The Supreme Court will announce its decision on Wednesday morning regarding the preliminary objection of Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides in the case registered by Attorney General George Savvides for his dismissal for inappropriate behavior.
The text discusses the potential impact of a Biden or Trump presidency on the US economy. The analysis covers eight major economic categories, including domestic manufacturing, higher education, healthcare, housing, labor, taxes, tariffs, and trade. Biden and Trump have different plans and approaches to these economic categories based on their past records as president and their campaign promises. Biden focuses on issues like lowering prescription drug costs, investing in the future, supporting workers and small businesses, and ensuring fair taxation. Trump, on the other hand, has proposed plans such as protecting American car manufacturers, imposing tariffs on foreign-made cars, and focusing on fossil fuels. The text also highlights the differences in their views on student loan debt, healthcare, housing costs, labor unions, taxes, tariffs, and trade policies.
Five Republican-led states have filed lawsuits challenging new Biden administration regulations that prohibit schools and colleges receiving federal funding from discriminating against students based on their gender identity.
The audit office is prepared to deal with any steps aimed at removing Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides from his post. Michaelides is privately paying for legal services from the law office of Christos Clerides, George Triantafyllides, and Pambos Ioannides. President Nikos Christodoulides described the situation as not pleasant and urged collaboration between independent institutions based on the constitution. The legal service and audit office chiefs can only be removed through a Supreme Court decision or if they voluntarily resign.
A man injured by the 2011 Mari blast was awarded increased damages by the Supreme Court, raising his compensation for loss of future income from €20,000 to €60,000. The man suffered trauma to his ears, resulting in hearing loss in high frequencies and tinnitus, which was medically evaluated as permanent and irreversible on October 13, 2012. He also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, experiences anxiety, isolation, and has no future aspirations. The initial court decision in 2020 awarded him €100,000 in overall damages, with €80,000 for his pain and €20,000 for loss of future income, which was later increased. The Mari blast in July 2011 resulted in 13 deaths and 62 injuries. Defence Minister Costas Papacostas was sentenced in July 2013 to five years in prison for manslaughter and causing death by reckless or dangerous acts.