In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides said he remains hopeful United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin would continue her efforts despite her finding no common ground between Cyprus' two sides.

Meanwhile, there will be "disastrous consequences" if the war in the Middle East spreads to Lebanon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said.

Elsewhere, a British Cypriot candidate in the United Kingdom's imminent general election has been accused of "defending Adolf Hitler" on social media.

All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.