The Cyprus News Digest

Experts say Cyprus should have its own Natural History museum; 2000 animals are at risk of abandonment if the Paphiakos animal shelter is forced to close; gender based violence was the topic at several events held in Nicosia this week.

Despite the teachers' strike, will the proposed new evaluation system pass through Parliament - or be mired in yet more discussions? We meet the speaker of an upcoming lecture on how fossil fuels shape conflict, inequalities and violence in the Middle East.

The director of the European Environment Agency emphasises the vital role that nature plays in ensuring our wellbeing; there's serious pollution at the protected Akrotiri wetland, and we discuss the multiple earthquakes that struck Cyprus this week.

Panellists at the Economist 21st Cyprus Summit discuss 'The path from crisis to peace in the Middle East': we talk to two former Egyptian Foreign Ministers about the prospects for peace and the creation of a Palestinian state.

The invasive Asian Tiger mosquito has arrived in Cyprus: it's a voracious biter; MPs discuss the role of assistance dogs and support for people with disabilities.

Will the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader bring renewed impetus to negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem? The national health service is advising the over 60s to get a shingles vaccination.

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories calls out Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla which was trying to break through the illegal blockade of Palestine; the Audit office highlights systemic failings in the management of Cyprus' water infrastructure.

Well-known environmentalist Chris Packham joins the fight against illegal bird trapping - and says the Cypriot authorities aren't trying hard enough to stop it; there's outrage across Cyprus at the government meekly following Israeli orders to remove grafitti that condemns the Gaza genocide.

If proposed tax reforms go ahead as proposed, the wealthy will be laughing all the way to the bank; outside the presidential palace, protesters read out the names of children killed in Gaza.

The EU Parliament will vote in a month on legislation that will enable 'Big Brother' style snooping on every mobile phone - except for those of politicians - how can we protect our privacy? New research has discovered previously unseen marine life in Cyprus' coastal waters.