In today’s episode, the price of petrol is set to rise by 8.32 cents per litre and heating fuel by 6.38 cents, with petrol station owners saying they have no choice but to add the additional cost. In other news, President Nikos Christodoulides is satisfied by the paragraph about the Cyprus problem in the draft conclusions of the European Council, which held its summit meeting on Thursday. And the deputy ministry of research and innovation has no staff in place to prevent a cyberattack, it emerged on Thursday at the House audit committee.

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