#shelters

Former civil defence director Maria Papa publicly challenged the handling of Cyprus’ shelter programme on Monday, insisting her repeated warnings to the interior ministry were ignored. In a detailed statement ...

Almost 200 sites which were listed by the civil defence as evacuation shelters are unsuitable for use or no longer exist, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. He said that ...

The government is not satisfied with the bomb shelters and will be taking decisions to improve the situation at the next cabinet meeting, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. He ...

The interior ministry is preparing to submit a proposal to the cabinet aimed at significantly increasing the number of civil defence shelters across Cyprus, with the plan expected to be ...

A district meeting on shelters and civil protection was held on Friday in Paphos, where authorities identified gaps in preparedness that they pledged to address immediately. President of the Paphos ...

Authorities in Cyprus are re-inspecting bomb shelters across the island and reviewing emergency systems, Civil Defence confirmed on Thursday. Civil Defence spokesperson Panayiotis Liasidis told CNA that inspections will be ...

There are 2,200 shelters across Cyprus ready to accommodate 30 per cent of the population, civil defence spokesman Panayiois Liasides said on Friday, amid reports members of the public have been frantically ...

Authorities were called to assist victims of human trafficking in 147 cases last year and 149 so far this year while the island’s two shelters accommodated 20 people in 2022 and 14 so far ...

Cyprus, the land of strays, exports up to 5,000 dogs and cats every year, deputies heard at the house environment committee on Wednesday. In the last seven years, some 30,000 dogs have ...