In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday laid the foundation stone for Phase 2 of Cyprus’ airport expansion project, which is set to increase capacity to over 17 million passengers annually by 2027.
Elsewhere, the old state fairgrounds in Nicosia will be transformed into a 250,000-square-metre nature park, scrapping earlier plans for a tech hub and commercial development, MPs heard on Thursday.
Also, lawmakers on Thursday voiced frustration over continued delays in expanding the neonatal intensive care unit at Makarios Hospital, with construction stalled due to a legal dispute between the contractor and the state health services organisation (Okypy).
All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.
