NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A deadly brush fire that claimed four lives and has been described as the most destructive blaze in Cyprus' 61-year history as an independent republic is now fully under control ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus' justice minister says the massive fire that has burned huge tracts of pine forest in the east Mediterranean island's mountains over the last four days is now under control.

One of the rarest and emblematic trees of the Mediterranean, the Cyprus Cedar (Cedrus brevifolia) is a living witness to the natural and cultural history of the island, the forestry department’s ...