Civil society steps up to help with wildfire relief efforts

Broad support measures were launched by NGOs, the government, civil society, and humanitarian organisations following the devastating wildfires in the Limassol region, which, according to initial satellite assessments, burned 120 square kilometres of land and claimed the lives of an elderly couple.

“We express the deep sorrow of the state for the unjust loss of two of our fellow citizens during the devastating fires that occurred yesterday,” government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday afternoon...