3 d. ago Turkish Cypriots protest over school bus crash, demand ‘education minister’s’ resignation

Turkish Cypriots demonstrated outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Tuesday night against the ruling coalition’s alleged negligence on the matter of school transport in light of the overturning of a school bus in the Karpas peninsula village of Yialousa, which saw 28 children and the bus’ driver hospitalised. Children, parents, and teachers were […]

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3 d. ago North journalists charged with trespassing after reporting on school crisis

Two journalists in the north were charged with trespassing after reporting on an incident in which teachers were locked out of a school amid souring relations between the ruling coalition and teachers over the former’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs at public schools. The charges were revealed to the public by the north’s Press […]

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3 d. ago Suicide blast targeting school bus kills five in Pakistan’s Balochistan

At least three children were among five people killed when a suicide bomber targeted an army school bus in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday, in an attack Pakistan blamed on Indian proxies. Around 40 students were on the bus that was headed to an army-run school and several have sustained injuries, […]

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4 d. ago Children and parents stage protest over overturned school bus

Children and parents in the Karpas village of Yialousa staged a protest on Tuesday against the north’s ruling coalition days after a school bus overturned in the village leading to 28 children and the bus driver hospitalised. Blame for the accident was laid squarely at the feet of the ruling coalition by children and parents, […]

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4 d. ago Three injured in Finnish school attack, student suspect detained, police say

 Three people were injured in an attack at a school in southern Finland on Tuesday and a student suspected of carrying out the attack has been apprehended, police said. “According to current information, the injuries were caused by a bladed weapon,” police said in a statement, adding that the injuries were not believed to be […]

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5 d. ago Defence minister hails elite frogmen as guardians of national security

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday praised Cyprus’ special forces as “symbols of discipline, resilience and hope”, during a graduation ceremony at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base in Mari. Speaking at the awarding of diplomas and insignia to the graduates of the 85th School of Underwater Demolitions, Palmas said the ceremony marked the end of […]

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7 d. ago Tech boom puts pressure on Cyprus’ private school infrastructure

As Cyprus steps up its efforts to attract international talent and long-term investment, the country’s private education system is facing growing scrutiny, with capacity constraints emerging as a major barrier to sustainable growth.  This was the core issue tackled by a panel at the TechIsland Summit in Limassol on Thursday, where government officials, investors, and […]

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8 d. ago High school girls golf: 5A final region recaps 2025, Cyprus, Woods Cross, Skyline, Springville capture region titles

High school girls golf: 5A final region recaps 2025, Cyprus, Woods Cross, Skyline, Springville capture region titles  Deseret News

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8 d. ago Teachers locked out of school in north as headscarf saga continues

Teachers were locked out of a school in the north on Friday as relations between them and the north’s ruling coalition continue to sour over the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs at public schools. Cyprus Turkish secondary education teachers’ trade union (Ktoeos) secretary-general Tahir Gokcebel confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that […]

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9 d. ago Parents furious after school bus overturns in Yialousa – 29 hospitalised

Parents reacted with fury on Wednesday night after a school bus overturned in the Karpas peninsula village of Yialousa and 28 children and the bus driver were hospitalised. The bus had, according to the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli, overturned due to a brake failure. Family members gathered outside northern Nicosia’s Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital […]

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1 week ago Peyia Sunset complex to host ‘Open Day & Live Bidding Event’

The first Open Day & Live Bidding Event of the year at the Peyia Sunset tourist complex in Peyia is now a reality! Following the resounding success of its previous two events at other holiday complexes, Altamira Real Estate is raising the bar once again, launching the summer season in one of Cyprus’ most sought-after […]

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1 week ago Δωρεάν υποτροφίες για το Summer & Football Camp σε λήπτες ΕΕΕ και πολύτεκνους!

Η Ομόνοια ενημερώνει: «Είμαστε στην ευχάριστη θέση να ενημερώσουμε πως θα παραχωρηθούν υποτροφίες για δωρεάν συμμετοχή δύο εβδομάδων στο Summer & Football Camp που διοργανώνει η Ακαδημία μας, σε παιδάκια των οποίων οι γονείς είναι λήπτες ΕΕΕ και σε πολύτεκνες οικογένειες. Η προσφορά των υποτροφιών κατέστη εφικτή με τη συμβολή της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ και φίλων και […]

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1 week ago Our View: Union cannot back bad teachers remaining in classrooms

Was anyone naïve enough to believe the education ministry would be able to introduce a new evaluation system for public school teachers? Teaching unions have been preventing the proper evaluation of their members for decades, preferring the old joke of an evaluation system by which almost all teachers, even the hopeless cases, received top marks […]

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1 week ago Cyprus Airports Welcome 1,2 million passengers in April – A Strong Start to the summer season.

Cyprus Airports Welcome 1,2 million passengers in April – A Strong Start to the summer season.  Routes

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1 week ago More than 95% of teens register to start army service this summer

A total of 95.2 per cent of teens who will carry out their army service as of July successfully registered through the ministry of defence’s online platform, officials confirmed on Monday. The digital portal, which closed at midnight on Sunday, marked the end of the 2025 enlistment window for new recruits. Registration was compulsory and […]

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2 w. ago Columbia University suspends over 65 students over library occupation

Columbia University has suspended more than 65 students for their role in a pro-Palestinian demonstration that forced the shutdown of the main campus library, a school official said on Friday. The students were placed on interim suspension and will be prohibited from taking their final exams or entering campus except to access their dormitories, the […]

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2 w. ago Teachers’ union rejects education ministry’s final proposal on evaluations

The secondary school teachers’ union in Cyprus has rejected the education ministry’s final proposal for a new teacher evaluation system, the union’s president said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Oelmek president Demetris Taliadoros confirmed that the union’s central administrative council reviewed the latest version of the proposal but found it unacceptable. The […]

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2 w. ago EU’s von der Leyen: Big push on capital markets union expected before the summer

The European Union will make a “big push” towards a capital markets union, which experts says would free up funds to finance defence spending as well as digital and green transitions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. “We need a deep and liquid functioning capital market for the whole European Union […]

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2 w. ago The Art School reboot: How Academy of Art University is coding creativity’s future

In an era where graphic designers are wrestling with Midjourney and artists are debating whether AI is friend or foe, Academy of Art University isn’t just dipping a cautious toe into the algorithmic waters—they’re diving in headfirst, wetsuit optional. The AI evolution will be supervised The San Francisco-based institution has rolled out what might be […]

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2 w. ago Expert tells court Yiannaki’s high school diploma was tampered with

A handwriting expert testified in court on Thursday that former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki’s high school diploma was tempered with, with the case against him regarding the alleged forgery of a high school diploma, a university degree, and a letter of recommendation continues. Yiannaki has already pled guilty to three of the eight charges which […]

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