In today’s episode, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis hopes that by the summer there will be some movement on the package of confidence-building measures between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot sides.

Elsewhere, Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou called for subsidies to the hardest hit producers as part of the support package being formulated by the government in the coming week.

In other news, an online concert ‘Stand with Ukraine – The Cyprus Edition’ to raise donations for the Red Cross will be broadcast on Friday and will be addressed by President Nicos Anastasiades.

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