Cyprus Beat

In today's episode, an autopsy today is expected to establish the exact cause of death of a six-year-old girl late on Saturday afternoon in a jet ski accident on Lady’s Mile beach in Limassol.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is set to have a meeting in New York next week with the UN secretary general to underline the island’s readiness to restart negotiations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.

Elsewhere, pieces of concrete fell from the ceiling into a cell, hitting an inmate in the prison early on Sunday, guards of the Isotita union announced. Fortunately, the union said, the prisoner was on the bottom bunk so was not seriously hurt.

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In today's episode, the price of petrol is set to rise by 8.32 cents per litre and heating fuel by 6.38 cents, with petrol station owners saying they have no choice but to add the additional cost. In other news, President

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In today’s episode, following the attorney-general’s announcement that no evidence of criminal wrongdoing has come up in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, his mother Andriana said they would take the case to the European Court of human rights.

Elsewhere, The cabinet decided fuel subsidies will be scrapped but electricity bill subsidies will continue albeit more targeted towards vulnerable groups.

There’s also the environment department’s warning that there is more water than usual for this time of year at the Paralimni lake, meaning that there are more flamingos. 

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In today's episode, with tankers blocking central roads in Nicosia, the association of petrol station owners on Tuesday protested unfair competition from illegal imports of fuel from the north as the finance ministry said the protest served no purpose.

Meanwhile, No evidence of criminal wrongdoing has come up in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, and therefore the state will be taking no more action, the attorney-general said.

Elsewhere, the tourism industry faces “important environmental and economic challenges ahead,” President Christodoulides warned on Tuesday addressing the Cyprus Hoteliers’ Association’s (Pasyxe) general assembly in Nicosia.

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In today’s episode, petrol station owners were set to protest on Tuesday saying they are losing out because of the availability of cheaper fuel in the north.

Elsewhere, three people were arrested on Monday afternoon after a boat carrying a total of 50 irregular migrants was spotted in the early hours of the morning by coast guards in the Famagusta district. 

While in Limassol, seven people were arrested in what has been described as a foiled terrorist plot on Israeli targets, while one has escaped abroad, after having entered from the north, reports said on Monday.

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In today's episode, resistance to proposed reforms comes from the effort to protect specific interests but the government will not succumb to such pressures, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Paphos bishop Tychikos on Sunday denied allegations that the church refused to bury non-Christians in local cemeteries.

Elsewhere, the sustainable use of pesticide regulation in the EU will be among the topics discussed at the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers Council, which is taking place in Luxembourg on June 26-27. Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos travelled to Luxembourg to participate in the Council’s works.

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In today’s episode, Cyprus does not currently have the capacity to absorb the full amount of the renewable energy it produces, meaning that the excess amount could be transported to Israel.

Elsewhere, the foreign and local experts that will undertake investigations into the controversial ‘golden passports’ issue have been named by the independent authority against corruption.

There’s also the release of a trailer for a documentary into the tragic events surrounding serial killer ‘Orestis’ Metaxas.

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In today's episode, it is high time a solution to the issue of ‘trapped buyers’ is found, the House labour committee concluded on Wednesday, as deputies stressed their determination to tackle the almost 100,000 property owners who remain without their title deeds.

Meanwhile, Attorney-General Giorgos Savvides appealed the ‘manifestly inadequate’ 11-year prison sentence recently imposed on a man for sexually abusing two minors under the age of 13.

Elsewhere, twenty-five Cypriot musicians aspire to break the Guinness World Record by playing on one piano at the same time sending the message that music remains the main form of socialisation.

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In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday announced an upcoming plan to address the housing crisis, and that moves are underway to improve bicommunal ties, in addition to the creation of a mechanism towards greater government accountability will be established.

Elsewhere, the municipality of Geroskipou is set to head to the Supreme Court after a permit has been given for the construction of a hotel on church owned land within its limits.

In other news, one third more visitors arrived in Cyprus this May than last year, official statistics show.

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In today's episode, farmers demonstrated in front of the EU House on Monday with hundreds of tractors and pickup trucks, over the controversial nature bill currently being debated in the EU parliament, which will see further axing of pesticide use.

Meanwhile, given the large drop in fuel prices compared to a year ago the ending of the VAT on fuel is justified, the president of the Cyprus Consumers Association said.

Elsewhere, parliament on Monday gave the green light for unlocking more than 1,800 positions in the public sector, as requested by the government.

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