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In today’s episode, police in Paphos arrested a 39-year-old man under suspicion of attempted murder and robbery, while three other persons were arrested for the offence of providing asylum to a wanted person.

Elsewhere, president Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday he will have a meeting with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Cyprus, María Angela Holguín Cuellar, next Saturday, May 25, reiterating the readiness of the Greek Cypriot side to continue efforts to restart negotiations.

Also, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Constantinos Kombos, represented on Sunday the president at the enthronement ceremony of Pope Leo XIV.

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

In today’s episode, a House audit committee session investigating how defunct company Blue Ocean left behind €14 million in unpaid taxes ended abruptly on Thursday, following heated clashes and accusations of obstruction by a state attorney.

Elsewhere, medical students at the University of Cyprus have decried years-long delays in establishing university clinics, saying the lack of progress is pushing them to seek specialist training abroad — often without returning.

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

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In today’s episode, most authorities backed the creation of a national financial sanctions implementation unit, meeting Cyprus’ obligations to EU law, but lawyers bucked the trend and pointed to problems with the underlying legislation.

Meanwhile, The Electricity Authority of Cyprus and the energy regulator will meet sometime this week in a bid to settle on a formula on how to bring down the price of electricity, the government spokesman said on Monday.

Also, two boats carrying Syrian migrants to Cyprus were intercepted and returned to Syria without entering the Republic’s ports, via an agreement between the Cypriot government and the transitional Syrian regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa, it was reported on Monday.

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

In today’s episode, Cyprus will join the Schengen zone in 2026, President Nikos Christodoulides said.

Meanwhile, Greece’s independent transmission system operator Admie denied that it has plans to build an electricity interconnector to the country’s Dodecanese islands rather than to Cyprus.

Also, President Nikos Christodoulides said he is to meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin before the end of May.

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

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In today’s episode, the European Union “consistently defends the rights of Cyprus and Cypriot citizens”, MEP Nacho Sanchez Amor said on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulas to Nicosia on Wednesday in a ceremonial event marking his first foreign visit since taking office.

Also, a proposal aiming to resolve the issue of ‘trapped’ property buyers is being forwarded to the House plenum for a vote before parliament’s summer break.

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

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