six fire ...

State officials welcomed the Cypriot firefighting mission who returned from Greece early on Friday after battling “some of the worst fires” for more than a week in Attica and Evia. ...

A mission from the fire service and civil defence arrived in Greece Wednesday morning to help bring under control fires that have reached residential areas outside Athens. Fire service spokesman ...