Society
91.5% of junior schoolchildren speak Greek poorly
We are talking about students for whom Greek is not their native language. These results were reached by experts from the Center for Educational Research and Evaluation at the Pedagogical Institute, which operates under...

1 year ago
A register of rental real estate will be introduced into the TRNC
The quasi-state “authorities” will require all homeowners who rent out houses or apartments for short-term rentals on travel platforms to register their properties in the new registry. This will help better track the num...

1 year ago
Dog beaches made more convenient for people
Larnaca authorities have decided to make visiting the dog beach more convenient for owners of four-legged pets. Free sun loungers and umbrellas were installed there. We are talking about Casianes beach south of the airpo...

1 year ago
Astronomical events of August in the skies over Cyprus
August is a very special month for lovers of watching the night sky. It is in the last month of summer that the Perseid shower and the last summer supermoon are clearly visible from Cyprus.The Perseid meteor shower is a...

1 year ago
Are Cypriots happy with their personal lives?
Residents of Cyprus are quite happy with their personal lives. On a scale of ten, respondents from the island rate it an average of 8.1 points, higher than the EU average. Data provided by Eurostat.In 2022, EU residents...

1 year ago
In October, some documents will become electronic
The Digital Citizen mobile application will be available for download in October. This was stated by the head of the Sub-Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Nikodimos Damianou. According to him, the appl...

1 year ago
Yachting brought Olympic silver to the island
Cypriot yachtsman Pavlos Kontidis won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Paris on August 7. He brought the country the second Olympic medal in its history. And it became the second silver in his career.Gold medalist...

1 year ago
There is a shortage of methotrexate in pharmacies
In Cyprus, there has been a serious shortage of the drug methotrexate in recent days. It is used in the treatment of a number of diseases. A large batch of this medicine was damaged in a flood at the Ministry of Health w...

1 year ago
Cyprus is ready for the Estia plan for the Middle East
Amid fears of an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, European countries are evacuating their citizens from Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries and relocating embassy staff through Cyprus. The German Armed...

1 year ago
Will English-language programs at universities be paid?
The Ministry of Education and Parliament are discussing whether it is possible to introduce courses in English at public universities and in what format. They first started talking about this eight years ago, and now the...

1 year ago