In this episode, following heavy criticism in the last few days about people being given government jobs they were not qualified for, President Nikos Christodoulides said a bill will be drawn up to deal with the issue of consultant appointments.

In other news, there has been no impact to Cyprus’ financial stability as a result of recent US and UK sanctions, only to its international reputation, Central Bank of Cyprus governor Constantinos Herodotou said.

Elsewhere, the 24-hour strike to be held today by public hospital doctors in protest over uncertainty in medical malpractice suit insurance is unnecessary, spokesman of the state health services organisation Okypy Charalambos Charilaou said.

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