#pollution

With a population of 231 million Pakistan was ranked the world’s smoggiest country in 2025, with concentrations of hazardous small particles known as PM2.5 up to 13 times higher than the recommended ...

Environmental experts assured on Tuesday that Cyprus’ atmosphere and natural environment remain unaffected by toxic emissions linked to ongoing military conflicts in Iran and strikes on oil facilities in the ...

“Limassol is a city that lives and breathes by the sea. Protecting our marine environment and coastline is a priority,” said mayor Yiannis Armeftis on Saturday during a large-scale clean-up ...

Across the EU, 12.2 per cent of the population reported that pollution, grime or environmental issues affected their household in 2023, a decrease from 15.1 per cent in 2019, Eurostat announced on Monday. In ...

The European Commission on Thursday sent Cyprus a “reasoned opinion” over the country’s failure to transpose into its legal system a directive regarding the reporting of projected emissions of ...

The British bases on Wednesday reiterated their warning to refrain from swimming at Lady’s Mile beach, despite the continued insistence by the Environment Department and the mayors of Limassol ...

The Larnaca local government organisation (EOA) on Tuesday raised serious concerns over government plans to relocate asphalt production units and a plastic pyrolysis plant to an industrial zone in Koshi, ...

The latest microbiological testing showed no pollution of the waters at Geroskipou beach, therefore it is safe to swim in the area, according to the Municipality of Ierokipia on Monday. ...

The European Commission has initiated two new procedures against Cyprus regarding water management and the submission of updated national energy and climate plans. The Commission issued a formal notice to ...

California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil XOM.N on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long campaign that helped fuel global plastic waste pollution. ...

Cyprus has ranked poorly in a recent study on air quality in European cities, with both Limassol and Nicosia falling near the bottom of the list. According to the European ...

Fines have been imposed on 16 shipowners over the last 10 years for pollution caused by oil, illegal discharge of sewage and illegal cleaning of vessels without obtaining approval from the Cyprus ...

Microplastics, including bottle caps and a Halloween toy, were found in the stomachs of 135 loggerhead turtles washed up or killed on the shores of northern Cyprus, research showed on Tuesday. ...

By Anastasia Korae The triple planetary crises – climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss – are now widely acknowledged as real and existing threats to human societies. Current resource consumption levels are ...

Nine communities of the Vasiliko area will stage a protest on Tuesday by closing the Pentakomo waste treatment plant indefinitely. A statement issued by the coordinating committee of the nine ...

The effects of climate change in Cyprus are becoming all the more apparent, Environment Commissioner Maria Panayiotou said on Saturday, marking World Earth Day. “Protecting the environment should be a ...

The Dasoudi area of Limassol got its own water refill station this week, the fourth water station installed as part of the Refill Cyprus project. Launched by the volunteer environmental ...

By Jack Graham Delegates from up to 193 UN member states are meeting in New York this week in an effort to wrap up negotiations on a long-awaited treaty to protect ...

As one of the most populated in the Mediterranean, the island already suffers from the consequences of marine pollution By Anastasis Karonias Pollution from marine litter is among the most ...

By Victoras Pallikaras As the world’s capacity to deal with the fast-rising supply of disposable plastic goods becomes overwhelmed, plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most urgent ...

Years of unplanned building without the necessary infrastructure has led to wastewater runoff polluting underground reservoirs and the sea in Trikomo, Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeniduzen reported on Sunday. President of ...

By Krisztina Fenyo and Krisztina Than Polluted water flowing from an iron ore mine in eastern Slovakia has turned the Slana River orange, killing fish and wildlife on a long ...

The European Commission has sent four reasoned opinions to Cyprus, one step before the case could be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. In its infringement ...

Pollution should be eliminated not transferred from one place to another, the Green Party said on Thursday after participating in a demonstration of 12 Nicosia communities against the relocation of a ...