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In today’s episode, the European People’s Party has included the Cyprus problem in its list of top 10 priorities, President Nikos Christodoulides announced in Brussels on Thursday, amid a flurry of meetings linked to the Cyprus problem, top EU posts and the Middle East.

Elsewhere, the council of ministers decided on the retraction of two more “golden passports” issued to Russian oligarchs, it emerged on Thursday.

Also, the hearing for Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides’ dismissal was postponed on Thursday, as an expert witness from Intosai (International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions) was unable to attend the court session.

All this and much more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.