In today’s episode, trade unions on Wednesday accepted the government’s proposal for the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), before employers’ organisations promptly rejected it.

Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides and Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday both discussed relations between the European Union and Turkey with the bloc’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas.

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s first trip to Turkey since being elected to the office is expected to take place between Tuesday and Friday next week, the Cyprus Mail understands.

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