Coronavirus: Two students challenge right to return in court (updated)
Two Cypriot students studying abroad and seeking repatriation have appealed to the courts to grant them an order allowing their return. Two cases were filed,...
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Cororonavirus: foreign ministry issues new advisory for students stuck abroad (Updated)
The foreign ministry on Tuesday launched an online platform called connect2cy where all Cypriots abroad are obliged to register, including students. According to the ministry’s...
Coronavirus: foreign ministry announces special platform coming Tuesday for students abroad
The foreign ministry announced has announced that as of Tuesday, a special online platform will be launched on which all Cypriot citizens abroad, including students,...
Cypriot students in the UK bored, lonely and uncertain
By Karim Arnous On Friday we woke to sombre news: Boris Johnson has contracted covid-19. A symbolic suggestion that things are out of control? Or...
Coronavirus: Cypriot students in the UK ‘waiting it out’
When President Nicos Anastasiades announced the lockdown on Monday night, most people’s thoughts were on how their lives were about to change in ways they...
Coronavirus: TC students complain about terrible conditions at quarantine facility
The reportedly unsanitary conditions at a private residence that was going to be used as a quarantine facility near Dikomo in the north, have caused...
Coronavirus: more tensions at Larnaca airport as more travellers arrive (Update 1)
There was fresh tension at Larnaca airport on Tuesday after the authorities had initially refused entry to six students from the Netherlands who did not have a...
Coronavirus: ‘Many more cases expected’
The government said on Saturday it expected many more Covid-19 cases but as long as the spread is controlled, it could be tackled. Cyprus currently...
Thousands of students boycott classes over exam change
Thousands of high school students refused to attend classes on Wednesday after the education ministry rejected their multiple requests to ban the four-monthly exams. The...
Police to step up Kakopetria patrols to curb unruly behaviour by pupils
Police will step up patrols in the village of Kakopetria starting this weekend, after a number of incidents involving unruly pupils, the head of the...
Our View: Allowing students to think they have a say has led to predictable results
Should we be cheering, that the government has finally woken up to the absurdity of giving a say to teenage students about education policy? At...
Christmas benefits for low-income families, elderly and students
The cabinet decided on Friday to grant Christmas benefits to vulnerable groups following a recommendation by Minister of Labour and Social Security Zeta Emilianidou. Students...
Students abstain from class over exam change (Updated)
High school students and students at technical schools did not attend lessons during the third and fourth period on Tuesday in a protest against recently...
Majority of teachers reject strike action over exams
The majority of teachers on Monday morning decided not to stage work stoppages to protest against recently introduced four-monthly exams in high schools. After 100...
Culinary students protest, oppose Filoxenia being turned into a court
The students’ union of the Higher Hotel Institute (HHIC) demonstrated on Tuesday demanding the government rethinks its decision to convert the Filoxenia conference centre into...
Students irked that headmaster in headscarf row was transferred, not punished
Student body Psem has accused the education ministry of forgiving racist behaviours after transferring a headmaster to another school instead of punishing him for cautioning...
AG’s office clears universities to take in private-school students
The Legal Service has cleared the decision by two state universities to invite private school graduates to apply for any remaining vacant places using the...
Hong Kong students rally peacefully before brief night skirmishes
Thousands of Hong Kong university and school students boycotted class and rallied peacefully for democracy on Monday, the latest acts of defiance in an anti-government...
Government blamed for ‘attack on students’ rights’
By Jonathan Shkurko The Progressive Student Movement, in a statement coinciding with the start of the new academic year, has accused the government of being...
Welcome to the gig economy
Increasing numbers of the young are being forced to take work with no benefits or jobs well below their level of qualifications Freelance, piecemeal...
