In today’s episode, a travel company executive in Cyprus said he expected the airport and airline chaos gripping Europe to subside in the coming weeks as thousands of flights have already been cancelled and more people were finally rejoining the workforce.

Elsewhere, the government has received a request to transfer electricity to the north because one of its two power stations stopped working.

In other news, experts urged the elderly and vulnerable to take their fourth Covid vaccine dose, expressing concern about the increase in infections.

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