#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 ...

More than 13 million deaths attributed to environmental causes every year could be avoided with appropriate action to protect the environment, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Thursday. In an address ...

Researchers from the University of Nicosia (UNic) has found that as many as 238 people likely lost their lives in 2017 due to emissions from vehicles and heat sources. UNic researchers simulated ...

Addressing plastic solution and the impact of plastics in the Mediterranean are at the focus of the Plastic Waste Free Islands Med Final Event (PWFI) being organised in Nicosia on ...

Cyprus is one of the countries worldwide with the lowest levels of pharmaceutical contamination in its rivers, a study of the Global Monitoring of Pharmaceuticals project showed on Tuesday. The ...

An exhibition of photographs at the Thalassa Museum in Ayia Napa on Monday night celebrated the island’s beauty while driving home the urgent need to protect the sea from ...

By Stavros Nikolaou The deputy ministry of shipping and Cypriot scientists are joining forces to develop greater environmental awareness about plastic pollution from cruise ships. According to an announcement, the ...

Around 269 million people worldwide use drugs each year. Often forgotten in this story is a problem of basic biology. What goes in must come out. Sewers are inundated with drugs ...

By Adrian Portugal and Peter Blaza Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling ...

Police, members of the coastguard and the rapid response unit (MMAD), donned their diving suits to clean up the seabed at two Protaras beaches. The rubbish collected was disposed of ...

From car emissions to polluting factories, the state is failing its people By Charalampos Theopemptou People often ask me which is the biggest environmental problem that we face. My answer ...