Cyprus Beat

In today’s episode we take a look at President Anastasiades’ response to his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres early this morning. In other news, the Interior Minister yesterday waved off demands for a Syrian asylum seeker to be reunited with her family, saying it might open the floodgates to thousands of similar requests and a CABS member was threatened with a shotgun and attacked by a group of bird trappers in the district of Famagusta last week. All this and much more in your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today's episode, the Consumers’ Association has accused the government of being unwilling to spend a single euro for the relief of its people. In other news, the 2021 capital statements of the president, government ministers, other senior state officials and the House president were published on the parliament's website yesterday, and the fire that raged in the Paphos villages of Yiolou and Simou on Sunday evening was not accidental. All this and more on your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today's episode, we hear about the massive fire that raged on two fronts between the Paphos villages of Yiolou and Simou for most of Sunday that was brought under control later in the evening. In other news, as of this week, more than 80 types of retail businesses must also accept plastic money in line with a decree issued by the finance ministry in a wider effort to fight tax evasion, and much more.

In today’s episode, the Supreme Court reserved its decision on whether to uphold or remove the conviction of a British woman who was convicted of lying about being gang raped in Ayia Napa. The House plenum also voted to postpone local government elections as part of the sector’s reform, while supermarkets hit out against the SafePass requirement in food stores. All this and much more in today’s briefing.

In today’s episode, a protest was held outside the Supreme Court to support the appeal of a British woman convicted of lying about being gang raped in Ayia Napa. There’s also the fallout from the disciplinary procedures against a controversial artist, archaeological finds in Protaras and the ongoing debate over elecricity prices. All this and much more.

In today's episode, we take a look at how the government is trying to lower the country's sky-high electricity bills. Elsewhere, we bring you the latest on the House committee meeting incident involving Elam MP Andreas Themistokleous and on two UK Cypriots taking part in the popular show "The Great British Bake Off".

In today's episode, the income and asset declarations of currently serving deputies were posted Monday on the website of the House of Representatives, showing DISY leader Averof Neophytou to be the wealthiest of the party leaders. In other news, opposition parties have slammed the comments made by British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie in an interview published on Sunday in which he voiced support for a decentralized federation; Bahrain’s Tourism minister, Zayed Rashid al Zayani, said the country’s national airline, Gulf Air was considering making Cyprus a transit hub for Europe, and much more.

In today's episode, a total of 330 primary schools will open today, making this the second school year that began during the coronavirus pandemic and the third one affected by it. In other news, the relatives of a British woman whose body has lain unclaimed in the morgue of Paphos hospital since her death in January have been found; Britain is discussing a largely decentralised federation when it comes to the Cyprus problem, and much more.

In today’s episode, the president met with the Holy Synod to discuss statements from bishops seen as discouraging vaccinations. There’s also the EU funding boom for Cyprus, an Akel group discusses the demographic issue, efforts to prevent developments in Akamas and the president’s praise for Cypriot firefighters in Greece.

In today's episode, the withdrawal of an English textbook celebrating Turkey's Kemal Ataturk from state high schools, the ongoing battle to have halloumi registered as a PDO, an incident between a Green party parliamentary assistant and Elam MP Andreas Themistokleous and much more.