In today's episode, Cyprus and the US signed a strategic dialogue agreement on Monday, during a visit of Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos to Washington DC, where he met the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou hit out against the UN peacekeeping force (Unficyp) over the dozens of migrants stranded in the buffer zone for weeks.

Elsewhere, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned that the absence of adequate infrastructure for elderly care could compromise the effective functioning of the healthcare system in Cyprus.

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