In today’s episode, a European Court of Justice ruling has scuppered Cyprus' plans to declare parts of Syria as safe, with a view to returning migrants to those parts of Syria.

Meanwhile, Mehmet Tulek, whose daughter Asya was one of the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during last year's earthquakes, expressed fears over the ongoing court case regarding the hotel's collapse.

Elsewhere, Cyprus became a full member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie.

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