In today’s episode, between two and three trillion cubic feet of natural gas has been uncovered in exploratory drilling in block six of Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone, the energy ministry announced. In other news, three objections have been filed over the archbishop elections, according to Paralimni mayor Theodoros Pyrillis who left strong hints that certain bishops may have muddied the waters. And the Cypriot flag will be flown on Antarctica’s highest peak on Christmas day, in a historic first.

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