January 11 Daily News Briefing

In today’s episode, some of the outgoing ministers could not contain their dissatisfaction over the cabinet reshuffle during the handover ceremonies on Wednesday, ranging from pointedly not thanking the president, or by referencing the “sudden replacement” they were hit with.

Meanwhile, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday that the possible introduction of English language undergraduate programmes at Cypriot public universities is “being discussed”.

Elsewhere, police were investigating a racist rape comment against Volt MP Alexandra Attalides on Wednesday, as she called on the attorney-general to take a stand on whether it was hate speech.

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