December 31 Daily News Briefing

In today’s episode, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis rejected accusations of a police cover-up in the death of a 24-year-old Pakistani national, calling the claims by political parties premature and unsubstantiated.  Elsewhere, a Nicosia football club will be facing trial this week over the non-payment of €2.3 million in social insurance contributions, it emerged on Monday. All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Beat.

In today’s episode, an independent investigator has been appointed over the death of a 24-year-old Pakistani national, who was shot at by police, it was decided on Sunday. Elsewhere, the situation in public hospitals is manageable, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday, amid hospital bed shortages resulting from a spike in the number of patients seeking treatment due to infections. All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, hundreds of demonstrators on Thursday afternoon booed Israeli president Isaac Herzog and shouted “killer go home” as he departed the presidential palace in Nicosia after a meeting there with President Nikos Christodoulides. Elsewhere, expecting the Greek Cypriots to recognise the north as an independent country is “futile”, former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Thursday. All this an more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, four police officers are to be suspended following the escape and subsequent capture of the Romanian who escaped while in custody at hospital. Elsewhere, President Nikos Christodoulides said Cyprus’ trilateral cooperation with Egypt and Greece has as one of its main objectives “the promotion of peace and stability in the region”. All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, the Greek state-owned asset management company Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRDAF) was on Tuesday awarded control of the Larnaca port.  Elsewhere, a donkey found to have been shot multiple times by a hunter is in a “critical condition” after being taken in for treatment by the Tashkent nature park in the Kyrenia district village of Vouno, its director Kemal Basat said. Also, London-based Cypriot Michael Kyriacos Efstratiou is appealing to people on the island to find a stem cell donor after he was diagnosed with leukaemia. All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides reaffirmed his commitment to resuming talks on the Cyprus issue and expressed readiness to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. Speaking during Epiphany celebrations at Ayia Napa, he revealed preparations for an expanded Cyprus conference, potentially in March, though UN confirmation is pending. Elsewhere, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeadis has confirmed the transport ministry is reviewing decrees to address the ongoing issue of faulty Takata airbags. Also, the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus received a financial contribution of €40,000 from Greece on 30 December 2024. All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, January will be a "very busy period" with regard to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said. Meanwhile, Paphos' "Vrysouthkia Kelpetri" winter swimmers' club took its first dip in the sea of the year on New Year's Day. All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, while Jimmy Carter’s election as president of the United States in 1976 may have been a close-run contest, it was greeted with almost unanimous elation in Cyprus. Elsewhere, the United States may offer financial assistance to the Republic of Cyprus to upgrade the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides said some of his fiercest critics "have never accepted the Cypriot people's verdict in the 2023 presidential elections". Meanwhile, the Ierokipia municipality announced it is taking legal action against the Paphos district government and the consortium which operates the Paphos water treatment plant, near the village of Acheleia, over faults at the plant’s pumping station which have led to a “large volume of sewage” flowing into the sea. All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.

In today’s episode, ExxonMobil’s drilling rig will start drilling in mid-January at the ‘Electra’ target, located in Block 5 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), for approximately one month, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday. Elsewhere, Pope Francis’ reference to the Cyprus problem in his Christmas message is “more proof” of the international interest in the matter that highlights the need to resume negotiations, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. All this and much more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.