A brief power cut affected a large number of areas across the country on Saturday afternoon.

Electricity authority spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou told the Cyprus News Agency the outage was caused by a problem in the production system.

“There were interruptions in the electricity supply in various areas nationwide,” Papadopoulou said, adding that the power outage lasted about 12-14 minutes.

The power supply, she explained, was being restored gradually as the rapid restart units were put into operation.