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  • March 8 Daily News Briefing

    In today's episode, electricity prices must come down, as expensive energy is sapping people’s disposable income and also raising the cost of production for businesses, new Energy Minister George Papanastasiou stressed on Tuesday.

    Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides said he has a number of political people in mind from EU member states that could play a constructive role in resolving the Cyprus problem.
    Meanwhile, the adoption of increased security around House Speaker Annita Demetriou and some of her family members, has nothing to do with her having filed a police report of fake news, police announced.
    All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

    5 min
  • March 7 Daily News Briefing

    In today's episode, the funerals for the two Cypriots who died in the fatal train crash in Greece last week, were held on Monday. In other news, Health Minister Popi Kanari said the government aims to improve OKYPY hospitals. She stressed efforts should be focused on improving GESY. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos’ office on Monday denied a report that claimed he said the national health scheme was a black hole of funds. And, a 26-year-old of Cypriot origin was arrested in Athens after trying to remove pieces of stone and marble from the Acropolis as souvenirs.

    All these stories and more in your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail. For more news updates, visit www.cyprus-mail.com

    5 min
  • March 6 Daily News Briefing

    In today’s episode, the remains of two Cypriots who died in the tragic train crash in Greece arrived in Cyprus on Sunday evening. Their funerals are set to take place today, where the families have asked for privacy away from the media. In other news, several traffic cameras will become operational across Cyprus starting Monday, police warned on Sunday. And Cyprus has scored 94.4 out of 100 in the World Bank’s Women, Business, and Law index for 2023.

    All these stories and more in your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail. For more news updates, visit www.cyprus-mail.com

    5 min
  • March 3 Daily News Briefing

    In today's episode, the body of one of the missing Cypriots aboard a train that crashed in Tempi, Greece was identified late on Thursday night.

    The 23-year-old student, Kyprianos Papaioannou from Avgorou, was identified among the dozens of victims of the deadly collision two days ago using DNA testing.
    Another Cypriot, 24-year-old dentistry student Anastasia Adamidou from Paphos, remains missing.
    Elsewhere, in an extraordinary plenary session convened yesterday, the House passed a law extending by another two months a reduction on fuel tax – a matter that should have been addressed before the government switchover.
    Meanwhile, the unemployment rate reached close to 7 per cent for the last quarter of 2022, figures published by the Cyprus Statistical Service showed, while unemployment among young people stood close to 20 per cent
    All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

    4 min
  • March 2 Daily News Briefing

    In today's episode, two Cypriot nationals were on board one of the two trains that collided in Larissa, northern Greece on Tuesday night, and are still missing.

    Local media named then as Kypros Papaioannou and Anastasia Adamidou. The crash has killed at least 38 people and injured dozens of others.
    Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides called on his new ministers to raise the bar high and keep their tone low, as his new cabinet was sworn in on Wednesday.
    In his speech, Christodoulides pledged his government would be one “for all Cypriots” and would be ruled by transparency, respect and hard work.
    Meanwhile, the first ever crossover organ transplant involving Cyprus and Israel took place on Wednesday after two kidneys were exchanged at the old Larnaca airport in the morning.
    All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

    5 min
  • March 1 Daily News Briefing

    In today’s episode, Nikos Christodoulides was officially sworn in as the eighth president - as he vowed that “the Cypriot people will be at the centre of all our policies”.

    Elsewhere, a woman developed large bedsores after she was hospitalised for a month and her wounds remained untreated, with a doctor claiming that it again shows the “shortcomings” of the national general health scheme Gesy when it comes to elderly care.

    There’s also the latest February rainfall figures, and a positive announcement from BirdLife Cyprus on reduced trapping with nets.

    All these and more in your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

    5 min
  • February 28 Daily News Briefing

    In today’s episode, President-elect Nikos Christodoulides announced his cabinet on Green Monday. It included some high-profile names including well-known singer Michalis Hadjiyiannis as Deputy Minister of Culture, as well as former Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou to the post of Interior Minister. In other news, maternal deaths in Cyprus more than doubled in the past 20 years, making it one of the worst performers across the globe, a report by the World Health Organisation revealed on Monday. And cities in Cyprus emptied on Monday as most people headed out into nature for picnics to celebrate the start of the Orthodox Eastern Lenten period.

    All these stories and more in your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail. For more news updates, visit www.cyprus-mail.com

    5 min
  • February 24 Daily News Briefing

    In today’s episode, there’s the latest on the new president’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.

    Elsewhere, the agriculture minister is pleased over the finalisation of the Akamas local plan.

    There’s also calls from the Kokkinotrimithia community leader for the Pournara migrant reception centre to be relocated.

    All these and more in your Daily News Briefing, brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

    5 min
  • February 23 Daily News Briefing

    In today's episode, cabinet on Wednesday decided to postpone implementing the Akamas local development plan for another six months.

    The cabinet decision also entails a four-month window allowing for objections to the plan for the environmentally sensitive area and one of the few undeveloped coastal regions in Cyprus.
    Elsewhere, after years of delays and shifting timetables, work has begun in Vasiliko for the construction of a jetty to facilitate a floating LNG storage and regasification unit but the completion date has been kicked down the road again, and at an extra cost of €25m.
    Meanwhile, the percentage of foreign workers a company is allowed to employ and include into collective agreements has been raised from 30 to 50 per cent.
    All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

    5 min
  • February 22 Daily News Briefing

    In today's episode, current Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday bowed out of the race for the next party leader on Tuesday, in what has narrowed down to a face-off between House President Annita Demetriou and MP Demetris Demetriou.

    Elsewhere, the Briton accused of killing his terminally ill wife, David Hunter had a “poor showing” in court remembering events that were convenient for him and his case, the state prosecutor argued on Tuesday at Paphos criminal court.
    Meanwhile, around 1,000 people severely affected by the earthquake that devastated entire cities in Turkey and Syria on February 6 are currently seeking refuge in the north, Turkish Cypriot ‘welfare minister’ Hassan Tatsoi said.
    All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

    5 min

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