#Limassol

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 ...

Approximately 120 square kilometres of land has been burned in the Limassol district, according to a preliminary assessment given on Thursday. In a statement, the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (University of ...

In the wake of the devastating wildfires that have shaken our communities, the Women’s Organisation of Pioneering Limassol has announced its full readiness to support those affected. “At a ...

Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Thursday afternoon visited the coordination centre which was set up to organise the response to the wildfire which has been raging in ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday afternoon denied that the government had been “negligent” in its handling of a wildfire which broke out in Limassol on Wednesday and killed two, ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday assured the public that health services remain on high alert due to the ongoing wildfires, with public hospitals on standby and a first aid ...

Villages in the Limassol district on Thursday began to count the cost of the wildfire which tore through the district on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Vouni village mukhtar Mattheos ...

A total of three villages impacted by the ongoing wildfire in the Limassol district have been reconnected to the electrical grid, electricity authority (EAC) spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou confirmed on Thursday ...

The transport ministry on Thursday announced the signing of an agreement with the Olympia athletics club (GSO) to launch a new park and ride service at Tsirio stadium in Limassol.   ...

Roads across the Limassol district were closed on Thursday as a wildfire which started on Wednesday afternoon continued to burn. The road between the village of Trimiklini and the villages ...

The wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district and has thus far killed two people was arson, fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos said on Thursday. Speaking to CyBC radio, ...

Offers made by Turkish Cypriots for help in fighting a wildfire in the Limassol district, which killed two and caused dozens to be evacuated from their homes, were rejected by ...

As wildfires continue to threaten villages in the Limassol district, emergency support is being offered from across the region, with local businesses and community groups stepping in to help fire ...