climate change, the Cypriot energy minister said Saturday. Minister Natasa Pilides said a memorandum of

NICOSIA, Cyprus--Cyprus’ move to open up its power generation market and boost the share of renewable sources in its energy mix will face its first big test next year, when the European Union’s executive arm assesses the project. Cypriot lawmakers in October approved a law aimed to decouple the power grid operator from the state-run Electricity Authority of Cyprus and enable private power generation companies to supply homes and businesses. The decoupling was among the reforms Cyprus pledged und