Electricity market ‘to open in July 2025’
In July 2025, the electricity market will open and consumers will be able to choose their supplier, as they do currently for phone use, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday ...
Our View: ‘Human-centred’ measures merely a distraction from bad news
For this government, an unpopular measure must be accompanied by something positive, at least communications-wise, because it wants to minimise the criticism by media and opposition parties, which would have ...
Electricity subsidy reinstated, fuel tax reduced among relief measures (Update 4)
By Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou
The government announced on Thursday the reinstatement of the electricity subsidy as part of a raft of measures aimed at helping people through the ...
MPs mull ways to reduce electricity bills
Lawmakers on Tuesday reviewed various ways in which electricity bills might be reduced, including by scrapping the levying of VAT in certain cases but it remained unclear whether their proposals ...
Consumers Association slams electricity price hike
The Cyprus Consumers Association (CCA) on Monday strongly criticised the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) for the 38 per cent price hike set for August compared to the same month last ...