In today's episode, “exemplary” punishment will be meted out to four men who were arrested after serious incidents of football violence at the Ael-Apollo match in Limassol, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Monday.

Meanwhile, Cyprus ‘had no other choice’ but to bring in US experts to help with corruption-related investigations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, as he announced a designated budget would go towards rebranding the country’s image abroad.

Elsewhere, dozens of blood transfusions to thalassemia patients were postponed due to low reserves in Cyprus’ blood bank.

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