In today’s episode, the EU Council yesterday called on Ankara to stop all actions that could potentially upgrade the breakaway state in the north of the island, a development welcomed by the foreign ministry.

In other news, some 200 Wolt drivers were striking across Nicosia and Limassol yesterday, over accusations they were being exploited and getting pay cuts amid increasing costs.

Elsewhere, candidacies for the February 2023 presidential elections will be formally submitted on January 5, the interior ministry said yesterday, while December 27 is the cutoff for registering in voter rolls.

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