In today’s episode, after three years of debate in committee, parliament on Thursday voted through tweaks to the legislation governing wealth declarations, of capital statements filed by state officials and Politically Exposed Persons.

Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides lamented “tragic mistakes” made by the state on the 13th anniversary of the Mari explosion, which killed 13, on Thursday.

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday took formal delivery of a cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector project – the mooted subsea electric cable linking Cyprus to Greece.

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