In today’s episode, the EU Council on Thursday called on Ankara to stop all actions that could potentially upgrade the breakaway state in the north of the island, a development welcomed by the foreign ministry. In other news, some 200 Wolt drivers were striking across Nicosia and Limassol on Thursday, over accusations they were being exploited and getting pay cuts amid increasing costs. And renowned Cypriot artist Yiorgos Skotinos died at the age of 85 on Thursday after almost seven decades as a painter whose works had its roots in the country and its history. 

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