Church’s photovoltaics park fails the green litmus test
A solar power park in Solea has been presented as a green project to increase Cyprus’ production of energy from renewable sources, so why are...
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€7m in EU aid for drought, Solea fires
CYPRUS is to receive more than €7m in aid from the EU to restore areas damaged by extended droughts and last year’s fires in Solea...
Around 20,000 new trees will be planted in scorched forest by end of 2017
More than 12,000 new trees have been planted in the burnt areas of the Ayios Theodoros valley in the Solea region, which fell victim to...
Rare plant reappears in fire-ravaged Solea
A rare endemic plant has reappeared in an area of Solea that was ravaged by fire in June last year, the forestry department said on...
Play “OH Yellow Trees” and help MTN to support the reforestation of Solea
MTN, with its innovative Christmas game “Oh Yello Trees!”, gets its friends into the Christmas spirit and at the same motivates them to support the...
Urgent call for tree-planting volunteers
The Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) and the TUI group are looking for volunteers for a tree planting day in the Ayios Theodoros valley on...
Firemen rescue over 1,000 people this year
From the beginning of the year until the end of August the fire services responded to just over 7,000 calls of which 4,453 were fires,...
Race against time to protect burnt forests from erosion and flooding
The forestry department is racing against time to carry out anti-erosion and flood protection projects in areas devastated by large fires earlier this summer. Takis...
Anastasiades: undermining the Republic hardly a ‘missed opportunity’
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday issued a note of caution to “those who advise” the UN Secretary General when it comes to the information he...
Solea fires underestimated from the outset, MPs hear
DISCUSSION in parliament on a deadly fire in the Solea area of the Troodos mountain confirmed that the situation had been underestimated and the operational...
Solea fire destroyed over 18 square kilometres of land and forest
In total, 18.5 square kilometres of land was burned in the Solea area during last week’s fires, the forestry department said on Tuesday. In an...
Anastasiades visits injured firefighters, as crews remain on high alert
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday was at Nicosia general hospital visiting three people who were injured during the fire in the Solea area earlier this...
Solea fire under control, minister says (Updated)
The fire in the Solea region that resulted in the death of two firefighters and destroyed huge areas of pine forest was brought under control,...
Protect forests from urban sprawl, BirdLife says
In the wake of the deadly fire in the Solea area, conservationists BirdLife Cyprus said it was important for forests and natural habitats to be...
First firefighter buried, hailed as hero by mourners (Updated)
Shouts of “hero, hero” reverberated in the Ayios Charalambos church in Denia on Wednesday, as family, friends, and colleagues bid a final farewell to firefighter...
Alleged witness claims grandfather, not boy, 12, started Evrychou fire
A man has claimed that it was not a 12-year-old boy who started the deadly fire that started in Evrychou on Sunday and spread to...
As flames subside, criticism creeps in: understaffing claims denied
As the Solea fires subsided on Wednesday, there emerged the first stirrings of criticism at government agencies’ apparent failure to properly coordinate in combating the...
Parties on both sides pledge to work together on reforestation
Greek and Turkish Cypriot political parties on Wednesday pledged to work together in reforesting all the areas affected by a huge fire in the Solea...
Residents of affected villages on tenterhooks
As the fire in the Solea forest area rages for the third day, affected communities have joined forces with authorities to assist in any way...
Worst fires in Cyprus’ recent history
The fire currently raging in the Solea region is one of the biggest in recent history and could yet be the worst ever depending on...