Union demands reduction in fuel tax
Trade union Isotita has called on Finance Minister Makis Keravnos to reduce taxation on fuel, in a strongly worded open letter sent on Thursday. They...
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Our View: Change of economic tune is necessary
It was encouraging to hear Finance Minister Makis Keravnos defending the government’s decision to end the subsidy of all electricity bills and the reduction of...
Stricter controls for those trading in fuel from the north (Updated)
The government is due to announce stricter controls at crossings to clamp down on abuses related to the purchase of fuel from the north, Energy...
160 litres of untaxed petrol confiscated
Police have confiscated 160 litres of petrol, as well as 107 boxes of cigarettes and 12 boxes of tobacco, from a vehicle on the road...
Discontent over abolition of relief measures rising
The abolition of the tax freeze on fuels and electricity sends the message that the government is out of touch with society, Peo union claimed...
Fuel and electricity costs to rise as relief measures expire (Updated)
Fuel and electricity prices are set to rise as of July 1 following expiration of the relief measures for consumers introduced last year. According to Finance...
EU can learn from Spanish gas price limit, EU energy chief says
The European Union can learn from Spain and Portugal’s mechanism to cap the price of gas used in power generation, although the scheme is not...
Angry petrol station owners demand government action, compensation over north fuel sales competition
The island’s disgruntled petrol station owners on Wednesday urged the government to intervene over the issue of consumers buying fuel from the occupied territories in...
Petrol station owners to report Republic to EC over fuel buying in the north
Petrol station owners have threatened to up the stakes in the ongoing fuel row with the north as their legal team on Tuesday said they...
Inflation in July rose 10.9% year-on-year, up 8.23% in first eight months
Inflation increased by 10.9 per cent year on year in July driven by hikes in electricity, which rose 61.7 per cent and fuel 44.1 per...
