In today’s episode, healthcare workers in public hospitals went on a nationwide strike amid demands for equal pay.

In other news, the House ethics committee examined potential squandering of public money in relation to the large delegation sent to Malta by the Olympic Committee (KOE) for the Games of the Small States of Europe.

Elsewhere, ten men arrested on suspicion of being in a people smuggling ring were released after a police remand request was rejected by the Paphos district court.

All these stories and more are in your Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.