#price hikes

The summer will find Cyprus “completely unprepared” in terms of energy sufficiency, Marios Papoutis, head of the EAC’s technical employees’ union (Sekaik) warned on Monday. Speaking on CyBC, the ...

Olive oil prices are expected to begin to fall in the coming weeks and months after a 61 per cent rise was seen between September and September last year, consumers’ association ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has begun examining what tariff hikes it will impose for 2025, the head of the state-run utility said on Monday. Giorgos Petrou, board chairman at ...

Products and services associated with Valentine’s Day saw an almost ten per cent increase this year in comparison to last year, the statistical services said on Wednesday. According to ...

Turkish Cypriot bakers cried foul on Sunday after the north’s ‘government’ decreed issued a decree to set the maximum price of a loaf of bread. The decree set the ...

The price of fresh fish and vegetables went down by 17 and 13 per cent in October, while the price of toilet paper had a 17 per cent price spike compared to September. ...

The electricity authority (EAC) announced on Wednesday it will take the energy regulatory authority (Cera) to court to appeal Cera’s rejection of its request for a 25 per cent increase ...

New proposed relief measures by the Consumer Protection service include a ceiling on the price of bottled water, it was reported on Friday. The consumer protection service has prepared a ...

A total of 32 out of 45 staple food items have seen their prices increase, the Consumer Protection Service (CPS) said on Monday, in its July 2023 price observatory. Reductions were recorded for 13 ...

The rising price of raw milk has “raised a red alarm” among Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers, according to the Cyprus Turkish chamber of industry (KTSO). The price of raw milk ...

Public concern over cost-of-living is mounting despite state assurances that the ending of relief measures was warranted and necessary. Recently released data appeared to validate consumers’ fears, that the abolition ...

A VAT cut on seven basic goods has led to cheaper prices and been greeted positively by consumers, especially families, the Consumer Protection Association said on Monday. The association said ...

The prices of some popular supermarket items have not dropped significantly following the introduction of reduced VAT, a month after the intended consumer relief measure kicked in, data from the ...

An overwhelming majority of Cypriots believe EU actions led to difficulties paying the bills, a Eurobarometer survey published on Tuesday revealed. With 504 face-to-face interviews for the 2023 spring survey carried out ...

The government should take measures to relieve low-income households hit by inflation, Peo trade union said while the consumer protection service said prices last month showed a drop in the ...

Tesla Inc raised prices in the United States of its best-selling vehicle, the Model Y, by $1,000 after the government raised the ceiling on the price of crossover electric vehicles eligible ...

There have been major price hikes for basic necessities in November compared to the previous month, the Cyprus consumer association said on Sunday. Sugar had the largest price increase at 16.1 ...

I wonder why Judge Riza, wrote about profiteering (Sunday Mail, August 21, Everyone knows that profiteering is criminal). Has he just bought a designer shirt and realised a near identical shirt ...

The government hit back at Akel on Saturday after the main opposition party said Cypriots have been left at the mercy of sweeping price hikes. Left-wing Akel criticised ruling Disy ...

Limassol families have been called on to host students amid a housing crisis in the district. Cyprus university of technology (Tepak) on Saturday announced its new programme where students will ...

Farming organisations are calling for support to cover the skyrocketing cost of raw materials on Thursday said they are still waiting for the continuation of discussions with the agriculture minister ...

A 20 per cent hike in the price of halloumi cheese is expected in the coming days, president of the cheese makers association Giorgos Petrou said on Monday. Petrou told CyBC ...

Given that consumer prices will continue to rise over the coming months with increases in incomes falling far behind, even lower middle-income households are likely to experience financial problems With ...

Turkish Cypriots on Friday continued demonstrating against price hikes, the new protocol on financial support from Turkey, and what they consider interventions on their free will, with support from political ...