A research by the Natural Gas Supply Company shows that until now, fewer Athenians living in apartment buildings have bought heating gas this winter, compared to the previous one. About half of them (44%) have not yet filled their fuel tanks with heating oil. Last year the figure was at 33%.

Cyprus said yesterday that it was close to reviving stalled peace talks between the island’s Greek and Turkish communities, who have been locked in a festering, decades-old conflict.