12 December Daily News Briefing

Cyprus Beat

In today’s episode, dealers are legally obligated to replace faulty Takata airbags free of charge, the director of the road transport department, Andreas Louka, said on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, Disy and Akel on Wednesday were predictably on the opposite sides of the argument over the contentious ‘bank tax’ bill set to go to plenum on Thursday.

Also, a number of Syrian nationals have already left Cyprus to return to a post-Assad state, raising local concerns over the impact a flood of returns may have on the island’s construction industry, manned largely by Syrians.

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