In today’s episode, Cyprus insists on staying committed to the proposed electrical link, the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), despite doubts from the European Investment Bank (EIB) about its financial viability. 

Elsewhere, the north’s ‘prime minister’ and head of the UBP party, Unal Ustel, on Monday ruled out the option of early elections, saying his ‘government’ was a “government of action, not election.”

Also, the future of Akrotiri’s vital salt lake is at the center of a new 25-year conservation plan aimed at protecting the area’s unique ecosystem.

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