Cyprus Beat

In today's episode, a doctors and nurses strike at all state hospitals will go ahead today after an eleventh-hour meeting between the state health services organisation (OKYPY) and trade union representatives failed to reach agreement. In other news, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou warned developments in Israel and Gaza could impact Lebanon’s ability to monitor its shores, raising the risk for an increased influx of migrants trying to come to Cyprus. And the government announced its plan to tackle ‘the housing problem’ as it said that €77 million will be spent over the next five years.

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In today's episode, the proposed state budget for 2024 focuses on fiscal stability and achieving greater strides towards the ‘green transition’ and digital transformation, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old girl is in very serious condition at the Makarios children’s hospital after suffering a brain hematoma in an apparent freak accident on the highway.

The police announced that the girl was struck in the head by a rock which appears to have fallen loose from a truck.

Elsewhere, Cypriot Aristotelis Valaoritis will take a place in the book of Guinness World Records after breaking the record for the most wine glasses balanced on the head. He did this by balancing 319 glasses stacked on nine trays last week.

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In today's episode, Israeli leaders requested Cyprus to convey the ‘real’ situation in Israel to the European Union, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday after his visit in Tel Aviv this weekend.

Christodoulides held separate meetings with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening following his attendance at the International Peace Conference in Cairo.

Meanwhile, police on Sunday said they are investigating the assault of an Israeli man in Larnaca who was putting up posters of children kidnapped by Hamas.

Elsewhere, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, is set to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday, which will take centre stage in addressing several pressing global matters.

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In today’s episode, the government announced the reinstatement of the electricity subsidy as part of a raft of measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis.

Elsewhere, Cyprus has become a net recipient of European Union funds.

There’s also outrage in the halloumi community, as Cyprus cheesemakers' association chairman Marios Constantinou said the Agriculture Ministry instructed producers to "abolish" goat's and sheep's milk halloumi.

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In today’s episode, the EAC announced it will take the energy regulatory authority to court to appeal Cera’s rejection of its request for a 25 per cent increase in basic tariffs.

Elsewhere, Cyprus is preparing for further increases in arrivals from Israel, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said.

There’s also praise from health officials for a female shopper’s quick action that saved the life of a 46-year-old father who suffered a heart attack at a Nicosia mall.

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In today's episode, Cyprus will make every attempt to deescalate the situation in Israel, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday night after an EU Council teleconference on the situation there. In other news, the Presidential palace “seeks to be a beacon of ecological awareness,"  First lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides said on Tuesday launching a campaign to reduce landfill waste. And a 42-year-old woman was sentenced to 12 months in prison by the Paphos district court on Tuesday, after her 10-year-old daughter drowned in the swimming pool of their villa in the Coral Bay area on July 20.
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In today’s episode, Cyprus has received 26 requests from 26 countries for support in transporting third-country nationals currently in Gaza or Israel to their home countries via the island.

Meanwhile, TUS Airways announced the resumption of flights to and from Tel Aviv, effective from Tuesday.

Elsewhere, Green Party MP Alexandra Attalidou announced she was resigning from the party, slamming it for its "catastrophic" position on the Cyprus problem.

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In today's episode, A ship with over 2,000 people on board is expected to leave Israel on Monday as the US embassy evacuates it nationals by sea to Cyprus.

Meanwhile, with three gold and two silver medals, Cyprus ranked third in The Economist’s economic pentathlon which calculated how the 27 EU member states perform on the five major challenges facing them, namely demand/inflation, debt, demography, decarbonisation and decoupling from the world’s autocracies.

Elsewhere, hundreds of people took part in a march in support of the Palestinian people under draconian security measures on Sunday night on Athinon Avenue in Larnaca.

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In today’s episode, the interior minister informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum.

Elsewhere, the House plenum passed a resolution condemning the recent attacks by Hamas in Israel – though not unanimously.

There’s also the European General Court’s decision to reject Cyprus’ application to mark the word “Grilloumi”, describing the case as “unfounded”.

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In today’s episode, the feeling of uncertainty weighed heavily at Larnaca airport as Israelis fled for safety in Cyprus or desperately tried to return to reunite with their families back home.

Meanwhile, arrivals continued at both airports and ports as authorities on the island dealt with thousands of people fleeing Israel.

Elsewhere, all charges against lawyer Andreas Pittadjis in the golden passports case were dropped.

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