In today's episode, a bill aiming to regulate the contentious issue of government advisors was discussed at the House institutions committee on Wednesday. In other news, Nicosia criminal court threw out the ‘golden passports’ case on Wednesday, citing a change in the court composition. As a result, the case will have to be refiled, but in the meantime, it has left all four defendants temporarily acquitted of all charges. And the proposal set to reduce VAT to five per cent for the first 130 square metres of a first residence is set to head to plenum today, under pressure of an EU fine over the matter. 

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