September 17 Daily News Briefing

Cyprus Beat

In today's episode, President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) should take responsibility over the violence which unfolded ahead of an Ael-Apollon match on Sunday and not try to hide behind their powers allowing them to run their own house.

Meanwhile, intense discussions are set to take place on Tuesday regarding the Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector, with the Council of Ministers set to meet at 11.30am ahead of a crucial meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis on Thursday

Elsewhere, the cause of death of 43-year-old Alkis Michael, who died early on Sunday morning while driving away from the Limassol general hospital, has been preliminarily identified as a heart attack, pending final histopathological results.

All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.