Cyprus Beat

In today’s episode, we hear that Main opposition Akel is seeking to turn up the heat on the government, revealing that several beneficiaries of the ‘golden passports’ scheme made significant donations to the ruling party.

We also hear that a man his wife had a case registered against them at the Limassol court yesterday, after being arrested in connection with an attack on a foreign woman who was renting from them, which was captured on video.

Elsewhere, a 64-year-old suspected of murdering a 55-year-old woman has been remanded for eight days by the Nicosia District Court.

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

In today’s episode, we hear that the monthly minimum wage has been set at €940 and will be implemented at the start of the new year - although not everyone is satisfied.

There’s also the announcement that facemasks are no longer mandatory and children will return to school without having to undergo Covid tests.

Elsewhere, police arrested a 64-year-old man in connection with the death of a woman - meanwhile police are also on alert after a clip went viral which shows a middle-aged man beating a female asylum seeker.

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

In today’s episode, we hear that a murder case is being investigated by the Police, after the body of a dead foreign woman was found in Nicosia’s Strovolos yesterday afternoon.

There’s also the Bar Association’s investigation into 20 to 25 large legal firms; €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme.

In other news, the Foreign Ministry has started proceedings with the United Nations after an incident in the buffer zone in Denia on Monday.

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

In today’s episode, we hear that from next month halloumi from all cheese factories in Cyprus will be made based on the PDO specifications.

There’s also the warning that irregular immigration is becoming “Cyprus’ second national problem”, a planned protest by parents and students against the likely upcoming Covid measures in schools, and the trouble between Turkey and Cyprus over the island’s EEZ.

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

In today’s episode, we hear about the welcome development of the discovery of a new gas field offshore Cyprus, although it is estimated that it will not make much of an impact in regional or global markets.

There’s also the latest on the discussions to be held with the EU in order to include Cyprus in plans for the bloc’s energy independence following the invasion of Ukraine

Elsewhere, a video is doing the rounds on social media which shows someone driving on the highway at 256km/hr when the limit is 100.

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

In today’s episode, we hear that the citizenship by investment scheme sparked a blazing row on Thursday at the House watchdog committee amid a series of claims and counterclaims.

There’s also the latest on the Cyprus-Greece ferry service which the government has said is set for further improvements.

Elsewhere, there’s the latest on the immigration data to Cyprus as well as a work stoppage at Limassol general hospital A&E.

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

In today’s episode, we hear that the row at the English School is rumbling on as protests continue over the dismissal of three unionised teachers.

There’s also the publication of a part of a ‘top secret’ plan on how the north of the island was to be settled in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion.

Elsewhere, Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou has returned from his trip to the DRC where he discussed the migration issue which Cyprus is facing.

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

In today's episode, the state will stand by filmmaker Panicos Chrysanthou so his work can be reborn from the ashes, deputy culture minister Yiannis Toumazis said in the aftermath of a large fire that destroyed the former’s home in Pelathousa.

In today’s episode, Italian gas giant Eni announced that it has made a significant gas discovery in the Cronos-1 well, located about 160 kilometres off the coast of Cyprus in Block 6. In other news, the audit office’s report into the golden passports found that the public lost millions in lost VAT and unfulfilled investment contracts; and, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday that the first of two phases in the government’s development of the Akamas state forest area has already begun.

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

In today’s episode, there was a strong police presence in Lara in the Akamas peninsula on Sunday in efforts to prevent the residents of Ineia from digging turtle nests on Lara beach. In other news, “the status quo in Cyprus and Turkish activity in Varosha are unacceptable and contrary to the resolutions of the UN Security Council,” the president of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Menendez said. And a 46-year-old man diagnosed earlier this month with monkeypox was discharged on Sunday afternoon and will continue to be confined at home.

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