Coronavirus: As schools to reopen on Monday, students told to go get tests
With schools set to reopen on Monday with in-person teaching, parents of secondary school pupils should ensure their children have a negative rapid antigen test,...
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Coronavirus: Education Minister tests positive for Covid-19
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating, he told CyBC on Thursday. The minister said he had undergone tests as...
Coronavirus: Prodromou non-committal amid reports schools could close early
The operation of schools is under discussion and any decision will be announced, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday amid media reports authorities were...
Prodromou post office extends opening hours due to backlog
Cyprus Post has announced extended opening hours for its Nicosia district office on Prodromou Street due to the accumulation of large volume of parcels. The...
Coronavirus: Cultural sector getting €9m in support, minister says
Thousands of people working in the cultural sector are being supported by the government through an additional €4m approved by cabinet earlier this week, Education...
Coronavirus: More than 2,000 students followed online classes since September says minister
The pandemic has brought extraordinary circumstances and no-one knows what will happen by the end of the year, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Sunday,...
Cyprus looking at foreign language courses at state unis
A meeting between the House President Demetris Syllouris, the Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, the newly appointed Energy, Trade and Industry Minister Natasa Pilides and several...
Education Minister plays down low average exam results
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday played down the disappointing results in the Pancyprian exams, which were released on Sunday evening, with the average mark...
Coronavirus: No discrimination against children with special needs says minister
There was no discrimination against children with disabilities, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday and called on parents of children with special needs to...
Coronavirus: special-needs schools to remain closed, minister says as parents demonstrate (Updated)
By Peter Michael and Andria Kades A large number of students with special needs were able to return to school on Monday, as parents demonstrated...
Coronavirus: Students return but complaints that online learning for those at home failed (Updated)
Nearly 7,000 lyceum and technical school final year students returned to school on Monday after an absence of almost two months, but students and teachers...
Coronavirus: measures to reduce impact of closed schools
The government will on Monday introduce a trial implementation of internet-based distance learning for Nicosia high-schools as it seeks to minimise the effects of school...
Berlin meet an ‘important opportunity’, spokesman says
Monday’s meeting in Berlin between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is an important opportunity for the parties to see what the...
Next steps up to UNSG says spokesman
It is up to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to plan the next steps in the Cyprus problem, which he will discuss with the leaders...
Nicosia abstains from rhetoric of tension says Spokesman
Nicosia does not wish to enter into the rhetoric of tension which Turkey seems to choose, and President Nicos Anastasiades is currently focused on consultations...
Leaders to try to restart Cyprus talks at meeting
During President Nicos Anastasiades’ meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci scheduled to take place before the middle of August, the two of them will...