In today's episode, sports fans will be subjected to random alcohol and drugs tests on entry to sports venues while a permanent police team will be established to cover high-risk matches, according to a Wednesday cabinet decision aiming to curb violence in sports stadiums. In other news, all the relevant services are better staffed and better equipped to deal with fires than they were last year, according to Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou. And a 45-year-old man was on Wednesday found guilty of manslaughter by the Paphos district court after causing a traffic accident that killed a 60-year-old woman in December 2021.

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