Cyprus

The Famagusta Ecocity Project is trying to revive the Varosha beach resort, which was completely absorbed into the nature that grew wild after the Turkish invasion, by creating Europe's first "model ecovillage"

The Cypriot project to develop environmental awareness of plastic pollution from cruise ships has received the major BeMed 2020 award from the BeyondPlasticMediterranean foundation supported by the Prince Albert of Monaco Foundation

After the recent fire, the worst in the country's recent history, experts stressed the need to use new firefighting technology that is more effective in locating fires in real time

British-Cypriot autistic author N.E. McMorran has won the Nautilus Award for the groundbreaking children's book 'Moojag and the Secret Auticode', an audiobook that includes autistic, dyslexic, ADHD and down-syndrome voices

8 archaeologists have been hired for the 31 months duration of ‘Digitizing Cyprus Museums’, the new research program of the Department of Antiquities that aims at digitizing the island's cultural heritage

Paphos will focus on electromobility, namely the purchase of electric scooters, to enhance the switch to green transport, in the framework of the municipality's goal to transform the city into a "smart city"

Cyprus continues to hold the first place in bathing water excellence with 100% compliance with the provisions of the EU Directive on the Management of Bathing Water Quality

The Cyprus’ Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage has been awarded an EU cultural prize in the category ‘Dedicated Service to Heritage’

From today vaccinated British tourists are admitted in the country

The Cyprus passport ranked 13th on the 2021 Henley Passport Index which ranks all the passports with regard to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa

The total building permits authorized in 2020 fell sharply in terms of number, value and area compared to previous years