Daily News Briefing

In today’s episode, resistance to proposed reforms comes from the effort to protect specific interests but the government will not succumb to such pressures, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Paphos bishop Tychikos on Sunday denied allegations that the church refused to bury non-Christians in local cemeteries.

Elsewhere, the sustainable use of pesticide regulation in the EU will be among the topics discussed at the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers Council, which is taking place in Luxembourg on June 26-27. Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos travelled to Luxembourg to participate in the Council’s works.

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