Cyprus petroleum sales fall in August as shipping talks and science event draw attention
Petroleum product sales fell 1.4% year on year in August, while Cyprus’s shipping deputy minister headed to Brussels and a Nicosia science event drew more than 5,000 visitors.
Nicosia, Cyprus. Petroleum product sales fell 1.4 per cent year on year to 121,646 tonnes in August, according to figures released on Monday by the state statistical service (Cystat). The decline reversed a 1.3 per cent annual increase in July, while sales were down 15.3 per cent from the previous month.
Petroleum sales
Several of the island’s largest petroleum product categories recorded lower sales than a year earlier. Asphalt fell 23.9 per cent to 1,484 tonnes, heating gasoil declined 9.2 per cent to 3,021 tonnes, and aviation kerosene provisions dropped 6.1 per cent to 38,775 tonnes.
Road diesel sales fell 1.6 per cent to 26,771 tonnes, agricultural gasoil declined 3.7 per cent to 1,577 tonnes, and lubricant sales dropped 6 per cent to 236 tonnes. Aviation gasoline sales halved to one tonne.
European shipping talks
Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis is travelling to Brussels on Monday for high-level talks on the future of European shipping and ports. Competitiveness, geopolitical pressures, fleet renewal and decarbonisation are among the issues on the agenda.
Hadjimanolis will be in the Belgian capital from September 28 to 30 after receiving an official invitation from European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas to attend Connecting Europe Days 2026.
The European Commission’s flagship mobility and transport event runs from September 28 to October 1. It brings together policymakers, financial institutions, industry representatives and transport stakeholders to discuss measures for a competitive, resilient, safe and sustainable European transport sector. The conference will also examine transport and connectivity in relation to European competitiveness, strategic autonomy and resilience, as well as future infrastructure funding and links with countries outside the EU.
Researchers’ Night in Nicosia
More than 5,000 people attended European Researchers’ Night 2026 in Nicosia, according to the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF). The annual science and innovation event marked 20 years in Cyprus.
Held at the Cyprus State Fair last week, the event also drew more than 2,000 school pupils through organised visits and activities.
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