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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 ...

At the Forest Theatre in Kato Amiantos, buried in pine trees and cool mountain air, a summer music festival quietly unfolds. All summer long, a series of live music concerts ...

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 ...

Broad support measures were launched by NGOs, the government, civil society, and humanitarian organisations following the devastating wildfires in the Limassol region, which, according to initial satellite assessments, burned 120 square ...

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 ...

The criminal court will announce its decision on Monday, July 28, regarding Simon Aykut’s request to be released on health grounds, it said in a statement on Thursday. Aykut has ...

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 ...

Egypt, Greece, the European Union, and the United Kingdom on Thursday all announced that they had sent firefighting aircraft to Cyprus to help battle the ongoing wildfire in the Limassol ...

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 ...

The new wildfire breaking out in the Paphos district on Thursday appeared to be in remission by early afternoon, but local authorities advised residents to remain on alert. The blaze ...

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 ...

From Friday to Sunday, the charming mountain village of Katydata will once again echo with sounds from around the world as Windcraft Music Fest celebrates its 11th edition. A highlight ...

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 fire which broke out on Wednesday at a landfill in the Paphos district village of Ayia Marinouda caused a “huge ecological disaster”, Paphos district governor Charalambos Pittokopitis said on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday cancelled his planned meeting with Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi in light of a deadly wildfire which was raging in the Limassol district on ...

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, ...

A meeting of trade unions to discuss the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which was scheduled to take place on Thursday has been cancelled due to the ongoing wildfires raging in the ...

The last weekend of July is set to go out with a bang. The cultural agenda has no shortage of events – if you are looking for something to do, here ...

The fire which broke out on Wednesday at a landfill in the Paphos district village of Ayia Marinouda was contained shortly before midnight, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on ...