#Fires

Defence has always been something of sacred cow. Everyone has the patriotic duty to support our military and applaud government expenditure on defence equipment, whatever it is and regardless of ...

More than 25,000 trees and shrubs are expected to be planted in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts affected by last month’s fires, the forestry department said ...

The remaining 35 members of the Cypriot firefighting mission sent to Greece to help battle the wildfires are expected to return to the island on Friday as most blazes were put ...

Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where at least 65 people died, and in southern Italy. ...

The forestry department issued a red alert for fires on Wednesday as temperatures in the island are set to remain extremely high in the coming days. The department urged the ...

Several members of a Cypriot firefighting unit in Greece, including one who was slightly injured on Tuesday, will be returning to the island after seven days, a fire service spokesman ...

Migrating storks crossing through Greece on their way to Africa have fallen victim to the wildfires raging across the country for the past week, becoming disoriented by the flames and ...

The forestry department is on high alert to respond to potential deadly fires, its director Charalambos Alexandrou told the Cyprus News Agency on Monday. He added that the department now ...

But climate change not the sole driver of increasing temperatures and wildfires By Annette Chrysostomou The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot with huge fires raging in Turkey and Greece ...

A mission from the fire service and civil defence arrived in Greece Wednesday morning to help bring under control fires that have reached residential areas outside Athens. Fire service spokesman ...

The preparedness of the Forestry department prevented a serious fire in difficult to reach terrain from developing into a serious incident on Saturday, director of the department Charalambos Alexandrou said ...

A red alert for fires was issued on Saturday by the forest department as a protracted heatwave continued to scorch the island with a yellow weather warning for high temperatures ...

Financial assistance for those affected by large fires earlier this summer will start being dispensed from Monday, deputy government spokeswoman Niovi Parisinou said. Immediate assistance was deemed necessary for those ...

Direct financial assistance to those who suffered damage to their properties in the massive July 3 blaze will begin being dispensed as of next week, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said. He ...

A fire that broke out earlier between the villages Faleia and Pentalia in Paphos is under partial control, the fire service said on Tuesday night. The fire burned around 2.5 square ...

Fire-stricken villagers will receive help amounting to €6 million while an additional set of measures will aim at helping affected farmers, the Cabinet decided on Wednesday. The decisions were presented by ...

Efforts continued on Tuesday to restore power in all the communities affected by the fire over the weekend, Cyprus electricity authority’s spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou said. Papadopoulou told the Cyprus ...

The recent fires have strengthened the government’s determination to create a comprehensive plan including disasters, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday while receiving the annual report from the Commissioner ...

Farmers who were affected by the weekend’s fires will soon be able to apply for compensation for their losses, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry announcement backed ...

The forestry department on Friday said the National Guard would start assisting in the forest monitoring programme aimed at preventing fires. According to the forestry department the programme concerns drone ...

A €1.2m base for firefighting aircraft was inaugurated in Mammari in the Nicosia district on Tuesday by Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, who pledged the government’s commitment to support efforts ...