CRIME ROUND UP

 Filenews 25 January 2026

The dynamic and targeted preventive operations of the Police continued during last night, with an enhanced presence in key points of urban areas, with the aim of preventing serious criminal acts, protecting citizens and ensuring public order.

In the context of these operations, the Police proceeded to arrest a total of seven (7) persons on a nationwide basis, for cases involving serious criminal and other offenses.

The arrests concerned offenses such as illegal possession of drugs, carrying knives, driving under the influence of alcohol, etc.

EU TO PROVIDE 'STRONG POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT' FOR GREAT SEA INTERCONNECTOR

 Cyprus Mail 25 January 2026 - by Tom Cleaver

European energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen

The European Commission will provide “strong political and technical support” for the Great Sea Interconnector, European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said on Sunday.

“I am personally very actively involved and continue to be in contact with my counterparts in Cyprus and Greece. I can assure you that the commission will continue to provide strong political support, in close cooperation with Greece and Cyprus,” he told the Cyprus News Agency.

This support, he said, will include “dedicated events and high-level discussions, as well as additional engagement on geopolitical issues”.

CYPRUS MAIL OUR VIEW - HEFTY FINES THE ONLY WAY TO SEE HOUSEHOLDS CUT WATER USE

Cyprus Mail 25 January 2026

Although there has been some rainfall in the last few weeks, it has been nowhere near enough to avert the water shortage crisis we have been facing for more than a year and is set to take a turn for the worse as summer approaches.

Speaking on a radio show on Friday, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said we have the lowest water reserves of the last 100 years, with dams being about 10 per cent full and no indication this situation will improve. We are seeing the smallest flow of water into dams ever, she said. The lowest recorded flow was 5 million cubic metres, but now it is less than half that, at 2 million.

TRUMP ON CHINA AND WIND TURBINES

 Filenews 25 January 2026

The "radioactive" of the energypress.gr is essential and apt. He commented on a Trump report from the Davos podium as follows:

"We did not expect this to evaluate the man's credibility, but it is indicative: During his speech in Davos, President Trump said that the Chinese produce and install in their country some few wind turbines for the eyes of the world, which in fact they do not operate, while they produce and export, at a very high price, many more wind turbines to other countries of the world.

FROM ENERGY ISOLATION TO CLIMATE NEUTRALITY

 Filenews 25 January 2026 - by Andreas Poullikkas

Cyprus, as the only member state of the European Union that remains energy isolated, faces an urgent need for a comprehensive national energy strategy, which will be based on the utilization of its natural resources, renewable energy sources and regional cooperation.

This strategy is not a luxury, but a necessity, given the EU's high reliance on imported fossil fuels, geopolitical tensions, and climate commitments.

VASILIKOS TERMINAL - EFFORT NOT TO WASTE MORE TIME - THOUGHTS FOR A STATE COMPANY TO TAKE OVER THE PROJECT

Filenews 25 January 2026 - by Chrysanthos Manoli

The Government has renewed its efforts in recent days to find and utilize every available window in the legislation, in order to avoid the time-consuming process of new bids for the remaining works at the natural gas terminal in Vassiliko and to proceed with an agreement with a foreign state-owned company, in the hope that such a way out would eventually be deemed legal.

Efforts in this direction had begun during the time of Giorgos Papanastasiou and are continued by the new minister Michalis Damianos, with the direct involvement and support of the Presidential Palace.

AUCTIONS - LAND SOLD FOR JUST €21 - EVEN PIECES WORTH A FEW TENS OF EUROS ARE BEING SOLD

 Filenews 25 January 2026 - by Eleftheria Paizanou

If someone reads that a buyer acquired a piece of land and even through the electronic auction at a price of just €21, they will think that we are referring to the board game Monopoly, through which virtual buying and selling of properties takes place.

Others may think that we are fooling him, but this is a real case. According to information from "F", this is the lowest price at which an electronic auction of sold plots through the e-auction platform was locked.