Tourist arrivals in Cyprus improved in May, but were still below year-ago levels for the third consecutive month, with cancellations drastically impacting hotel bookings and airline reservations cancelled after the US and
The United Kingdom joined bombing operations in Yemen on Friday utilising its Royal Air Force base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, as announced by the British Ministry of Defence. These targeted strikes were directed
A £66 mln contract has been awarded for constructing a new Passenger Handling Facility at RAF Akrotiri, Limassol, the UK’s largest overseas air base. The British government said the contract would create
With the academic year underway, the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre (AEEC) team, under the Network of similar centres in Cyprus, has developed specially-designed educational programs for children across the island. With COVID-19
Melani, a rare black female flamingo, has returned to her favourite Cyprus stop-over for the fifth time in seven years. She has been sighted at the Akrotiri Salt Lake, a wetland area
The Cyprus Rare Birds Committee has confirmed that the Akrotiri Environmental and Education Centre’s record of an African Desert Warbler last year is officially recognised as the first of its species on
To mark World Wetland Day, on 2 February, Akrotiri Environmental & Education Centre invites people to visit to learn more about their important conservation work. Thomas Hadjikyriakou, manager of the centre, stressed
The Cyprus meteorological service issued an ‘orange alert’ for Friday, the 49th high temperature warning for this year, saying that temperatures will peak at 43 degrees Celsius inland and 35C in the
The Cyprus Department of Meteorology has issued an ‘extreme high temperature warning’ for Monday, with inland temperatures expected to soar past 40C between 1pm and 5pm, with the forecast remaining clear and
A haven for thousands of migratory birds, the protected Akrotiri wetlands complex is being slowly destroyed by huge construction projects surrounding the natural beauty spot, claim activists. Conservation group Birdlife Cyprus says
