A 12.62% decrease was recorded in fires in Cyprus last year, but the trend was reversed for urban areas, according to the Fire Service. According to the statistics, the Service responded to
The Limassol Criminal Court has sentenced a 33-year-old man to two years behind bars after being found guilty of deliberately setting fires near a state forest that went up in flames. It
Cyprus’ fire service has refuted Eurostat’s figures showing firefighters make up around 0.4% of the workforce as it would translate into 1,622 personnel which is not the case. “We would like to
Cyprus is on a red alert for forest fires as the island continues to swelter under the hot Mediterranean sun, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius. On Friday, the island’s
Trust among Cypriots on the divided island is at a low point, but their willingness to help each other in the recent wildfire in the Turkish-held north should set the example, said
Kyrenia villages in the Turkish-occupied north are being evacuated as a wildfire spreads, with the Israeli and Cyprus governments sending firefighting aircraft to help. The two Israeli aircraft were expected to fly
Six cars were torched during a football match in Limassol while a father and son were attacked by opposing fans, as more incidents of hooliganism blight the game. The cars were set
Melco, the operator of Cyprus Casinos, has donated and delivered five lightweight fire emergency response vehicles to communities affected by deadly wildfires that devasted Larnaca and Limassol’s rural areas in July 2021.
A fire broke out Friday on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Ionian Sea, injuring one crew member among the nearly 300 people on board, the Greek coastguard said. The fire
American Academy Larnaca students collected school supplies sent in backpacks to 40 students in an area devastated by last summer’s huge Greek wildfires. Supplies were sent to the Ayia Anna High School
