Cyprus Beat

In today's episode, after news emerged that a doctor was facing criminal charges for allegedly sending fictitious invoices for payment, it has now been revealed that a number of such investigations are underway.

In today’s episode, shocking scenes were captured at the Pournara migrant reception centre as dozens were injured during a mass fight.

And in the health care sector, a Gesy doctor is set to be prosecuted as claims were made for payments for services which were never provided. Elsewhere, the finance minister criticised the Health Insurance Organisation over its claims of understaffing, despite the fact that it has not yet filled all its vacancies.

And in the north, it was reported that a man has been arrested after the assassination of a well-known Turkish Cypriot businessman with alleged links to the underworld.

All this and more in today’s briefing.

In today's episode, farmers working near the village of Denia in the buffer zone on Tuesday reported they were threatened by five soldiers from the north, some of whom were armed.

In today's episode, the government said yesterday it will use any safeguards in the contract governing the long-awaited liquefied natural gas import terminal, sounding an upbeat note that any differences with the contractor would get ironed out. In other news, the police confirmed yesterday that the US university from which the former volunteerism commissioner claims to have graduated says it has no knowledge of his existence, and a man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison following the biggest ever drugs bust with links to Cyprus.

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

In today’s episode, three police officers in Paphos have been suspended pending an investigation into how two suspects escaped detention cells at the city’s police headquarters. In other news, an 18-year-old man has been arrested in Nicosia after losing control of his car and smashing into four teenage girls standing in front of a supermarket wall, and Centre-right DIKO will be the ruling party or a main part of a coalition government to bring about change after the presidential elections in 2023.

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

In today’s episode, we hear that major delays are now expected in the construction of the LNG import terminal at Vasilikos, in Limassol. There’s also the third earthquake to be felt in Cyprus in less than a month. Elsewhere, MPs have criticised the government’s proposed infectious disease bill - saying it has not addressed their concerns over inadequate checks and balances on the state. But on a happy note, the latest data showed that tourism arrivals in 2021 hovered just below the 2 million mark.

All of that and much more in your daily news briefing.

In today’s episode, Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek has said he will challenge in court the claim that he is violating the constitution by holding an unpaid teaching post at the University of Cyprus while simultaneously serving in the European parliament. In other news, police said they will investigate whether mistakes were made in their handling of the 2019 Ayia Napa gang rape case after the supreme court overturned the conviction of the woman who filed and later retracted a complaint she had been raped, and two doctors at the Apollonion Hospital in Nicosia are facing criminal charges in relation to incidents of contamination of patients during eye surgeries.

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

In today's episode, the expected loosening of some Covid-19 restrictions appear to have been shelved, amid reports that the BA.2 Omicron subvariant has been detected in Cyprus.

In today’s episode, the Supreme Court on Monday overturned a conviction against a young British woman who was accused of lying about being gang-raped in 2019. In Covid-related news, fully vaccinated children and those who recently recovered from the virus will now be excluded from the test-to-stay policy, and the largest cruise ship in the world, the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Wonder of the Seas arrived at Limassol port yesterday morning.

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

In today's episode, the current epidemiological picture in Cyprus is good and the issue of relaxations will be on the table during a meeting tomorrow, a member of the government's scientific team has said.