In today’s episode, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Cyprus late Monday for a two-day state visit, marking the first-ever visit by a Dutch royal couple. 

Elsewhere, Cypriots headed outdoors today to celebrate Green Monday, a public holiday marking the start of Lent with fasting foods, picnics, and kite-flying.

Also, Cyprus had the highest share of women in postgraduate studies and the second-highest in doctoral studies in the EU in 2022, according to Eurostat.

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