In today’s episode, the electricity authority has announced that energy bills will climb by 6.8 per cent by the end of the month.

Elsewhere, a school shooting at Kokkinotrimithia lower secondary school was prevented in November, MPs heard on Tuesday.

In other news, political parties, the church, and commercial interests have significant influence over the media in the country, according to a Reporters Without Borders study which ranked Cyprus at 65 globally.

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