Relatives of Helios victims to attend service in Greece
Relatives of the victims of the Helios air tragedy will attend a memorial on Wednesday in Grammatiko in Greece where the airplane crashed on August...
Kyriacos Kenevezos
State accountant said nothing untoward in withdrawal of €1.5m from Greek bank
The Accountant-general said on Friday that it was normal accounting practice to withdraw and deposit money abroad after the Cypriot ambassador to Greece complained that...
Kenevezos gets Athens posting
By Angelos Anastasiou Former Education Minister Kyriakos Kenevezos has been appointed ambassador to Greece, effective July 1 until the end of the administration’s term, the...
President was faced with ‘torturous dilemmas’
By Angelos Anastasiou THREE new ministers were sworn in yesterday amid reports that President Nicos Anastasiades had decided to appoint former Education Minister Kyriacos Kenevezos...
DIKO ministers break ties with party
By Jean Christou IN A serious blow to DIKO leader Nicolas Papadopoulos, the remaining three ministers the party had placed in government broke ties with...
The price of leaving office
By Elias Hazou THE FOUR DIKO ministers may soon say bid farewell to their government paycheque, should their party opt tomorrow to leave the ruling...
All eyes on DIKO’s next move
By Constantinos Psillides THE four DIKO ministers serving in the coalition were yesterday said to be furious that the party’s executive ruled they should not...
‘Aristotelis’ digital library raises public controversy between MP and minister
By Angelos Anastasiou ACCUSATIONS of withholding evidence and preferential treatment to private interests were thrown at Education minister Kyriacos Kenevezos by AKEL MP Irene Charalambidou,...
Spat erupts at house over ‘missing’ education ministry file
By Angelos Anastasiou EDUCATION Minister Kyriacos Kenevezos found himself in hot water yesterday at the House watchdog Committee where questions were raised over the tender...
More unrest brewing over school bus fare
By Angelos Anastasiou THE PARENTS’ association of Cypriot technical schools has announced a number of measures in protest of the decision to impose a monthly...
‘You are wiser than politicians’, president tells children
By Peter Stevenson PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades welcomed 150 children of all ages at the Presidential Palace yesterday to mark the United Nations universal children’s day,...
Kenevezos ‘committed’ to reforming hiring practices
By Poly Pantelides THE education minister said yesterday he was committed to modernising the way educators are hired in state schools. Kenevezos was speaking during...
Fate of cultural centre to be decided
By Peter Stevenson THE FUTURE of the beleaguered Cyprus Cultural Centre will be decided by the cabinet within the next two weeks, Education Minister Kyriacos...
Education minister urges private schools to cut fees
By Peter Stevenson EDUCATION Minister Kyriacos Kenevezos has called on private schools to reduce tuition fees in light of current crisis, or at the very...
Teachers reject new hiring proposals
SECONDARY school teachers have rejected a new selection system because it would be unfair to hundreds of educators. Their union, OELMEK, said it had studied...
Minister’s wife refused entry to Turkey
TURKISH border authorities refused entry to the wife of Education Minister Kyriacos Kenevezos to participate in an EU-organised conference on persons with special needs, it...
Free breakfast
EDUCATION minister Kyriacos Kenevezos launched on Friday the second year of free breakfast for needy children in the Limassol district in cooperation with the Bishopric,...
Schools open but numbers are down
By Maria Gregoriou STATE primary schools opened their doors yesterday with over 8,000 new first-graders, although overall numbers are down on last year. During a...
Third medical school in the works
By Maria Gregoriou THE EUROPEAN University Cyprus has been given approval by the education ministry to start a medical school in the coming year, making...