In today's episode, the Republic of Cyprus was told on Tuesday to pay around €50,000 in damages to two asylum seekers for degrading treatment and pushback as they sought refuge in Cyprus from Lebanon, in a European Court of Human Rights ruling.

Meanwhile, the first West Nile virus case seen in Cyprus this year has been detected in an elderly man from Mammari village.

Elsewhere, a total of 1,550 people, primarily from third countries, had left Lebanon via Cyprus by Tuesday since the start of assisted departures on September 27.

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