#Limassol

Eleni Panayiotou Last Wednesday afternoon, I finished my gym class and checked my phone only to find several messages and missed calls enquiring after the well-being of my family. It ...

There is currently no immediate need for additional material donations for those affected by the recent wildfire in the Limassol mountain region, the interior ministry said on Monday, noting that ...

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 deputy ministry of social welfare said on Monday it has mobilised teams to provide targeted support to residents affected by the wildfires in the Limassol district, with efforts now ...

The fire department on Monday disputed claims by the community leader of Vouni village that they “ran out of water” while fighting the wildfire tearing through the Limassol district last ...

A team of 150 people are working “non-stop” to repair the damage caused to electrical infrastructure in the Limassol district by the wildfire which tore through the area last week, electricity ...

Four people were arrested on Sunday in the wider Limassol area during police patrols carried out as part of fire prevention efforts, police said in a statement on Monday. Officers ...

Ierokipia mayor Nikos Palios on Monday announced that he had sent a letter to the Union of Cyprus municipalities, proposing that the union raise €250,000 for the villages which were impacted ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ televised apology for the government’s response to the wildfires which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last week was “not enough”, House president ...

A Romanian man has died in hospital nearly seven months after being seriously injured in a road collision in Limassol. Police are still investigating both the crash and the exact ...

By Steve Lemeshko On the night of July 23, I stood outside in Limassol, watching ash drift from the sky. It was hard to imagine the chaos unfolding up towards the ...

Some members of the public have still been seen trying to start new fires as recently as “the last few hours”, fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos said on Saturday morning. “...

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 ...

Two churches in the Limassol district sustained damage during the recent wildfires, Archimandrite Filotheos of Limassol told CNA on Friday. He also noted the intention of Metropolitan Athanasios to provide ...

A 45-year-old man was sentenced to ten years in prison on Friday for causing a fatal crash that killed four members of the same family in Limassol on New Year’...

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 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday thanked everyone who helped fight the raging wildfires in the Limassol district, stressing that preserving human life was the utmost priority throughout, while pledging financial ...

In the searing summer heat firefighters throughout Thursday continued to battle the blaze that incinerated an estimated 120 square kilometres in the Limassol district, with two people confirmed dead and at ...

Animals affected by the Limassol wildfires are in urgent need of food, water, and veterinary care, as no formal mechanism has been established to support them, Animal Welfare Commissioner Antonia ...

Archbishop Georgios expressed deep shock and sorrow over the deadly wildfires currently ravaging parts of the island in a statement released Thursday, calling for calm and unity in a time ...

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 ...

The Limassol district village of Arsos was “left without support from the state” after firefighters withdrew from the frontline of the fire near the village on Wednesday, its mukhtar Yiannakis ...