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Anastasiades lauds Cairo summit as ‘historic’, lays groundwork for closer ties

Evie AndreouSeptember 4, 2021September 4, 2021

By Evie AndreouSeptember 4, 2021September 4, 202101025

The first Intergovernmental Summit between Cyprus and Egypt was described as “historic” by President Nicos Anastasiades who laid the groundwork for closer ties on Saturday...

Cyprus Featured

Drilling to start by end of year

Elias HazouAugust 31, 2021

By Elias HazouAugust 31, 202101195

Final preparations are underway on the part of the government for the restart of natural gas exploration activities offshore Cyprus, with the Exxon Mobil/Qatar Petroleum...

Cyprus Featured

ExxonMobil plans to start gas drilling by end of year

George PsyllidesAugust 16, 2021

By George PsyllidesAugust 16, 202101474

ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum plan on drilling for gas in an offshore block towards the end of the year, Energy Minister Natasa Pilidou has said....

CM Regular Columnist Opinion

IPCC climate report: the language of the scientists

Gwynne DyerAugust 15, 2021

By Gwynne DyerAugust 15, 20210650

There are 150 new coal-fired plants under construction or already approved and funded in the world, so you can’t really say that we are taking...

CM Regular Columnist Opinion

East Med energy: re-assessing common interests

Dr Charles EllinasAugust 1, 2021

By Dr Charles EllinasAugust 1, 20210757

We can rediscover our common interests only after a reality check In the East Med we have been side-tracked by the fallacious promise or...

Environment World

Strained G20 climate talks could yet deliver progress on coal

Reuters News ServiceJuly 27, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 27, 2021073

By Gavin Jones Climate campaigners voiced frustration a meeting of ministers from the world’s richest countries failed to deliver a deal to phase out coal,...

Cyprus Environment Featured

EAC shows off green investment in power station

Staff ReporterJuly 26, 2021

By Staff ReporterJuly 26, 20210322

The EAC board welcomed Energy Minister Natasa Pilides to Vasiliko power station on Monday to showcase investments to protect the environment by reducing carbon emissions...

Cyprus Featured

Strategy released for green transition

Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 17, 2021July 17, 2021

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 17, 2021July 17, 202101573

Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said Cyprus was aiming for a rapid transition to a green economy and to reach low to zero emissions by 2050....

Cyprus Environment Featured

Political parties’ policies on energy and transport

Staff ReporterMay 19, 2021May 19, 2021

By Staff ReporterMay 19, 2021May 19, 20210865

In the lead up to the parliamentary elections on May 30, the Cyprus Mail has asked the main political parties for their policies on a...

Environment World

Lundin sells its first ‘carbon neutral’ oil as climate activism grows

Reuters News ServiceApril 28, 2021April 27, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceApril 28, 2021April 27, 20210891

Sweden’s Lundin Energy has sold to Italian refiner Saras what it said is the world’s first oil cargo certified as carbon neutral at the point...

Cyprus Featured

High voltage cables to move from Dali to buffer zone

Gina AgapiouApril 14, 2021

By Gina AgapiouApril 14, 20210327

Works are on the cards to relocate the high-voltage cables from Dali to the buffer zone following years of complaints by the residents, the House...

Cyprus Featured

Egypt-Turkey rapprochement would isolate Cyprus

Jonathan Gorvett - CM CorrespondentMarch 6, 2021March 8, 2021

By Jonathan Gorvett - CM CorrespondentMarch 6, 2021March 8, 202103971

But with deep divisions remaining Egypt is treating Turkey’s overtures cautiously This has been a bewildering week for Cypriot diplomacy – and a tough one,...

What 2021 will bring to East Med energy?

Dr Charles EllinasJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 2021

By Dr Charles EllinasJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 202102556

Cyprus will find itself under pressure from the EU and the US to find a path out of the Cyprus problem swamp The memories of...

Cyprus Featured

EIB agrees €76m in financing for new ‘green-transition’ power plant at Vasiliko

Source: Cyprus News AgencyDecember 18, 2020December 18, 2020

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyDecember 18, 2020December 18, 202001420

The European Investment Bank (EIB) said on Friday it had agreed to support construction of a new power plant at Vasiliko by the Electricity Authority...

Cyprus Featured

Anastasiades: Cyprus determined to forge ahead with energy policies

Source: Cyprus News AgencyDecember 15, 2020December 15, 2020

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyDecember 15, 2020December 15, 202002204

Cyprus is determined to forge ahead with its energy policy despite Turkey’s provocations, threats and illegal activities, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. He said...

CM Regular Columnist Featured Opinion

Cyprus: In need of a new (energy) growth model?

Dr Charles EllinasNovember 29, 2020

By Dr Charles EllinasNovember 29, 202002129

Exploitation of Cyprus gas finds will be expensive and is already riddled with dispute This was the title of Economist’s 16th Cyprus Summit, held online...

Cyprus

Pilides says Cypriot industry stable

Jonathan ShkurkoOctober 16, 2020

By Jonathan ShkurkoOctober 16, 20200958

Cypriot industry is a stable pillar of the economy, said the energy and commerce minister Natasa Pilides on Friday after a meeting with prominent industrialists...

CM Regular Columnist Opinion

Entering a more diverse energy future

Dr Charles EllinasOctober 4, 2020

By Dr Charles EllinasOctober 4, 202001070

Global energy demand will carry on growing but not beyond the mid-2030s By Charles Ellinas AT A time when the East Med is on a...

Cyprus Education

Energy upgrade announced for schools

Evie AndreouOctober 2, 2020

By Evie AndreouOctober 2, 20200589

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Friday announced on Friday an energy upgrade for 25 schools as a first step to convert the buildings to minimal...

Cyprus

New pricing policy leads to cheaper power

Peter MichaelSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 2020

By Peter MichaelSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 20200730

The cost of electricity has decreased by 20 per cent since new pricing measures were introduced in 2017, the head of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory...