Patients are running out of specialized medications due to the state’s lack of planning. The Ministry of Health is scrambling to secure additional funds to cover the needs of patients for the next two weeks. An important medicine for kidney disease sufferers has been in short supply for a month.
The rise of the far-right is becoming normalized in Cyprus and beyond, with political parties adopting its rhetoric in an attempt to tame it. This normalization is not exclusive to Cyprus or Greece, as far-right parties are gaining power in countries like Italy, Hungary, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Czechia, Belgium, the USA, and Argentina. The far-right’s communication skills and appeal in a conspiracy-obsessed society are contributing to its success, raising concerns about a return to pseudo-eugenic and misanthropic theories reminiscent of the Middle Ages.
Apple workers at the Towson, Maryland store have voted in favor of authorizing a strike due to concerns over work-life balance, scheduling practices, and wages. Apple workers in Maryland joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union in June 2022. Meanwhile, workers at the Short Hills, New Jersey store voted against unionizing, with the Communications Workers of America blaming Apple’s behavior for the defeat. Apple did not respond to requests for comment on the vote against unionization in New Jersey.
Police have been conducting checks at hotels in accordance with procedures following complaints from the hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) about raids causing panic. Several complaints had been filed against a hotel group in the Paphos area. Arrests related to combating illegal employment in Cyprus had doubled within a year in the Paphos area. Labor Minister Yiannis Panyiotou emphasized the need to tackle illegal and undeclared work effectively. The general director of Pasyxe suggested that police could have conducted operations with more discretion, particularly in the incident in Paphos where around 30 police officers caused panic by entering a hotel.
Fact: Monks and their lawyers involved in the Avvakoum monastery scandal filed a memo to the church investigative committee arguing that the process being followed by the church was unlawful.
Fact: Municipal health service officers in Larnaca are carrying out anti-mosquito spraying due to continuous sightings of the Aedes aegypti, known as the yellow fever mosquito, which can spread various diseases.
– Kyriacou and Andronicou both filed complaints to the police about the fight between them.
A municipal councillor and the community leader of Dromolaxia-Meneou, near Larnaca, scuffled at a village café following damage to the former’s car a day ago.
Stormy Daniels will be called as a witness in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Tuesday. Prosecutors say Trump covered up a 0,000 hush money payment to Daniels. Daniels says she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Cohen has previously said Trump directed him to make the payment. Trump denies any sexual encounter with Daniels and pleads not guilty to falsifying business records. Prosecutors aim to show Trump was responsible for an illegal cover-up. Trump’s defense team argues that Daniels’ testimony is not relevant to the case. Cohen pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance law through the payment to Daniels. Daniels claims she had sex with Trump at a Lake Tahoe hotel. Trump’s legal team says her claim is false. Trump has been fined for violating a gag order restricting him from speaking about witnesses. The trial is seen as an attempt to hinder Trump’s bid for the presidency.
Stormy Daniels testified at Donald Trump’s criminal trial, where prosecutors claim Trump covered up a 0,000 hush money payment made to Daniels by his former lawyer Michael Cohen. Cohen has stated that Trump directed him to make the payment to keep quiet about a sexual encounter Daniels says she had with Trump in 2006.