Efforts are underway to upgrade the capabilities of Evangelos Florakis naval base and of the Navy, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said, on Sunday. Delivering a
Memorials services were being held on Sunday in the main districts to mark eight years since the explosion at the Mari naval base in which
Cyprus has sought support from France to upgrade naval facilities, turning away from Britain which according to government officials is in talks with Turkey for
Forty new firefighters on Tuesday underwent their first lesson at the site where six members of the force were killed in the line of duty
By Evie Andreou July 11, 2011 is one of the darkest days in the modern history of the island, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday at
Ministers and other state officials on Sunday attended memorials for the victims of the 2011 Mari blast that claimed the lives of 13 men. Presidential
A modified yacht formerly owned by the Sultan of Oman, which was gifted to the Republic of Cyprus by the sultanate in 2014, docked at
By Poly Pantelides THE ATTORNEY-general said yesterday he was appealing against the leniency of the sentences handed out to a former minister and three senior
THERE was more misery for consumers yesterday as VAT rose by one percentage point to 18 per cent, bumping up the already high cost of electricity and fuel.
It was the second increase in VAT in 10 months, in line with measures included in a preliminary bailout agreement with international lenders.
In March last year, VAT went up by two percentage points to 17 per cent. It is set to rise to 19 per cent in 2014.
The new rate will affect the price of a number of goods and services including petrol, electricity, telecommunications, alcohol, tobacco, and clothes.
The reduced VAT rates of 5.0 per cent on food and drugs and 8.0 per cent charged by hotels, restaurants and public transport, remain unaffected.
CYPRUS has three wind farms, which have taken the lion’s share of the funds levied through our electricity bills for renewable energy sources. Yet Cyprus was never known to have strong winds – it is no Scotland or Germany – and this has been proved by the measurements. Last year our wind farms worked at a paltry 25 per cent of capacity producing 164 MWh of electricity which was a terribly poor return on installations with 133MW capacity.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
