In today's episode, Cypriot dinghy sailor Pavlos Kontides won a silver medal at the Olympic Games on Wednesday, finishing second in the medal race in the French city of Marseille to secure overall second place behind Australian Matt Wearn.
Meanwhile, the government is being sued for migrant pushbacks over the dozens of asylum seekers still stranded in the buffer zone.
Elsewhere, the state health services organisation and doctors failed to reach an agreement after a mammoth meeting on Wednesday to discuss pay incentives for state hospital doctors.
All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.