The paper processing factory which burned down in Ypsonas earlier this week will not reopen as it did not have the correct licences to operate, Curium mayor Pantelis Georgiou said ...
A fire raged on Thursday morning in Kyrenia district in the north, burning a forested area. It was later brought under control.
Turkish Cypriot media said the blaze was in ...
A 43-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning in connection with a fire which broke out at a paper processing factory in the Limassol suburb of Ypsonas in the early ...
A fire covering roughly three hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation, trees and waste in the livestock area of Tseri, Nicosia was contained, authorities said on Monday.
Four fire engines ...
A fire broke out in a pile of furniture which had been left next to an underground car park belonging to a block of flats in Limassol on Thursday afternoon, ...
Almost €140,000 has been paid by the government in salaries to a total of 126 workers who were unable to return to work as a result of the wildfire which tore through ...
Firefighters in Turkey are battling wildfires in the centre of the northwestern province of Canakkale, fanned by strong winds, and hundreds of residents have evacuated in precaution, local authorities and ...
The fire service and Omodos mukhtar Evgenios Michael were at loggerheads on Saturday over the cause of the wildfire which broke out near the village on Friday.
Fire service spokesman ...
Omodos mukhtar Evgenios Michael on Friday said he is “satisfied” with the rate of progress being made by the government in its efforts to help the Limassol district in light ...
A wildfire broke out near the Limassol district of Omodos on Friday afternoon, and was contained shortly afterwards.
Fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said a total of eight fire engines ...
Why do so many tenders for large public projects crash and burn? Sometimes the bidding competition gets bogged down in endless legal wrangling, eventually scrapped, and authorities have to go ...
Compensation payouts to the victims of last week’s wildfires have already begun, the government said on Thursday.
In a post on X, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said that already €122,000 ...
Thousands, of people held a demonstration in Limassol on Thursday evening, demanding accountability and protesting the government’s perceived inaction during last week’s deadly fires that swept through mountainous ...
“This fire burned everything in its path. It was a ghost fire,” said Savvas Iezekiel, head of the forestry department, speaking a day after the flames were finally contained.
“It ...
People affected by the wildfire that swept through Limassol villages are asked to report damages by Wednesday, deputy Limassol district governor Elektra Panayiotou said on Monday.
“The crews are finding ...
The total cost of the massive wildfire in the Limassol mountains last week could rise by an additional €20 million, mainly due to long-term environmental destruction, Professor Theodoros Zachariadis of the ...
Veterinary services in Limassol are currently caring for 144 dogs and 37 cats rescued from the devastating wildfires, while volunteer organisations continue to assist in the affected areas, Animal Welfare Commissioner Antonia ...
The Turkish Cypriot authorities would have sent a helicopter to help fight the wildfire which killed two people in the Limassol district this week, had their offer of help been ...
Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Friday evening rushed to clarify statements he had made earlier in the day about the wildfire in the Limassol which killed two this week, saying ...
The mosque in the Limassol district village of Malia suffered serious damage in the wildfire which has been raging in the region since Wednesday.
Bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage ...
Several ancient monuments have been damaged by the recent wildfire in Limassol, though many others remain unharmed, the Department of Antiquities said in a statement on Friday.
An inspection of 62 ...
A wildfire which broke out between the Kyrenia district villages of Ayios Amvrosios and Charkeia on Friday has been brought under control.
Turkish Cypriot Ayios Epiktitos and Ayios Amvrosios mayor ...
The fire brigade is “dealing with resurgences” in the Limassol district wildfire near the village of Omodos, its spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Friday afternoon.
According to the Cyprus News ...
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 ...