In today’s episode, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has pledged to hold fast amid mounting calls for an increase in government handouts, warning that otherwise the public debt may spiral out of control. In other news, members of the House Transport Committee are calling on the government to work on regulating the use of personal mobility vehicles in Cyprus, most notably electric scooters, and eleven underage, unaccompanied minors are missing, some for up to three years, MPs heard on Thursday as elected officials decried double standards. 

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