Valentina Georgiadou appointed as Finance Commissioner
Fact: Valentina Georgiadou has been appointed as the new Financial Commissioner, vacating her previous role as Deputy Financial Commissioner.
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Aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a building, in Rafah
A woman carrying a baby walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
UK house prices rise by most since Dec 2022
British house prices rose at their fastest annual pace since December 2022 in March, with a 1.6% increase from the previous year.
Google to destroy browsing data to settle consumer privacy lawsuit
Google agreed to settle a lawsuit by destroying billions of data records related to secretly tracking the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.
Russia, ’s Baltika sues Carlsberg subsidiaries for over $900 mln in damages
Russia’s Baltika Breweries has sued four Carlsberg subsidiaries for damages amounting to 6.24 billion Danish crowns (2 million).
Taiwan hit by strongest quake in 25 years, four deaths reported
Fact: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan, killing four people, injuring dozens, and causing a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines.
Minister sets sights on boosting agriculture, ’s share in Cypriot GDP
Fact: Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou stated that the ministry’s goal is to increase the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP, enhance sustainability, and promote Cypriot products in new markets.
Today, ’s weather: Warm and hazy
Fact: Wednesday will be warm and hazy due to dust in the air, with temperatures rising to 34C inland, 29C on the south, east, and north coasts, 24C on the west coast, and 23C in the higher mountains.
UNSG to meet with Tatar
Fact: The United Nations secretary general António Guterres will meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday at the headquarters of the international organisation in New York.
Potential teachers failing exams to get post in schools
– Exams for prospective teachers in public schools had dramatic failure rates for those wishing to teach Greek and Maths.
– Pass rates for Philology and Maths teachers were just seven percent.
– Pass rates for kindergarten and primary school teachers were 43 and 11 percent respectively.
– There are concerns about inconsistencies in testing and the assessment of teaching skills through a single exam.
– The education ministry acknowledges a problem in the knowledge base for Greek, Maths, and primary school teachers.
– Candidates can re-sit the exam and results are calibrated against previous years’ aggregated results.