Major wildfires are the new reality, Panayiotou says

Major wildfires are “the new reality” , Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday.

In her address to the day’s joint session of the House agriculture, environment, and interior committees held in light of the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month, she chose to focus on more long-term efforts aimed at mitigating the impacts of future wildfires.

“The longstanding problem that the forestry department