A leading expert with extensive experience in the operation and engineering of ships, has called for wider use of hydrogen as a fuel that will ultimately help the maritime industry meet its emissions reduction target by 2050.

The new energy measures adopted by the EU take into account the peculiarities of individual member states like Cyprus, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Friday after participating alongside her EU counterparts in an extraordinary session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.

Larnaca is modernising and overcoming many chronic problems that it has faced, the city’s mayor Andreas Vyras said on Friday.

This summer Cyprus received a record number of blue flags with 74 beaches and two marinas on the island being awarded.

The Cabinet approved the 2023 state budget on Friday, with Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides heralding it “the greenest, with the most social benefits” ever submitted by a government.

The House on Thursday passed a bill extending to the end of February 2023 the period for reduced consumption tax on fuel, in a move that will ease some of the pressure on households and businesses from the rising cost of living.

Larnaca-airport-based carrier Cyprus Airways has announced a unique project launch with two direct flights to Manchester in mid-October.

Tourists in Cyprus in July spent on average €88 daily, marking an increase of €10 compared to the same month last year, according to the holiday island’s Statistical Service.

The European Commission presented to the Council a proposal to grant financial support of €29 million to Cyprus, bringing its total support to the country to €632 million under the ‘Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency’ (SURE) instrument.

Cypriot Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides, stressed on Wednesday evening the need to be “even more careful” with the fiscal discipline in the new challenging era, while Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou referred to the risk of new NPLs due to the challenging economic conditions.