Environment

Cyprus is experiencing increasingly intense desert dust episodes as climate change accelerates changes in atmospheric conditions across the Levant. According to an international study involving researchers from the Cyprus Institute ...

The consumption of lionfish could help limit the spread of one of the Mediterranean’s most problematic invasive species, marine biologist Evagoras Isaias said on Thursday. Lionfish, a species native ...

The forestry department has strengthened its ranks with the appointment of four new forestry officers, who took up their duties on Thursday at forestry stations across Cyprus. The new recruits ...

Following the announcement of a €5 million contribution towards the recovery of the fire-affected communities of Limassol, XM Group is now proceeding with the funding of four major infrastructure projects that ...

The Union of Municipalities on Wednesday welcomed parliament’s rejection of a proposed municipal waste landfill tax, describing the outcome as a “responsible” decision and calling on the government to ...

Coffee lovers who bring a reusable cup to participating cafés on July 18 will receive a free coffee as part of the Bring Your Own Cup Day campaign, organised by ...

A team of Cypriot university students behind agritech startup LIVIA has won the European Innovation of the Year award at Gen-E 2026, Europe’s largest entrepreneurship festival, after representing Cyprus in ...

Three environmental organisations on Tuesday called for immediate clarification from the environment department over the organisation of a three-day music festival near protected areas of the Akamas peninsula. BirdLife Cyprus, ...

Western Europe just experienced its warmest June on record, EU scientists confirmed on Thursday, after an extreme heatwave at the end of the month smashed temperature records, disrupted power supplies ...

A recycling initiative launched during this year’s Mari and Kalavasos festivals successfully collected recyclable waste and will now be expanded to other community events across the Larnaca district, organisers ...

For Cuban zookeeper Ángel Cordero, the sight of four Bengal tiger cubs playing in a cage at the Cuban National Zoo is a small miracle on an island stifled by ...

The issue is not whether it will rain next winter, but if Cyprus is ready to adopt a modern, effective and unified management system that will guarantee water adequacy for ...

The share of electricity generation from renewable sources in Cyprus has steadily increased over the first five months of the year, reaching 36.88 per cent in May, according to Eurostat data ...

By Terra Cypria staff The Mediterranean has long been associated with mild winters, dry summers, and landscapes that have learned to coexist with fire. Wildfires are not foreign to Mediterranean ...

MPs warned on Tuesday that current water policy risks driving professional farmers out of agriculture, while questioning the government’s decision to extend water supplies from dams to four golf ...

Parliament on Tuesday began discussing a government bill aiming to crack down on ‘greenwashing’ – the practice of presenting commercial products as environmentally friendly when they are not. The government wants ...

As part of the allocation of €5 million to provide relief to communities in Limassol affected by 2025’s devastating fires, the XM Group, at a June 30, 2026 press conference in Nicosia, announced ...

A series of environmental and infrastructure projects, including new green points, water network upgrades and sewerage works, were announced on Tuesday by Larnaca district government (EOA) head Angelos Hadjicharalambous. Among ...

The Institute for Research and Development for Mountain Areas of Mediterranean Islands (MountMed Institute) has announced the launch of the Integrated Regeneration Programme for the Mountain Communities of Troodos, supported ...

Takeaway coffee shops and food outlets will be required to accept customers’ reusable cups from next February under new European Union packaging rules which will bring wide-ranging operational changes for ...

Cyprus expects desalination plants to cover almost all domestic water demand by next year, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou asserted on Monday. Speaking during a visit to the desalination plant at ...

With the high-level conference on islands and coastal communities, organised by the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU, having concluded, Oceana calls on the EU to use the ...

On the occasion of World Environment Day, Lidl Cyprus is bringing back the “The bigger you are, the greater your responsibility” campaign. The drive highlights something simple yet meaningful: safeguarding ...

European Union member states directed €79 billion towards environmental protection assets throughout 2025, according to figures from Eurostat. These investments represented 0.4 per cent of the total EU gross domestic product and 1.9 per ...