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ECONOMY Cyprus’ trade deficit recorded a drop of 3.97% in 2024, according to provisional data published by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat) on Monday. It amounted to 8.13 billion in January-December 2024 compared to €8.47 billion in 2023. Source link
Electricity prices in Cyprus are expected to remain elevated for the next two years, according to George Petrou, chairman of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC). Petrou made the remarks during a House finance committee meeting on the EAC’s 2025 budget. Petrou cited the continued absence of natural gas, insufficient renewable energy storage capacity, and …
[Intime News] The role and contribution of bulk carriers to shipping was highlighted by Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Christos Stylianides in a speech he delivered on Monday during the inauguration of the exhibition “The Bulk Carriers of the Greeks,” which took place at the Eugenides Foundation, organized by Isalos.net. Stylianides pointed out …
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, will serve as a Policy Fellow at Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies this spring, the Center announced Tuesday. “We are pleased to announce that Alexis Tsipras, former Greek PM, who was elected on an anti-austerity platform during the #Eurocrisis, will serve as a CES Policy Fellow this …
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[InTime News] A United Nations-led five-party meeting on the Cyprus issue will take place on March 17-18, diplomatic sources confirmed, stressing that a two-state solution is not an option for the Greek and Greek Cypriot sides. They emphasized Greece’s strengthened diplomatic standing amid ongoing regional developments. Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis is set to meet …
The eight NATO warships that have docked at Thessaloniki port in the last 24 hours highlight the importance of this infrastructure for the geopolitical balance in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It hardly surprising that an increasing number of economic and diplomatic observers are expressing concern about the fact that the main shareholder of the …
[InTime News] A funeral service for legendary Greek goalkeeper Takis Oikonomopoulos, who passed away at 81 on Monday, will be held this Thursday at Agios Dimitrios Church in Kifissia, northern Athens. His body will lie in repose from 10 a.m. on the day of the funeral, with the service scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. …
[Archelon] The Sea Turtle Protection Society “Archelon” has announced that, for the first time, a green sea turtle nest has been documented on the island of Rhodes. According to Archelon, this finding “marks a possible expansion of the species’ breeding area in the Mediterranean.” The discovery was made in June 2024, during research conducted on …
[Alexandros Beltes/AMNA] Greek Parliament will elect the new president in the fourth and last round of voting on Wednesday, with the candidate of the ruling Conservatives expected to secure the reduced required majority of 151 lawmakers. Former parliament speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas received 160 votes in the 300-seat House, as he had in the previous two …