In today’s episode, government officials pledged new measures to address distortions in public contract awards, following an Audit Office report showing that a few firms dominate state projects. 

Elsewhere, operations at Limassol port resumed on Thursday after the heads of category A transporters’ associations agreed to suspend strike action following consultations with President Nikos Christodoulides and Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades.

Also, Parliament passed a law tightening up the rules on owning certain types of firearms, giving the chief of police total discretion on the granting of gun permits.

All this and more in today’s Daily News Briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail Newspaper.