Cyprus Beat

In today's episode, the hearing for a judicial review filed by former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos at the Supreme Court began with accusations of conflict of interest against the state legal services, over the death inquiry which ruled that guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou was murdered.

Meanwhile, Sigma TV chief executive officer Chrysanthos Tsouroullis briefly had his X account locked after “doxing” a well-known parody account on the platform which goes by the name “Jho Low”.

Elsewhere, the K-Cineplex cinema at the Mall of Cyprus closed for good. The cinema had been open for 17 years.

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

In today’s episode, passenger complaints about poor treatment by airlines are at an all-time high, the Cyprus consumers association said on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, plain clothes officers are patrolling the island’s beaches as dozens of thefts have been reported by beachgoers, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday.

Also, football’s governing body in Cyprus unveiled

All this and so much more in today’s Daily News Briefing

In today’s episode, the Chinese CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC) should never have been awarded the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, as damning statements of blame continued over the sunken deal.

Elsewhere, a 50-year struggle to see stolen antiquities returned to the island has finally come to a close, the director of the antiquities department said on Monday at a ceremony to open an exhibition of some of the items.

All this and much more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today's episode, the construction of the liquefied natural gas terminal in Vasilikos will proceed and be completed despite the withdrawal of the Chinese consortium of companies from the project, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou assured on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Cyprus “will likely take crucial and bold decisions” in the coming months, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday night speaking before an event at the presidential palace to mark 50 years since the Turkish invasion.

Elsewhere, as the hot summer continues unabated in Cyprus, the Water Department said the islands dams are only 36.8 per cent full, a result also of slow inflow during a dry winter.

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

In today’s episode, after endless wrangling, the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project was pronounced dead on Thursday by the Chinese-led construction firm CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC).

Elsewhere, the government on Thursday signed an agreement granting all workers in the central government and the broader public sector a 1.5 per cent rise on their base salary – the first such across-the-board increase since 2009.

Also, the number of British tourists travelling to the north has halved since 2023, according to reports published on Wednesday.

In today’s episode,hundreds of ‘trapped buyers’ of property may

Elsewhere, disgraced United States Senator Bob Menendez is to be stripped of his honorary citizenship of Paphos, the town’s mayor Phedon Phedonos said on Wednesday.

Also, the health ministry and the Health Insurance Organisation have prepared a plan to incentivise gynaecologists and obstetricians to perform natural births instead of caesarean sections.

All this and much more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, three party leaders announced they do not have any personal vehicles in their wealth declarations for 2024.

Meanwhile, Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides said Attorney-General George Savvides has been "threatening [him] with dismissal for months".

Elsewhere, the north's 'education ministry' reacted with "deep sorrow and concern" over images drawn by children depicting Turkey's invasion of the island in 1974.

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

In today’s episode, the Supreme Court ruled that former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos may file a case to annul a court ruling which found national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, who died in 2005, was strangled to death.

Meanwhile, Cyprus spent a total of €44.4 million on hosting Ukrainian refugees in 2022 and 2023.

Elsewhere, a drone illegally delivered two packages into the central prison.

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

In today’s episode, after three years of debate in committee, parliament on Thursday voted through tweaks to the legislation governing wealth declarations, of capital statements filed by state officials and Politically Exposed Persons.

Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides lamented “tragic mistakes” made by the state on the 13th anniversary of the Mari explosion, which killed 13, on Thursday.

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday took formal delivery of a cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector project – the mooted subsea electric cable linking Cyprus to Greece.

All this and much more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, the Cyprus Mail were granted access on Wednesday to the 37 asylum seekers (25 here, 12 more in Akaki) who’ve been stranded in the buffer zone for weeks – in some cases, since May 15.

Elsewhere, the international community is inching closer towards giving up on hopes of solving the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said in a letter penned to President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday.

All this and much more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.