In today’s episode, Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north's electricity authority Kib-Tek's employees' trade union El-Sen, was arrested and then released as chaos ensued over late-night attempts to fix faulty machinery at the Teknecik power station near Kyrenia.

Meanwhile, a 25-year-old Israeli national appeared in court over an ongoing investigation into alleged misuse of Greek Cypriot property in the north.

Elsewhere, police in Kyrenia arrested two would-be hitmen, with the pair having allegedly travelled to the north to kill a "businessman".

All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.