In today’s episode, in an extraordinary plenary session convened yesterday, the House passed a law extending by another two months a reduction on fuel tax – a matter that should have been addressed before the government switchover. In other news, the unemployment rate reached close to 7 per cent for the last quarter of 2022, figures published by the Cyprus Statistical Service showed, while unemployment among young people stood close to 20 per cent. And Environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus has announced that a batch consisting of 14 Griffon vultures arrived on the island from Spain.

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