Cyprus Mail

Our View: Teacher unions must not be allowed to block evaluation reform

President Nikos Christodoulides avoided any involvement in the ongoing dispute between his government and teaching unions, leaving Education Minister Athena Michaelidou to take the heat, but on Monday, with unions announcing work stoppages, he took a stand. Educational reform and in particular the introduction of the new evaluation system for public school teachers must go […]

Kenan Ayaz observatory calls for his immediate release from prison

The observatory in the case of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz on Monday once again called for his release from the central prison, arguing that the criminal offenses he was convicted of Germany did not constitute criminal offenses in the Republic of Cyprus. “He was held in Turkish prisons without trial and any evidence of a […]

Supreme Court to review US government power to limit asylum processing

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a defense by President Donald Trump’s administration of the government’s authority to limit the processing of asylum claims at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. The court took up the administration’s appeal of a lower court’s determination that the “metering” policy, under which U.S. immigration […]