Consumers’ assoc. calls for tax relief to be extended to heating oil
The consumers’ association on Monday called for the reduced fuel consumption tax rate which is to be applied from Wednesday to be extended to cover heating oil.
It said that ...
Nearly 17 per cent of Cypriots struggle to heat their homes
In 2023, 16.9 per cent of Cypriots reported difficulties in heating their homes, according to Eurostat. This marks a 2.3 per cent improvement compared to 2022, when one in five Cypriots struggled to keep ...
One in five Cypriots ‘cannot afford to keep their homes warm’
Almost one in five Cypriots cannot afford to keep their homes warm, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat.
According to figures compiled in 2022, 19.2 per cent of Cypriots ...
RES accounted for over 35% of total heating energy in 2020
Renewable energy accounted for 37.1 per cent of the total energy used for heating and cooling in Cyprus in 2020 – the ninth highest rate in the EU and up from 19.97 per cent ...
Freezing mountain communities call for more state aid (Update 2)
As the cold snap continued across Cyprus on Wednesday and overnight temperatures set to fall to -9C in some areas, mountain communities have complained about inadequate heating subsidies.
Civil ...
Cyprus has highest share of working poor in EU who cannot afford heating
Almost 46 per cent of Cyprus’ working poor cannot afford heating, the highest number in the EU, according to an analysis of data for the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has ...
One fifth in Cyprus can’t afford to heat their homes adequately
In 2019, over one fifth of people in Cyprus said they could not afford to heat their homes adequately in winter, third worst across the bloc, according to Eurostat.
This was ...