Daily News Briefing

In today’s episode, the investigation into Thanasis Nicolaou’s death was negligent and irresponsible, the Limassol district court heard on Tuesday.

“The omissions are so many, so great, that it crosses the boundaries of gross negligence and borders on a cover-up,” former investigator into the case Savvas Matsas told the court.

Elsewhere, cabinet greenlighted the creation of an oversight body for service-sector companies, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said.

Meanwhile, tThe price of olive oil has skyrocketed in Cyprus, as across the rest of Europe, in the past year, data published by Eurostat showed.

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