EU to scrutinize Vasiliko energy project

The procedures and decisions related to Cyprus' largest energy project at Vasilikos are gaining significant attention. According to information from the country's Audit Office, a file is being prepared for a complaint with the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO).

Kathimerini understands the file will be submitted to the EPPO around mid-March, and the complaint will concern the events preceding the project's award to a Chinese consortium and the circumstances under which the Anastasiades government decided to grant the project to the Chinese.

Competent sources indicate that the file includes the memorandum of the independent Cyprus Hydrocarbons Association to the Parliament dated February 14. The content of the memorandum is assessed as serious, providing insight into events from 2016 until the announcement of the tender results. The file claims to contain other...