The Cyprus Consumer Association is demanding the government reinstates two subsidy schemes for fuel and electricity, scrapped in July, as the cost-of-living spirals. The association’s chair Marios Drousiotis is warning that higher
Fuel prices are set to decrease by three cents per litre in the coming days, Energy Ministry spokesperson Constantinos Karagiorgis said. “It is expected that in the next few days, either this
The government will increase checks at checkpoints to stop fuel smuggling from the Turkish-occupied north without violating the Green Line Trade agreement, said President Nikos Christodoulides. President Christodoulides told reporters the government
The government will introduce stricter rules at Green Line crossings to clamp down on abuses related to purchasing cheaper fuel from the Turkish-occupied north, said Energy Minister George Papanastasiou. The minister’s statement
The government will decide this week whether to continue a freeze on consumer tax on fuel and a subsidy on electricity bills under pressure from petrol station owners. The relief measures introduced
Cypriots will see energy costs rise overnight when a freeze on consumer tax on fuel and a government subsidy on electricity bills expire at the end of June. The relief measures introduced
Fuel prices at the pumps have reached their lowest ebb since the record highs in July last year; petrol is expected to drop two to three cents in the coming days. According
Main opposition party DISY is attempting to keep a state subsidy on fuel prices at the pumps by tweaking a Finance Ministry bill aiming to halve it in May. In April, the
The government has decided to continue subsidising fuel prices at the pumps by extending a reduction on consumption tax for another two months. The Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday that the government
The government plans to extend a subsidy on electricity bills introduced by the previous administration but will discontinue a freeze on consumer fuel tax. According to Phileleftheros daily, quoting government sources, President
