EU, former minister at odds with Damianos over interconnector comments

Both the European Commission and former energy minister George Papanastasiou found themselves at odds with incumbent Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Friday over Damianos’ claim that the planned Great Sea Interconnector project may increase consumer energy prices.

Damianos had told CyBC radio that “the implementation of the electrical interconnection between Cyprus and Crete will mean significant electricity for Cyprus, but this does not necessarily mean that the price of electricity will...