In today’s episode, some 11,000 traffic violations recorded by traffic cameras were deemed invalid, with the company operating them asking that they be rescinded.

Elsewhere, the proportion of tourists holidaying in Cyprus on package deals has decreased, with officials at the tourism ministry encouraged that the benefits from foreign visitors are now being distributed across the wider economy.

In other news, 37-year-old Charalambos Aristotelous became the tenth man to announce he would stand in the 2023 presidential elections. He will be standing as an independent candidate.

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