State has ‘minimised’ LNG fiasco fallout

The government has managed to buy time to offer explanations to the EU commission over the LNG project fiasco, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday.

Speaking on CyBC radio, the energy minister faced ongoing criticism over the project, fanned last week by the double whammy of the European public prosecutor office’s (EPPO’s) announcement of the launch of an investigation and the EU’s demand for project funds to be returned.

“This government has done all it can to minimise the fallout,” Papanastasiou said.