In today’s episode, Cyprus continues to reel under the pressure of increasing migrant arrivals, as the interior ministry said yesterday the figures are 70 per cent higher than the previous year.

In other news, teachers’ and parents’ associations have condemned threats against educators as some parents continued to protest against Covid measures for schoolchildren.

Elsewhere, a shot went off from a soldier’s gun inside Larnaca airport yesterday morning, prompting an immediate police investigation into the incident.

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